Here’s your chance to join a team of student leaders and set yourself up for future leadership opportunities. Explore the opportunity to be an Imagine Orientation Leader, and apply by May 5!
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⭐ Registration for Kids Fit is open! ⭐

Kids Fit is an annual physical activity initiative jointly offered by Active Kids and UBC Inspired from May 13 - Jun 19

Learn more here: ow.ly/SSNV50RlwtV
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Join us on May 30th from 12:30pm - 1:30pm when Dr. Stuart Biddle explores 'Something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue: 45 - year reflections on exercise psychology and behaviour change'.

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We’re thrilled to announce the upcoming Wildfire Co-Existence in BC: Solutions Symposium!🔥

From innovative strategies to community resilience, we're coming together to tackle the wildfire challenge head-on.

🔗 Details: bit.ly/4asM89C
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The #WWFClimb for Nature is coming to Vancouver with our brand-new stadium climb at @BCPlace! ✨ Climb the stands with wildlife fans on May 26 and be part of something spectacular. Click here to register: brnw.ch/21wHSuT #BCPlaceClimb

Employment Opportunity!

The UBC School of Kinesiology invites applications for a Part-time Sessional Lecturer for KIN 572 Research Methods for Sport and Healthy Sciences for the 2024/2025 Academic terms.

Learn more and apply here: kin.educ.ubc.ca/sessional-lect…

UBC School of Kinesiology (@ubckin) is ranked 1st in North America and 3rd globally for sports-related subjects in the 2024 QS World University Rankings, reflecting our our dedication to advancing academic excellence and inclusive learning for all. Learn more: educ.ubc.ca/ubc-kinesiolog….

⭐ DEADLINE EXTENDED ⭐

The Vancouver Summer Program (VSP) in Kinesiology offers a 4 week cross-cultural learning experience for international students outside Canada. Apply by April 24th!

Interested in volunteering? Contact [email protected].

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Join us for the book launch and celebration of 'Educating the Body: A History of Physical Education in Canada', by M. Ann Hall, Bruce Kidd, and Patricia Vertinsky.
View the event here: kin.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/v…
RSVP here: ow.ly/14Cb50RcIAv
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Join us for the Global Indigenous Leadership in Genomics Symposium (GILGS’24), May 7th - 9th, 2024, hosted by SING Canada at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

Learn More & Register Here: General $300; Students $120 lnkd.in/gPZ_6kSM

It was a total thrill to present to the community for this event at the VanDusen Garden put on by Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging and Providence Health Care Dialogue on Aging Public Lecture Series. Thanks for the invite!

2 years in the making: 1st school done in the final data collection for #wavesPL Population Physical Activity Lab thanks to ⁦WestVanSchools⁩ ⁦Sport for Life⁩ ⁦Health Canada and PHAC⁩

Our first seminar of the Don McKenzie lectureship featuring Dr. Kerry S. Courneya was a resounding success, drawing over 50 in-person attendees and more than 60 online participants.

Watch past seminars here: ow.ly/Jb6W50R2Gpj

The Vancouver Summer Program (VSP) in Kinesiology offers a four-week cross-cultural learning experience for international students outside Canada. Apply before April 5th!

UBC KIN students interested in volunteering can contact [email protected].

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What can we do to help make our food systems more sustainable? UBC researchers share small steps that can make a big collective impact: bit.ly/3TvNWIT

#Sustainability #FoodSystems

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Join us on March 21 from 12:30 - 1:30pm as Dr. Kerry S. Courneya explores 'New Evidence on the Role of Exercise as a Cancer Treatment' 🩺

Check out our website for more information: ow.ly/2FGS50QUN37

Congratulations to Dr. David Wright and co-applicant Dr. Margaret Hahn for securing a significant CIHR grant for their research that aims to help mitigate side effects of antipsychotic medications and revolutionize patient health outcomes. Learn: educ.ubc.ca/dr-david-wrigh…. UBC School of Kinesiology

Let's have evidence-informed conversations about physical activity with spinal cord injury.
Amazing team led by Femke Hoekstra, our paper published here: doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05141-7

As Ramadan begins, we wish Ramadan Mubarak to all who observe this spiritual time of fasting, worship and reflection.

Throughout Ramadan, student clubs will be hosting a number of activities for Muslim students at UBC Vancouver.

Learn more: events.ubc.ca/ramadan