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World’s first stand-alone guidelines on postpartum exercise and sleep released in Canada

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 26 March 2025
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Have you met … Jacob Lang?

  • 13 March 2025
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U of A’s strong subjects make gains in latest QS rankings

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 12 March 2025
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Study confirms safety of high-intensity resistance training during pregnancy

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 12 March 2025
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Exercise prescription isn’t one-size-fits-all for cancer patients

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 26 February 2025
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Peaking earlier: six-second max power test for athletes outperforms standard 30-second version

  • Adrianna MacPherson - Folio
  • 19 February 2025
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Ski Like a Girl Podcast highlights the spirit of the Canadian Birkebeiner

  • 11 February 2025
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Honouring the legacy of Dr. Brian Nielsen

  • 10 February 2025
Person exercising while wearing a mask over their mouth and nose.

Wearing a mask while exercising indoors improves lung function

  • MIchael Brown - Folio
  • 5 February 2025
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Stay safe while running in the cold!

  • Hannah Webster - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  • 22 January 2025
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U of A has broken into the Top 100 in the Life Sciences category.

  • Adrianna MacPherson - Folio
  • 22 January 2025
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Study uncovers disparity between how textbooks and self-advocates discuss autism

  • Adrianna MacPherson - Folio
  • 22 January 2025
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Smartphone swipes reveal clues to how we make decisions

  • Adrianna MacPherson - Folio
  • 20 January 2025
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Celebrating women in Nordic skiing: U of A scholars launch Ski Like a Girl Podcast

  • 8 January 2025
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Winter workout tips, from scientists who study extreme cold

  • Alex Hutchinson - New York Times
  • 10 December 2024
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Navigating sport, recreation and post-secondary life with a disability

  • 9 December 2024
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Are you an SDG champion? Meet Josephine Godwyll

  • 5 December 2024
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Q&A with student researcher Haoxuan Liu

  • 4 December 2024
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Q & A with student researcher Charlotte Mitchell

  • 4 December 2024
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Q&A with student researcher Kole Lundstrom

  • 4 December 2024
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Q&A with student researcher Ethan Brown

  • 4 December 2024
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Have you met … Rylan Kafara?

  • 2 December 2024
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Women’s roles in shaping mountain culture highlighted at two international events

  • 29 November 2024
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Convocation Spotlight: Brittany Priel

  • 27 November 2024
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Convocation Spotlight: Brynn Walmsley

  • 27 November 2024
Image of someone running outside during winter.

In for the chill: five useful tips to help you stay fit in the winter

  • James Witts - The Guardian
  • 10 November 2024
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More than an hour of exercise a week may help with ‘baby blues’, says study

  • Andrew Gregory - The Guardian
  • 7 November 2024
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Top 40 Under 40 2024: Rebecca Rubuliak

  • Tom Ndekezi - Edify
  • 1 November 2024
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Researchers simplify digital reconstruction of bones

  • Adrianna MacPherson - Folio
  • 31 October 2024
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La forme physique fait toute la différence

  • Jean-Benoit Legault - La Presse Canadienne
  • 15 October 2024
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In search of ‘ikigai’: Why the Japanese concept could be a key to well-being

  • Sasha Roeder Mah - FOLIO
  • 10 October 2024
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‘Sweat, spike, solve’: Research suggests a new strategy for people with Type 1 diabetes to lower blood sugar after exercise

  • Adrianna MacPherson - Folio
  • 8 October 2024
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Leading research at the top of the world

  • Shirley Wilfong-Pritchard
  • 7 October 2024
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Probing the path to Paralympic glory

  • Geoff McMaster - Folio
  • 2 October 2024
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U of A study identifies skills physical activity specialists can develop to support mental health

  • Jon Pullin
  • 1 October 2024
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Cardiopulmonary fitness is key for helping breast cancer patients manage post-diagnosis symptoms

  • Adrianna MacPherson - Folio
  • 1 October 2024
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Have you met … Dan Mason?

  • 26 September 2024
Adult sitting on the floor with a child. The child is drawing on a piece of paper. (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Experts in their own lives’: amplifying children’s voices in research

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 25 September 2024
Green and gold balloons arranged to look like the number 60 in celebration of 60 years of the faculty.

KSR Alumni Celebration: A Day of Connection, Memories and Milestones

  • 23 September 2024
paralympic athletes competing in a race on wheels.

