Student Leadership Awards 2014: Recognizing “the best of the best”
Outstanding student leaders in the Faculty of Health, Calumet College and Stong College were recognized for their many contributions that have made a difference in the lives of their fellow students,...
View ArticleEight outstanding York students receive Robert Tiffin Student Leadership Awards
Eight students were recognized recently for their exceptional leadership at York University during a celebration for the Robert Tiffin Student Leadership Awards. Students and faculty gathered in a...
View ArticleYork University ‘gets moving’ in response to report card on kids’ physical...
York University is responding to a call for global action on physical activity among children by sending York students into local communities to get kids moving. York is also partnering with...
View ArticleLearn about what goes on inside your muscles Friday
The fifth annual Muscle Health Awareness Day will feature the latest research on muscles by several scientists working in the field. How do glucose and fatty acids get metabolized? That’s what speaker...
View ArticleStudy recruiting participants for pre-diabetes study
Chip Rowan, a PhD candidate in York’s School of Kinesiology and Health Science in the Faculty of Health, and his research team are currently looking to recruit about 50 people – York staff and faculty...
View ArticleParticipants Sought for Study: Maternal Experience with Developmental Disability
Participants: We are looking for mothers of children with a developmental disability (e.g., ASD, autism, PDD-NOS, Global Developmental Delay, Down’s Syndrome, FASD, physical disability etc.): Child is...
View ArticleBoys in hockey relish freedom to ‘hit’, not get in trouble, when start...
When boys first start bodychecking in hockey, they find the freedom to hit other players without repercussions fun and exciting, a York University study has found. As one study participant said, “I...
View ArticleFaculty of Graduate Studies honours its best and brightest with thesis and...
The Faculty of Graduate Studies honoured its best and brightest at a reception June 4 with prizes for last year’s outstanding master’s theses and doctoral dissertations. Seven theses received the...
View ArticleYork U study finds many overestimate exercise intensity
Do you work out for health benefits and feel you are exercising more than enough? You might be among the many Canadians who overrate how hard they work out or underestimate what moderate intensity...
View ArticleWhat you do for others is what matters in life, says hon doc recipient
“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” With these few words, Mahatma Gandhi conveyed a profound message, said Vim Kochhar, during York’s Faculty of Health Spring Convocation ceremonies Monday,...
View ArticleYork doctoral student receives Ontario Women’s Health Scholars Award
York kinesiology and health science PhD candidate Kara Hawkins will receive a Women’s Health Scholars Award for her research aimed at enhancing early detection of Alzheimer’s disease in women. Hawkins...
View ArticleLack of cardiac rehab programs a global issue, says prof
Rehabilitation programs must become an integral part of cardiac care to significantly reduce the burden of living with heart disease, one of the most common chronic diseases and causes of death...
View ArticleNew study first to examine quality of cardiac rehabilitation programs in Canada
The quality of cardiac rehabilitation programs across Canada is strong, with specific criteria areas now identified as requiring further enhancement to improve patient outcomes, according to a new...
View ArticleNew ebook designed to help Parkinson’s patients prevent falls
York Professor William Gage has recently published an ebook that acts as a primer for people who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, members of their family or caregivers. Don’t Fall:...
View ArticleCommunity-based Research projects to improve the lives of Canadians with...
Community-based Research projects to improve the lives of Canadians with physical disabilities More than 50 partners – ranging from community-based disability-related service groups to government...
View ArticleExperts stress importance of exercise in combating risks of obesity
Many of the experts at a recent obesity symposium highlighted the need for an increase in physical activity, starting young, to help combat the risks of obesity. Obesity: A Global Perspective from...
View ArticleNew study finds concussion treatment for youths up 50% in seven years
New study finds concussion treatment for youths up 50% in seven years, says YorkU Kinesiology & Health Science Prof Alison Macpherson, the study’s lead author. Fournier says he understands the...
View ArticleSignificant increase in concussions among Ontario children and youth: York U...
The number of children and youth treated for concussions in both emergency departments and physicians’ offices in Ontario increased significantly between 2003 and 2010, with falls, hockey and skating...
View ArticleResearchers look to build healthy lives and communities
Researchers from four Faculties presented their research at the recent Building Healthy Lives and Communities Research Celebration, organized by the Office of Vice-President Research and Innovation,...
View ArticleCanadian Nutrition Society 1 day conference
On January 10, 2015 – the Canadian Nutrition Society, the umbrella organization for nutrition students and scientists and clinical nutrition practitioners, in association with Dietitians of Canada,...
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