Congratulations to Dr. Celena Scheede-Bergdahl who was recently promoted to Senior Faculty Lecturer within the Faculty of Education鈥檚 Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education!
Published on: 16 Feb 2021
Sam Rapoport, KPE Faculty of Education alumna, was recently interviewed by The Toronto Star for her work in the NFL and how she is revolutionizing America鈥檚 game.
Rapoport鈥檚 successes come in a time of wider progress, of pushing back preconceptions. She has football in her blood, and is working to put more women on a path to the NFL.
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Published on: 4 Feb 2021
KPE Ph.D. student, Zhiyang (George) Shi, receives the 2020-21 Clifford C.F. Wong Fellowship. This fellowship is valued at $5000 for full-time degree students on the basis of academic merit with preference given to students in specific academic areas.
Published on: 1 Feb 2021
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed January 24 as the International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development. The theme of the 3rd听International Day of Education is 鈥楻ecover and Revitalize Education for the COVID-19 Generation鈥�. Now is the time to power education by stepping up collaboration and international solidarity to place education and lifelong learning at the center of the recovery. ()
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Published on: 22 Jan 2021
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The Green Labs Expansion is a $50,000 envelope of SPF funding to assist labs on McGill campuses to adopt sustainable best practices learned from previous Sustainability Projects Fund projects. Approved funding will be available to teams for one year to assist them in creating a proof of concept to secure long-term funding for these practices.
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Published on: 13 Jan 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Jenna Gibbs, Assistant Professor in McGill's Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE) Department, who was recently awarded a Drummond Foundation Research Grant supported by the Drummond Foundation and the John R. McConnell Foundation.
Published on: 12 Jan 2021
Congratulations to Kinesiology and Physical Education graduate student, Louis-Philip Guindon for receiving the听Jean B茅liveau Athletic Award!
His research title is: "Examining Breathing Patterns during Common on-ice Movement Patterns in Male Hockey Goaltenders".
Louis-Philip Guindon is completing his MSc in Exercise Physiology and plays goaltender for McGill University Men鈥檚 Ice Hockey Team.
Published on: 14 Dec 2020
Congratulations to KPE's Yasmine Coovadia, M.Sc., for receiving听a听Dean's Excellence Fellowship!
At the start of 2020, a new funding opportunity was developed by the Dean鈥檚 Office to recruit high-caliber PhD students. Each Department was granted a multi-year fellowship package, each totaling $55,000, to be awarded to incoming doctoral students.
Published on: 14 Dec 2020
Fall 2020 Sports Science Project Grants Awarded to Dr. Dilson Rassier and Dr. Tyler Churchward-Venne
McGill鈥檚 Sports Science Institute (SSI) at the Faculty of Education awarded the Fall 2020 Sports Science Project Grants to Dr. Dilson Rassier for his project 鈥淔rom Gene to Sports Performance: The Genetic Basis of Muscle Mechanical Properties鈥� and to Dr. Tyler Churchward-Venne for his project 鈥淭he Three R's of Post-Exercise Recovery Nutrition: Do Exogenous Ketones REBUILD Muscle?鈥�.
Published on: 11 Dec 2020
They may not know it yet, but McGill鈥檚 student teachers are getting a big boost from a kindred spirit.
The late Mary Marsh, DipEd鈥�42, a Grade 1听teacher at Rosedale School in Montreal for most of her career, has left more than $4.8 million in her will to support students in the Faculty of Education through a suite of听awards听鈥� an investment that couldn鈥檛 have come at a better time for a profession deeply marked by the pandemic.
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Published on: 9 Dec 2020
A new partnership between McGill鈥檚 Faculty of Education and Trafalgar School for Girls 鈥� known as the CoLab 鈥� aims to advance collaborative research that will address the evolving needs of both educators and students. Unlike traditional laboratory schools at Oxford, Columbia, UCLA and the University of Chicago, which operate as an adjunct to a university, this new venture will be a true partnership, the first of its kind in Canada.
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Published on: 9 Dec 2020
Congratulations听to听Matthew Slopecki听on his new publication听"Is sex a proxy for mechanical variables during an upper limb repetitive movement task? An investigation of the effects of sex and of anthropometric load on muscle fatigue " inBMC .
Published on: 30 Nov 2020
Over 20 people tuned in on November 12 for MEDtalks 2020: Aging in Today鈥檚 World, a lecture series featuring Dr. Celena Scheede-Bergdahl, KPE, and Gabrielle Belloir, U2 Kinesiology and co-vice president Informational Outreach at MEDLIFE McGill.
The event was hosted by MEDLIFE McGill, an annual event intended to provide the McGill community with an opportunity to learn about current medical issues on both a local and global scale.
Published on: 19 Nov 2020
For fourth-year B.Ed. students approaching the end of their programs, knowing what path to take after graduation can be challenging. Whereas many B.Ed. grads are eager to pursue careers in teaching, training, pedagogy, youth programming, or other听employment sectors, others may not feel ready to join the job market just yet. Some students may want to broaden their knowledge and skillsets, become more specialized, or expand their career opportunities.
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Published on: 18 Nov 2020
On behalf of the听Dept. of Kinesiology & Physical Education, Congratulations to all our Master's and Doctoral Graduates!
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Published on: 10 Nov 2020
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