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Congratulations to Dr. Jonathan Michaels on his recent publication in Nature! His research sheds new light on how the brain predicts and adapts to unexpected changes in movement, a major step forward in understanding motor control and neuroscience. 👏🧠
November 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Jonathan Michaels on his recent publication in Nature! His research sheds new light on how the brain predicts and adapts to unexpected changes in movement, a major step forward in understanding motor control and neuroscience. 👏🧠
Congratulations to Mathieu Poirier, Director of York’s Global Strategy Lab, on the YFile coverage highlighting GSL’s new Global Health Law research program. The initiative brings law and public health together to advance equitable, evidence-informed responses to global health challenges.
October 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Congratulations to Mathieu Poirier, Director of York’s Global Strategy Lab, on the YFile coverage highlighting GSL’s new Global Health Law research program. The initiative brings law and public health together to advance equitable, evidence-informed responses to global health challenges.
Join us for a talk and Q&A with York alum Dr. Dionne Stephens, Professor of Psychology at Florida International University, as she presents “Anatomies of Control: Tracing Dehumanizing Constructions of Black Womanhood.”
🗓️ Friday, Nov. 7 | 🕙 10–11:30 AM | 📍BSB 164
🗓️ Friday, Nov. 7 | 🕙 10–11:30 AM | 📍BSB 164
October 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Join us for a talk and Q&A with York alum Dr. Dionne Stephens, Professor of Psychology at Florida International University, as she presents “Anatomies of Control: Tracing Dehumanizing Constructions of Black Womanhood.”
🗓️ Friday, Nov. 7 | 🕙 10–11:30 AM | 📍BSB 164
🗓️ Friday, Nov. 7 | 🕙 10–11:30 AM | 📍BSB 164
🎓 Calling all upcoming graduates! It’s time to celebrate your achievement, book your grad photo session today and capture this milestone moment forever!
October 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🎓 Calling all upcoming graduates! It’s time to celebrate your achievement, book your grad photo session today and capture this milestone moment forever!
Discover your next steps and explore exciting career pathways in KHS with insights from York alumni! Hear from:
Omidreza Sadrmanesh (MSc ’25) – Research Assistant, TMU
Parastou Moghimi (BSc ’23) – Registered Kinesiologist, TELUS
🔗 RSVP: forms.cloud.microsoft/r/yJCScnGiSF
Omidreza Sadrmanesh (MSc ’25) – Research Assistant, TMU
Parastou Moghimi (BSc ’23) – Registered Kinesiologist, TELUS
🔗 RSVP: forms.cloud.microsoft/r/yJCScnGiSF
October 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Discover your next steps and explore exciting career pathways in KHS with insights from York alumni! Hear from:
Omidreza Sadrmanesh (MSc ’25) – Research Assistant, TMU
Parastou Moghimi (BSc ’23) – Registered Kinesiologist, TELUS
🔗 RSVP: forms.cloud.microsoft/r/yJCScnGiSF
Omidreza Sadrmanesh (MSc ’25) – Research Assistant, TMU
Parastou Moghimi (BSc ’23) – Registered Kinesiologist, TELUS
🔗 RSVP: forms.cloud.microsoft/r/yJCScnGiSF
Congratulations to Professors George Mochizuki, Anthony Scimè, Michael Paris and Devin Phillips, who are among thirteen YorkU researchers awarded CFI funding to advance cutting-edge projects in AI, health equity, nanosatellite manufacturing, muscle health, and more! 🎉
October 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Congratulations to Professors George Mochizuki, Anthony Scimè, Michael Paris and Devin Phillips, who are among thirteen YorkU researchers awarded CFI funding to advance cutting-edge projects in AI, health equity, nanosatellite manufacturing, muscle health, and more! 🎉
📣 Exciting Opportunity Alert!
The School of Kinesiology and Health Science (Faculty of Health) is thrilled to announce a contractually-limited teaching position in Diet and Nutrition for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention!
For more information, visit: tinyurl.com/2t6z2j7c
The School of Kinesiology and Health Science (Faculty of Health) is thrilled to announce a contractually-limited teaching position in Diet and Nutrition for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention!
For more information, visit: tinyurl.com/2t6z2j7c
October 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
📣 Exciting Opportunity Alert!
The School of Kinesiology and Health Science (Faculty of Health) is thrilled to announce a contractually-limited teaching position in Diet and Nutrition for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention!
For more information, visit: tinyurl.com/2t6z2j7c
The School of Kinesiology and Health Science (Faculty of Health) is thrilled to announce a contractually-limited teaching position in Diet and Nutrition for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention!