Paralympians face higher injury rate, harder recoveries than Olympians

  • Washington Post
  • 8 September 2024
2024 Faculty award winners

From the Provost’s Desk: Congratulating the Recipients of the 2024 Awards for Faculty Excellence

  • THE QUAD
  • 5 September 2024
Back of athlete with hands on their head to exhibit stress of an impending high jump.

How to Face Failure

  • Karen Kwan - New Tail
  • 25 July 2024
Charlotte Mitchell

U of A PhD student to advocate for inclusion in sport on an international stage

  • Shirley Wilfong-Pritchard
  • 17 July 2024
Nancy Spencer

Have you met … Nancy Spencer?

  • 11 July 2024
Craig Chapman

What is Hockeyology?

  • Colin Gallant - Taproot
  • 10 July 2024
Image of Timm Döbert (left) and Leanna Carriere with Carriere’s daughter Adalynn. Döbert and Carriere are cycling across Canada in just 30 days to raise environmental awareness — and helping U of A researchers study human resilience along the way. (Photo: CADS Photography)

A study in resilience

  • 27 June 2024
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Convocation Spotlight: Helene Jørgensen

  • 19 June 2024
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Alumnus Brian Sugiyama shares insights on coaching youth hockey

  • Jennifer Fitzgerald
  • 16 June 2024
Donna Johns

A dream becomes reality

  • Shirley Wilfong-Pritchard
  • 12 June 2024
Deborah Okusanya

Convocation Spotlight: Debbie Okusanya

  • 11 June 2024
Dr. John Dunn

U of A expert discusses the essence of sports psychology:

  • Global 630 CHED (Edmonton) (audio)
  • 11 June 2024
Dr. Brian Soebbing

Edmonton Oilers hoping to bring the Stanley Cup home after 3 decades

  • Vinesh Pratap - Global News - Video
  • 10 June 2024
Trei Lindstrom

Convocation Spotlight: Trei Lindstrom

  • 6 June 2024
An aerial photo taken on Aug. 26, 2023, shows athletes as they compete in the women's marathon final during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Earlier in May, a video of a woman running the Presidente Prudente Half Marathon in Brazil went viral after her husband let her kids meet her on the course. (Istvan Ruzsa/Pool/AFP/Getty Images)

For many, the video of a Brazilian runner is symbolic for the kind of barriers mothers face

  • Natalie Stechyson - CBC
  • 28 May 2024
PAW participants Courtney Reid and Johann Gnanapragasam play parachute games with a primary class in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The universal language of play

  • Shirley Wilfong-Pritchard
  • 14 May 2024
Nancy Hernandez

Have you met … Nancy Hernandez?

  • 3 May 2024
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Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation placed 15th in the world this year and third in Canada in QS rankings

  • Oumar Salifou - FOLIO
  • 10 April 2024
Judy Davidson

Have you met … Judy Davidson?

  • Sasha Roeder Mah
  • 3 April 2024
Shenin Mehnaj

Have you met … Shenin Mehnaj?

  • 1 March 2024
Dorothy Harris dance studio

A new class is encouraging adults to step up to the ballet barre

  • 16 February 2024
The Ski Like a Girl research team (from left) — historians Lyndsay Conrad, PearlAnn Reichwein and Charlotte Mitchell — are bringing to light unheard histories of women’s contributions to Nordic sport in Western Canada.

Ski like a girl: Researchers reveal hidden histories of women in Nordic sport

  • Oumar Salifou - FOLIO
  • 9 February 2024
Amber Cleasby and Colton Meronyk

BARST degree offers students the best of many worlds

  • Danica Erickson
  • 7 February 2024
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Improved Fitness Could Lower Prostate Cancer Risk by Up to 35 Percent

  • Lisa Rapaport - Everyday Health
  • 1 February 2024
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Have you met … Dave Collins?

  • 31 January 2024
Adalberto Loyola Sanchez

U of A Steadward Centre announces Adalberto Loyola Sanchez as first-ever research affiliate

  • 31 January 2024
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KSR students make important inroads in pregnancy-health research

  • Sasha Roeder Mah
  • 30 January 2024
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Five tips to help you get outdoors to work out

  • Oumar Salifou - FOLIO
  • 26 January 2024
Genevieve Johnson

Have you met … Genevieve Johnson?

  • 5 January 2024
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Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation year-end story round-up

  • 5 December 2023
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Stroke survivor finds sanctuary and healing at the Steadward Centre

  • 4 December 2023
Liane Jean

Have you met … Liane Jean?

