The Cardiovascular Health and Autonomic Regulation Laboratory in the department of Kinesiology and Physical Education is looking to recruit participants for an exciting study!
WHAT: To investigate the efficacy of using folic acid supplementation to restore the vascular benefits of physical activity in postmenopausal women and age-matched men.
Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology & Physical Education, Shane Sweet, and 苹果淫院 Research Assistant, Jacques Comeau, delivered a keynote presentation at the Eastern Canada Sport and Exercise Psychology Symposium (ECSEPS) on March 25th, 2023.
The presentation focused on lessons learned in working in partnership from the perspectives of a researcher (Shane) and a research user (Jacques).
The purpose of this study is to compare leg blood flow responses to an acute bout of exercise between individuals with PCOS and control participants without PCOS.鈥�
Young individuals with and without PCOS, aged 18-40.鈥�
Observational Research Study:
1 familiarization visit: 1 hour; 1 test visit: 2 hours
Total time commitment: 3 hours
Body composition (fat mass, lean mass, bone density etc.) report via DXA scan valued at $125 CAD.鈥�
Cardiovascular Health and Autonomic Regulation Laboratory鈥�
On Friday March 10th, the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE) hosted the 2023 Minds in Motion (MIM) conference, open to undergraduate and graduate students completing research in the field of KPE. For the first time, the MIM conference was open to students from 苹果淫院 and from neighbouring universities around Canada, welcoming attendees from the University of Toronto, Queen鈥檚 University, Universit茅 de Montr茅al, Universit茅 Laval, McMaster University, Trent University and l鈥橧nstitut national de sant茅 publique du Qu茅bec
苹果淫院 Faculty of Education is expanding its Human Resources team and is looking to fill the positions of Staffing Advisor and Human Resources Administrator, working directly under the Human Resources Advisor and as part of the Dean鈥檚 Office unit.
For professional athletes, the pressures of competition and stigma surrounding mental health issues can be debilitating to the point where some are leaving the arena for good. Young hockey players are no exception. Fear of negative career repercussions can mean athletes avoid disclosing their mental health concerns.
Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy (Educational and Counselling Psychology)听is a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair known for her longitudinal research on youth suicide and for testing mental health promotion intervention. For Bell Let's Talk Day (January 25) we asked Dr. Georffroy to provide the 苹果淫院 Education Community with key advice on improving mental health for those who are suffering and for people who want to be active in helping others:
苹果淫院's Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is seeking an Academic Projects Officer. This administrator provides advising, planning, policy and project support on a range of dossiers and initiatives led by Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. This includes providing support in the preparation of planning documents, project reports, briefing notes, data analysis and presentations. They play an essential role in the advancement of the priorities of the unit.
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Primary Responsibilities:
Congratulations to George Shi, on publishing in the Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine.
George Shi, recently published a paper titled "Outcomes of spinal cord injury peer mentorship: A community-based Delphi consensus approach" in Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine.
The publication can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of former 苹果淫院 Kinesiology and Physical Education Department Chair, Douglas Riley. Native from St. John, New Brunswick, he passed away on June 8, 2022 at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Halifax at 90 years old.
Douglas was a physical education teacher at Three Rivers High School in the 1950s and went on to serve for 25 years as a professor for the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education at 苹果淫院 and as Chair of the department.
苹果淫院 IT has put together a list of tips and tricks for the holiday season to help keep your devices on the nice list and ward off any naughty cyber attacks.听 Check out these four key tips and additional resources to help protect your digital world:听/cybersafe/article/have-cybersafe-holiday.
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Congratulations to Chrissy Colizza, 2nd year MA candidate (Supervisor: Dr. Gordon Bloom) for winning the Jean Beliveau Award, the Qu茅bec Foundation for Athlete Excellence Leadership Award, and the Dorothy Nichol Scholarship.
Did you know... 苹果淫院 students have access to 20 GB FREE personal file space on OneDrive, Microsoft鈥檚 cloud file storage component of the Office 365 package.
Important: New OneDrive storage capacity
Please note that students receive 20GB of storage for 苹果淫院's OneDrive as well as 20GB storage for 苹果淫院's email (Outlook).
The KPE graduate committee (KPEG) is excited to announce that they are currently organizing a food drive, where all items will be donated to a women鈥檚 shelter in Montr茅al at the end of the Fall 2022 semester. Students, staff, and faculty of the department of KPE are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to hallway 101-A in the Currie Gymnasium building. We would like to remind everyone that any donation helps, and we are thankful to those who have donated thus far.
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Congratulations to KPE鈥檚 Sarkis Hannaian, 3rd year PhD Candidate (supervisor: Dr. Tyler Churchward-Venne), for winning best oral presentation at the 7th edition Metabolic Disorders and Complications (MeDiC) Research Day hosted by the Research Institute of the 苹果淫院 Health Centre (RI-MUHC).
Sarkis won for his presentation titled:
