/channels/taxonomy/term/10461/all en /channels/channels/news/mcgills-kinesiology-clinic-will-help-you-be-more-active-adopt-healthier-lifestyle-289013 <p align="center"><b>Do you want to adopt a healthier lifestyle in 2019? Would you like to be more active physically? </b></p> <p align="center">Make those 2018 wishes a 2019 reality!</p> <p>Reach your goal at the new Kinesiology Clinic of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/edu-kpe/">Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education</a> (Currie Gym, 475 Pine Avenue West). Let the students from kinesiology help you, and you will help them get experience through their practicums. Special fees for 黑料不打烊 community members.</p> <p>Here are some of the services that the Clinic is offering:</p> Thu, 06 Dec 2018 15:44:04 +0000 webfull 143958 at /channels /channels/channels/event/dr-fiona-chambers-educating-pupils-be-human-digital-world-case-praxis-model-digital-well-being-291386 <h3><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DrQkQSfVYAAM4uX.png" style="height:951px; width:735px" /></h3> <h3>15th Annual Jennifer Wall Address</h3> <p>Keynote:<b> </b>Dr. Fiona C. Chambers,聽Senior Lecturer, University College Cork, Ireland</p> Mon, 05 Nov 2018 17:22:45 +0000 webfull 142860 at /channels /channels/channels/event/path-symposium-indigenous-health-and-wellness-reflections-research-and-reconciliation-291007 <p>The 黑料不打烊 Research Centre for Physical Activity and Health (PATH) - in partnership with the Kahnaw脿:ke Schools Diabetes Prevention Project (<u><a href="https://www.ksdpp.org/index.php" target="_blank">KSDPP</a></u>) will host an interdisciplinary</p> Tue, 23 Oct 2018 18:47:44 +0000 webfull 142420 at /channels /channels/channels/news/why-heart-contractions-are-weaker-those-hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy-290742 <p>When a young athlete suddenly dies of a heart attack, chances are high that they suffer from familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Itis the most common genetic heart disease in the US and affects an estimated 1 in 500 people around the world. A protein called myosin acts as the molecular motor which makes the muscles in the heart contract. Researchers had suspected for some time that the R403Q mutation in some of the myosin genes is among those that play a role in causing HCM. But experiments using mice models failed to show that this was indeed the case.</p> Tue, 16 Oct 2018 19:29:02 +0000 webfull 142133 at /channels /channels/channels/news/cannabis-does-not-improve-breathlessness-during-exercise-patients-advanced-copd-conclude-kpe-path-288396 <p><a href="http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1513/AnnalsATS.201803-198OC"><img alt="American Thoracic" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1017039861474365440/zmSLP8Md_400x400.jpg" style="float:right; height:166px; width:166px; margin:9px" /></a>Inhaled vaporized cannabis does not appear to improve or worsen exercise performance and activity-related breathlessness in patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a randomized controlled trial <a href="https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1513/AnnalsATS.201803-198OC">published online in <em>Annals</em></a></p> Tue, 31 Jul 2018 17:23:50 +0000 webfull 139209 at /channels /channels/channels/news/new-website-theories-and-interventions-exercise-and-health-psychology-tie-laboratory-287346 <p><span>Led by Co-Directors </span><a href="/edu-kpe/shane.sweet">Shane Sweet</a><span> and </span><a href="/edu-kpe/lindsay.duncan">Lindsay Duncan</a><span>, of our Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE), the TIE Laboratory was founded to understand the psychosocial determinants of physical activity adoption and maintenance, and to promote this health behaviour through interventions.</span></p> Thu, 07 Jun 2018 16:37:24 +0000 webfull 138419 at /channels /channels/channels/news/dr-tyler-churchward-venne-appointed-william-dawson-scholar-mcgill-287457 <p><img alt="" src="//www.mcgill.ca/edu-kpe/files/edu-kpe/styles/medium/public/tyler_0.jpg?itok=pxLTUUXZ" style="width:220px; height:206px; float:right" />Tyler Churchward-Venne, Assistant Professor with our Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE), has been named as a聽<strong>William Dawson Scholar</strong>聽by 黑料不打烊 University.</p> Fri, 01 Jun 2018 17:29:52 +0000 webfull 138319 at /channels /channels/channels/news/recent-research-kpe-tackles-ergonomics-hockey-smoking-cessation-cancer-parkinsons-strokes-spinal-287014 <p><img src="//www.mcgill.ca/edu-kpe/files/edu-kpe/kpe-research_banner-730w.png" /></p> Thu, 03 May 2018 19:13:44 +0000 webfull 137790 at /channels /channels/channels/event/la-collecte-mcgill-blood-drive-285421 <p><img alt="No automatic alt text available." aria-busy="false" src="https://scontent.fyhu1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28168329_760124607505423_4653778688143744619_n.jpg?oh=4beb5afc19a49399351aa0d42688003d&oe=5B1A0231" style="width:920px; height:5</body></html>" /></p> Tue, 27 Feb 2018 16:22:23 +0000 webfull 135825 at /channels /channels/channels/news/kpes-dr-pearsall-provides-tips-avoid-slips-icy-sidewalks-winter-cbc-news-284526 <p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-icy-sidewalks-slip-1.4519151"><img alt="cbc masthead logo" src="http://www.cbc.ca/i/regional/v11/img/cbclogo_sprite.png" style="float:right; margin:12px" /></a>D<span>avid Pearsall, Associate Professor in our聽Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education,聽</span><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-icy-sidewalks-slip-1.4519151">spoke to CBC Montreal</a><span>聽this week on the topic of avoid falls on the city's icy sidewalks.</span></p> Tue, 06 Feb 2018 18:16:19 +0000 webfull 134825 at /channels /channels/channels/news/new-website-kpes-spinal-cord-injury-peer-mentorship-team-284323 <p><img alt="" src="/scipm/files/scipm/sweet_2015-11_edit.png" style="width:100px; height:155px; float:right" /></p> <p>Dr. Shane Sweet, of our Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE), has launched a new website for a community-university partnership on Spinal Cord Injury Peer Mentorship (SCIPM): <a href="/scipm">www.mcgill.ca/scipm</a></p> Tue, 30 Jan 2018 19:39:24 +0000 webfull 134598 at /channels /channels/channels/event/physical-activity-and-womens-health-path-symposium-268033 <p><img alt=" one or more people and text" aria-busy="false" src="https://scontent.fyhu1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/23376511_712270345624183_5738219343945402969_n.png?oh=5ae368a4bf256c4083ec2d4f846f072e&oe=5A681F7D" style="width:720px; height:405px</body></html>" /></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2017 15:24:53 +0000 webfull 132295 at /channels /channels/event/path-2nd-annual-research-symposium-253467 <p><br /><strong>黑料不打烊 Research Centre for Physical Activity and Health (PATH)</strong><br /> 2nd Annual Research Symposium<br /> Friday October 2, 2015<br /></p> Thu, 10 Sep 2015 18:58:51 +0000 webfull 112268 at /channels /channels/event/2016-annual-path-research-symposium-261787 <p>We 聽are pleased to announce that our third annual 黑料不打烊 Research Centre for Physical Activity and Health聽symposium will take place November 4, 2016 at the 黑料不打烊 Faculty Club and Conference Centre.</p> Fri, 26 Aug 2016 20:02:18 +0000 webfull 120865 at /channels