  • Sasha Roeder Mah
  • 30 November 2023
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U of A researchers work to see if diet and exercise can lead to Type 2 diabetes remission

  • Amanda Anderson - CTV EDMONTON
  • 29 November 2023
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Diet and exercise could pave the way for diabetes remission

  • Jennifer Fitzgerald - FOLIO
  • 24 November 2023
Kora Park

Convocation Spotlight: Kora Park, BSc Kinesiology

  • Sasha Roeder Mah
  • 22 November 2023
Reid McClure

Convocation spotlight: Reid McClure MSc Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation

  • Sasha Roeder Mah
  • 21 November 2023
Courtney Klinger

Have you met … Courtney Klinger, new president of the KSR Alumni Association

  • 20 November 2023
Sandy Sorensen at beginning of her journey (l) and today (r).

Accessibility, community keep longtime Steadward member coming back

  • Sasha Roeder Mah
  • 19 October 2023
Dr. Danielle Peers

U of A professor inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

  • CBC Edmonton AM
  • 18 October 2023
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KSR and Beijing Sport University launch first dual-degree program

  • Jennifer Fitzgerald
  • 16 October 2023
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How to train like an Oiler

  • Lewis Kelly
  • 11 October 2023
Danielle Cormier

Meet Danielle Cormier: New Postdoctoral Fellow joins KSR

  • Danielle Cormier
  • 28 September 2023
Dr. Danielle Peers

Professor, Dr. Danielle Peers, lauded for impact on inclusion in sport and recreation

  • Oumar Salifou - Folio
  • 15 September 2023
Darrel Robertson

Darrel Robertson on receives an Alumni Honour Award!

  • University of Alberta Alumni Association
  • 7 September 2023
Dale Henwood

Dale Henwood inducted to Sports Wall of Fame

  • University of Alberta Alumni Association
  • 7 September 2023
Danielle Peers

Danielle Peers Receives Order of Sport

  • Order of Sport
  • 7 September 2023
Pregnant person using a stationary bike for exercise

High-intensity interval training safe for pregnant women and their babies, study suggests

  • FOLIO - Oumar Salifou
  • 9 August 2023
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'Not a good deal for Alberta': Province scraps bid to host Commonwealth Games

  • Calgary Herald - Matthew Black
  • 3 August 2023
The Paralympic Sport Development Fund provides grants for projects that help develop pathways for Canadian Para athletes, including the purchasing of adaptive equipment, competition and training opportunities, coaching development and recruitment initiatives. (Canadian Paralympic Committee)

Canadian Paralympic Committee grants $200K to support domestic Para sport programming

  • CBC
  • 29 July 2023
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New faculty Q&A: Meet Jo Sheppard

  • 27 July 2023
From left, grad student Amy Moolyk and researcher Brittany Matenchuk

Kinesiology researcher explores the relationship between sleep quality and cardiovascular health in pregnant women

  • Sasha Roeder Mah
  • 26 July 2023
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New Faculty Q&A: Margo Adam

  • 25 July 2023
Dr. Danielle Peers

Announcing the Academic Lead on Equity Praxis and Systemic Ableism

  • Dr. Carrie Smith
  • 20 July 2023
Commonwealth Stadium Edmonton

U of A expert shares insight as Australia pulls out of 2026 Commonwealth Games, Alberta still exploring 2030 hosting bid

  • Global News
  • 18 July 2023
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Edmonton sports newcomers thrive at gate while established Elks crowd numbers dive

  • Craig Ellingson CTV News Edmonton
  • 14 July 2023
Dr. Kerry Courneya

Edmonton AM with Mark Connolly, Tara McCarthy - July 4, 2023: Edmonton-based researcher named to the Order of Canada

  • CBC
  • 4 July 2023
Kerry Courneya

Exercise oncology researcher named to Order of Canada

  • Shirley Wilfong-Pritchard
  • 30 June 2023
Aaron Lepine

Transition Year Program supported Indigenous student’s success in university — and beyond

  • BEV BETKOWSKI
  • 23 June 2023
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KSR graduate certificate feature: Bjorn Billehaug

  • Danica Erickson
  • 15 June 2023
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KSR graduate certificate feature: Michaela Vacey

  • 15 June 2023
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Building relationships and understanding through sport and recreation

  • Danica Erickson
  • 15 June 2023

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