Steve Jordan was presented with the ARNA 2019 Social Justice Award at the recent ARNA Conference, held at McGill's Faculty of Education, June 26 to 28, 2019.
Andrew Yoon
Recipient of a 2019-20 NSERC-USRA Undergraduate Award
Supervisor:Dr. Julie Côté
Sabrina Chan Chun Kong
Recipient of a 2019-20 NSERC-USRA Undergraduate Award
Supervisor: Dr. Charlotte Usselman
Kaveh Gaynor-Sodeifi
Recipient of a 2019-20 NSERC-USRA Undergraduate Award
Nearly 60 Cree students their graduation from McGill University's Faculty of Education this past Saturday in Pikogan, Quebec. Our Office of First Nations and Inuit Education offers full-time and part-time teacher certification programs in Cree and Inuit communities in Quebec as well as in Kahnawake and Listuguj. Even though these students may be far away off campus, they are an important part of our Faculty and the McGill community. CBC's Susan Bell covered the story.
Congratulations to Dr. Shane Sweet on being awarded a Canada Research Chair in Participation, Well-Being, and Physical Disability (Tier 2).
Dr. Shane Sweet joined the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education as an Assistant Professor in August of 2013. His research aims at understanding, changing and promoting physical activity adoption and maintenance in adults with a focus on special populations (i.e., adults with type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and spinal cord injury)
Congratulations to KPE Graduate Students Awardees of Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s Scholarships / Fond de Recherche du Québec Master’s and Doctoral Scholarships
SIOBHAN HENDERSON
Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC) – Master’s Program
“Desired Coaching Interactions and Behaviors of Elite Individual Sport Athletes During Competition”.
Supervisor: Dr. Gordon Bloom
Congratulations to KPE Professor Dr. Gordon Boom for his new book "Psychological Aspects of Sport-Related Concussions"
Congratulations to Dr. Charlotte Usselman, for winning a FRQS Chercheurs-Boursiers Junior 1 award in partnership with the FMCQ (Fondation des maladies du coeur et de l'AVC du Quebec) .
Her research program entitled "The impact of sex hormones and neurovascular function on women's cardiovascular health" / "L'impact des hormones sexuelles et la fonction neurovasculaire sur la santé cardiovasculaire des femmes".
The Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, congratulates Dr. Tyler Churchward-Venne, for winning a FRQS Chercheurs-Boursiers Junior 1 award;
The title of his FRQS Junior 1: "Atrophie musculaire induite par inactivité: une crise catabolique pour l'adulte âgé"
KPE’s new PhD in Kinesiology Sciences program is ready for its first cohort of students in 2019-2020
New PhD in Kinesiology Sciences
PhD Opportunities available in:
• Biomechanics
• Ergonomics
• Motor Control
• Sport, Exercise, and Health Psychology
• Adapted Physical Activity
• Exercise Physiology
• Physical & Health Education
For more information please contact our graduate program coordinator, grad.kpe [at] mcgill.ca (Catherine Klempa).
The Faculty of Education is pleased to announce the winners of the competitions for Fellowships and Awards for the 2018-2019 year.
Ellen Edith Grubb Stansfield Award for School-based Classroom Research ($900)
Melissa Daoust/ KPE Masters
The McGill Kinesiology & Physical Education Department congratulates Dr. Lee Schaefer for winning the Faculty of Education Distinguished Teaching Award.
The McGill Kinesiology & Physical Education Department congratulates Dr. Dennis Jensen for winning the Heather Reisman and Gerald Schwartz Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Professor Julie Côté will be re-appointed as Chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education. Professor Côté has served as Chair of the Department since 2016 and will be serving her second three-year term, effective June 1, 2019.
Dr. Côté received her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the Physiology Department with the Université de Montréal, and her Master's in Science with the University of Wisconsin's Kinesiology Department.
On January 24, Dilson Rassier, Dean of the Faculty of Education, spoke at the United Nations’ headquarters in New York as part of the UN’s inaugural International Day of Education, telling delegates that knowledge is the key to a better world.
The McGill Kinesiology & Physical Education Department congratulates Dr. Churchward-Venne, who has been selected to receive the 2019 ASN/ASN Foundation Awards - Peter J Reeds Young Investigator Award. Congratulations!