For more information, visit: tinyurl.com/2t6z2j7c
The LaMarsh Centre and the School of Kinesiology and Health Science welcomed Dr. Cindy Sit (Chinese University of Hong Kong), who shared her research on adapted physical activity with around 60 students and faculty in attendance. A valuable and enriching event 🎉
September 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The LaMarsh Centre and the School of Kinesiology and Health Science welcomed Dr. Cindy Sit (Chinese University of Hong Kong), who shared her research on adapted physical activity with around 60 students and faculty in attendance. A valuable and enriching event 🎉
🇧🇷✨ Discover Rio through the eyes of our HH/GH 4920 students — where health meets culture, and every story shines! 🌿🌺
September 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🇧🇷✨ Discover Rio through the eyes of our HH/GH 4920 students — where health meets culture, and every story shines! 🌿🌺
New findings from Dr. Emilie Roudier’s team—Brian Lam, Pierre Lemieux, Manpreet Gulri, Sokaina Akhtar, Monica Tawadrous & Mayoorey Murugathasan—show endurance running triggers an epigenetic mark (H3Ub) that activates Notch1, a gene tied to muscle health & fatigue resistance.
September 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
New findings from Dr. Emilie Roudier’s team—Brian Lam, Pierre Lemieux, Manpreet Gulri, Sokaina Akhtar, Monica Tawadrous & Mayoorey Murugathasan—show endurance running triggers an epigenetic mark (H3Ub) that activates Notch1, a gene tied to muscle health & fatigue resistance.
Congratulations Dr. Parissa Safai on her appointment as interim VP Equity, People & Culture starting January 2026. Currently Chair of Kinesiology & Health Science, she brings deep leadership experience and a strong commitment to equity! 🥳
September 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Congratulations Dr. Parissa Safai on her appointment as interim VP Equity, People & Culture starting January 2026. Currently Chair of Kinesiology & Health Science, she brings deep leadership experience and a strong commitment to equity! 🥳
🌍✨ Join us for a free talk with Professor Holly Thorpe on Youth, Climate Change, and Communities of Care — exploring how young people in Aotearoa New Zealand are navigating the impacts of extreme flooding and building resilience.
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September 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
🌍✨ Join us for a free talk with Professor Holly Thorpe on Youth, Climate Change, and Communities of Care — exploring how young people in Aotearoa New Zealand are navigating the impacts of extreme flooding and building resilience.
tinyurl.com/4hdpzf5h
tinyurl.com/4hdpzf5h
What a journey! Huge thanks to everyone who participated and made Destination Graduation such a successful and special event. 🎉 We hope you had a great time and made some new friendships!
Big thank you to all the staff members that had helped to make this whole thing possible and KAHSSO!
Big thank you to all the staff members that had helped to make this whole thing possible and KAHSSO!
September 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What a journey! Huge thanks to everyone who participated and made Destination Graduation such a successful and special event. 🎉 We hope you had a great time and made some new friendships!
Big thank you to all the staff members that had helped to make this whole thing possible and KAHSSO!
Big thank you to all the staff members that had helped to make this whole thing possible and KAHSSO!
🌱 Step away from screens, step onto the land. This Land- Learning event is your midweek reset, all are welcome!
To sign up, visit: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
To sign up, visit: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🌱 Step away from screens, step onto the land. This Land- Learning event is your midweek reset, all are welcome!
To sign up, visit: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
To sign up, visit: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🚴♀️ Need a break from textbooks? Trade study stress for a sweat session! Join Larkin Lamarche for a spin class!
To sign up, visit: reconline.yorkulions.ca/Program/GetP...
To sign up, visit: reconline.yorkulions.ca/Program/GetP...
September 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🚴♀️ Need a break from textbooks? Trade study stress for a sweat session! Join Larkin Lamarche for a spin class!
To sign up, visit: reconline.yorkulions.ca/Program/GetP...
To sign up, visit: reconline.yorkulions.ca/Program/GetP...
Hey October grads! 🎓 Don’t let your best angle graduate without you, book your photo session now and capture your moment before it’s gone!
September 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Hey October grads! 🎓 Don’t let your best angle graduate without you, book your photo session now and capture your moment before it’s gone!
First years, your adventure starts here! 🎓 Join us for Destination Graduation on Wednesday September 10th 2025 from 8:30–10:20. Courses KINE 1000 and 1020 will be cancelled that day! Meet KINE faculty, make friends, and kick off your first-year memories in style, don’t miss out!
September 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
First years, your adventure starts here! 🎓 Join us for Destination Graduation on Wednesday September 10th 2025 from 8:30–10:20. Courses KINE 1000 and 1020 will be cancelled that day! Meet KINE faculty, make friends, and kick off your first-year memories in style, don’t miss out!
