The Faculty of Education welcomes back Dr. Julie Côté, newly appointed Director of the Sylvan Adams Sports Science Institute (SASSI) as she returns from her sabbatical (September 1). Dr. Côté has been a key leader in the establishment of SASSI and has previously served as Interim Director for the Institute and will continue to steer its research and collaborations across different sectors.
Congratulations to Dr. Danielle Alexander on the successful defense of her dissertation on the 30th March 2023!
Topic of her dissertation:
"Understanding Attitudes, Knowledge, and Behaviours in the Parasport Coaching Context"
Congratulations to George Shi, on publishing in the Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine.
George Shi, recently published a paper titled "Outcomes of spinal cord injury peer mentorship: A community-based Delphi consensus approach" in Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine.
The publication can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
On behalf of the Dept. of Kinesiology & Physical Education, Congratulations to all our 2022 Master's and Doctoral Graduates!
Read more about our Master's and Doctoral Graduates >>
The Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education would like to congratulate our PhD students Siobhan Henderson, Matthew Slopecki, Rachelle Aucoin, Tayah Liska, Olivia Pastore, and Master’s students Ada Sevinc, Frédérike Parent-L’Ecuyer for winning Fonds de Recherche training awards to support their graduate research.
FRQS Fellowship
Congratulations to our 2022-23 Cooke Fellowship in Physical Education Award recipient Amanda Duguay and McGill International Research Master's Student Award (MIRMA) recipient, Kerrigan Sunday!
Amanda Duguay
Congratulations to our Master's students for being awarded the prestigious Canada Graduate Scholarship this year!
Congratulations to our Recipient of 2022 McGill Sports Science Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Zachary William Bell
Supervisor: Dr. Tyler Churchward-Venne
Project Title: Estimates of dietary protein requirements in endurance-trained older male and female Master's athletes as determined by the Indicator Amino Acid Oxidation (IAAO) method
Congratulations to our awardees of this year’s McGill Sports Science Fellowships!
These three students are being awarded fellowships to support their research projects outlined below:
The Department of Kinesiology & Physical Education would like to congratulate the five recipients of the 2022 Adriano Tassone Internship Award.
Established in 2009 by Vincent and Sabina Tassone along with friends and family, in memory of their son Adriano Tassone, to help Faculty of Education students in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education who have completed U1 and/or U2 gain practical and research experience in Kinesiology through an internship award.
Congratulations to KPE's George Shi for being awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Quebec Rehabilitation Research Network (REPAR).
Title of George Shi's work: “Implementation of hospital-based peer support program for people living with spinal cord injury.”
George Shi is a PhD Candidate with Dr. Shane Sweet's Theories and Interventions in Exercise and Health Psychology (TIE) Lab.
Congratulations to Jade St-Pierre for receiving the “Best Proffered paper” Gold award for her presentation during the 40th Congress of the European Society of Surgical Oncology, held from 8 -10 November 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Title of her presentation:
ESSO40-0564 – Feasibility of multimdodal prehabilitation to enhance preoperative functional capacity of esophageal cancer patients during concurrent neoadjuvant chemotherapies - a pilot interventional study.
The Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education would like to congratulate the recipient of 2021–2022 David L. Montgomery Award:
Yasmine Coovadia
Title of her work:
“The effect of sex and gonadal hormones on sympathetic neurovascular regulation.”
The David L. Montgomery Award
The Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education would like to congratulate the recipients of the 2021–2022 R.E. Wilkinson Award and Dan Q. Marisi Award!
The R.E. Wilkinson Award
Awarded annually to a student who has obtained the B.Ed/B.Sc. degree (Physical Education or Kinesiology) from McGill entering a graduate program in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education who best combines academic merit and exceptional professional leadership.
The 2021–2022 R.E. Wilkinson Award recipient is: