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

🎓 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

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Don’t miss your chance to join us! 🎉 Sign up today and be part of this exciting event!

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! 🎉

York faculty scale new heights in physiological health research - YFile Professors Olivier Birot and Emilie Roudier bring the mountain into the classroom, using a harrowing rescue and smart technology to explore the body's response to extreme stress.

Congratulations to Olivier Birot and Emilie Roudier on their YFile feature highlighting their research trip in the French Alps that took an unexpected turn and led to new insights in physiological health.

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📣 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!

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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! 🌿🌺

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! 🥳

🌍✨ 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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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!

🌱 Step away from screens, step onto the land. This Land- Learning event is your midweek reset, all are welcome!

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🚴‍♀️ Need a break from textbooks? Trade study stress for a sweat session! Join Larkin Lamarche for a spin class!

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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!

Victor Lai earns bronze for Canada's 1st-ever medal at badminton world championships | CBC Sports Victor Lai has made history by becoming Canada's first-ever medallist at the badminton world championships.

History made! Kinesiology & Health Science student Victor Lai wins Canada’s first-ever medal at the Badminton World Championships, snagging bronze in men’s singles! 🏅 We're cheering you on!

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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.

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!

A multi-site prospective controlled pilot evaluation of Cardiac College for Women in the cardiac rehabilitation setting To test the limited efficacy of women-focused educational materials within supervised cardiac rehabilitation (CR) for the first time when compared to …

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Sherry Grace’s lab shows women-focused cardiac rehab isn’t just empowering—it’s effective. Women-only programs with tailored education boost heart-health knowledge and diet adherence versus standard co-ed programs.

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Inspiratory muscle training improves autonomic function in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2: A pilot study - PubMed Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC), or Long COVID, and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) are debilitating post-viral conditions with many symptomatic overlaps, includin...

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Breathing better, feeling better — Heather Edgell’s lab finds inspiratory training eases Long COVID and ME/CFS symptoms. It improves breathing strength, autonomic function, and offers a promising non-invasive therapy.

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Women, orthostatic tolerance, and POTS: a narrative review - PubMed Young women experience orthostatic intolerance to a greater degree than men. Numerous physiological pathways could be responsible for this intolerance in both healthy and pathophysiological conditions...

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Heather Edgell’s lab shows why women feel the drop more when standing. Laura Fitzgibbon-Collins & Tania Pereira link greater orthostatic intolerance to sex differences in hemodynamics and autonomic control in POTS.

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N95 masks increase brain blood velocity and parasympathetic outflow, yet worsen orthostatic symptoms in a healthy cohort - PubMed Mask wearing became commonplace in everyday life during the COVID-19 pandemic and masks are frequently used in certain professions. Masks can increase end-tidal CO₂ and the cerebrovasculatu...

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Heather Edgell’s lab shows more brain blood flow doesn’t always mean fewer symptoms. Tania Pereira found that wearing an N95 increases brain blood flow but may worsen orthostatic intolerance, suggesting psychological factors may contribute.

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Perspectives on the interpretation of mitochondrial responses during skeletal muscle disuse‐induced atrophy Abstract figure legend Common human and rodent muscle disuse models and associated changes in skeletal muscle mitochondrial function; respiration, redox stress and apoptotic cell death. I–V, complexe...

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Christopher Perry’s lab decodes mitochondrial “Morse code,” where dysfunction may signal adaptation. Luca Delfinis & Shahrzad Shoushtar explore if mitochondrial changes during muscle disuse are harmful or protective.

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Adiponectin-receptor agonism prevents right ventricular tissue pathology in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy Cardiac fibrosis during Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) arises from cellular damage and inflammation and is associated with metabolic dysfunction. T…

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Christopher Perry’s lab dives into DMD, showing not all heart chambers suffer equally. Shivam Gandhi finds early cardiac fibrosis is chamber-specific and can be prevented by targeting adiponectin receptors.

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Mitochondrial-targeted plastoquinone therapy prevents early onset muscle weakness that occurs before atrophy during ovarian cancer Muscle loss with cancer causes weakness, worsens quality of life, and predicts reduced overall survival rates. Recently, muscle weakness was identifie…

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Christopher Perry’s lab shows cancer cachexia weakness begins before muscle loss. Work by Luca Delfinis & Shahrzad Shoushtar links early ovarian cancer weakness to mitochondrial stress, with SkQ1 boosting force and calcium handling.

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The body mass index: What’s the use? The body mass index (BMI) is a ubiquitous metric frequently used in body image research: as a correlate, covariate, descriptor, and more. However, the…

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Larkin Lamarche’s lab is tipping the scales toward justice in body image research! Their study critiques the misuse of BMI, urging scholars to confront fat discrimination and adopt more inclusive, critical frameworks.

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Promoting adapted physical activity within kinesiology undergraduate programs: a RE-AIM perspective Disabled persons face an array of barriers to quality physical activity programming. Nonetheless, kinesiology undergraduate programs have historically neglected to focus on disability. Hence, it is...

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Rebecca Bassett-Gunter’s AIMPA Lab is rewriting the kinesiology playbook for inclusion! Using the RE-AIM framework, her team shows how adapted physical activity courses can prepare future pros to better support disabled individuals.

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