Prof. Lyndsay Hayhurst is among six York researchers awarded SSHRC funding for projects driving social change. Her project, Cycling Towards Change, received $24,596 to explore cycling’s role in gender equity & sustainable development with partners in Canada, Uganda & beyond.
September 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Prof. Lyndsay Hayhurst is among six York researchers awarded SSHRC funding for projects driving social change. Her project, Cycling Towards Change, received $24,596 to explore cycling’s role in gender equity & sustainable development with partners in Canada, Uganda & beyond.
This summer, Drs. Olivier Birot & Emilie Roudier climbed Mount Olan & Mount Aiguille, turning adventure into a living physiology lesson. Dr. Birot’s altitude sickness will be a personal case study for KINE 4442 & 4443 students!
September 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This summer, Drs. Olivier Birot & Emilie Roudier climbed Mount Olan & Mount Aiguille, turning adventure into a living physiology lesson. Dr. Birot’s altitude sickness will be a personal case study for KINE 4442 & 4443 students!
Come join the DREAMING in Sport Lab and global partners in 'Advancing Mobility Justice, Gender Equity, & Climate Action through Sport' October 15th-17th, 2025 at York University in Toronto, Canada.
Registration for this event is free!! Please register before Sept 26th.
tinyurl.com/mvb24xv6
Registration for this event is free!! Please register before Sept 26th.
tinyurl.com/mvb24xv6
August 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Come join the DREAMING in Sport Lab and global partners in 'Advancing Mobility Justice, Gender Equity, & Climate Action through Sport' October 15th-17th, 2025 at York University in Toronto, Canada.
Registration for this event is free!! Please register before Sept 26th.
tinyurl.com/mvb24xv6
Registration for this event is free!! Please register before Sept 26th.
tinyurl.com/mvb24xv6
📣 Research Spotlight 🥼
Professor Mathieu Poirier, Director of the Global Strategy Lab, and YorkU co-authors have published in BMC Health Services Research on how health technology assessments shape court decisions in Brazil’s public health system.
tinyurl.com/38pptydz
Professor Mathieu Poirier, Director of the Global Strategy Lab, and YorkU co-authors have published in BMC Health Services Research on how health technology assessments shape court decisions in Brazil’s public health system.
tinyurl.com/38pptydz
August 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
📣 Research Spotlight 🥼
Professor Mathieu Poirier, Director of the Global Strategy Lab, and YorkU co-authors have published in BMC Health Services Research on how health technology assessments shape court decisions in Brazil’s public health system.
tinyurl.com/38pptydz
Professor Mathieu Poirier, Director of the Global Strategy Lab, and YorkU co-authors have published in BMC Health Services Research on how health technology assessments shape court decisions in Brazil’s public health system.
tinyurl.com/38pptydz
Congratulations Amanda De Lisio & Lyndsay Hayhurst 🎉 They’re among York University researchers awarded over $1.3M in SSHRC grants for community-based projects. Each received ~$200K for groundbreaking work in sport, gender & climate justice.
August 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Congratulations Amanda De Lisio & Lyndsay Hayhurst 🎉 They’re among York University researchers awarded over $1.3M in SSHRC grants for community-based projects. Each received ~$200K for groundbreaking work in sport, gender & climate justice.
Congratulations Parissa Safai, Lyndsay Hayhurst, Ashley Day, Amanda De Lisio, Gobri Sriranganthan, Yuka Nakamura & GO’s Lombe Mwambwa on the new partnership between our School of Kinesiology & Health Science and the Global Observatory for Gender Equality & Sport! 🎉🌍
August 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Congratulations Parissa Safai, Lyndsay Hayhurst, Ashley Day, Amanda De Lisio, Gobri Sriranganthan, Yuka Nakamura & GO’s Lombe Mwambwa on the new partnership between our School of Kinesiology & Health Science and the Global Observatory for Gender Equality & Sport! 🎉🌍
York U’s Dr. Alison Macpherson, featured in YFile and EurekAlert, highlights concerns over unequal access to concussion care, noting lower-income youth may not receive the same support as their higher-income peers.
July 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
York U’s Dr. Alison Macpherson, featured in YFile and EurekAlert, highlights concerns over unequal access to concussion care, noting lower-income youth may not receive the same support as their higher-income peers.
Congratulations to KHS MSc student Jaryeon Lee for winning a poster presentation award at the 2025 Canadian Oxidative Stress Consortium. Her research on epigenetic reprogramming in muscle stem cells, supervised by Dr. Anthony Scime, was presented at an international conference held at YorkU.
July 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Congratulations to KHS MSc student Jaryeon Lee for winning a poster presentation award at the 2025 Canadian Oxidative Stress Consortium. Her research on epigenetic reprogramming in muscle stem cells, supervised by Dr. Anthony Scime, was presented at an international conference held at YorkU.