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Grand Chief Willie Littlechild (L) with Bob Steadward (R). Both men have giant smiles.

Bob Steadward honoured with Cree name and headdress at Maskwacis

  • Jennifer Fitzgerald
  • 13 June 2025
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Congratulations to our award winners!

  • 11 June 2025
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‘People person’ and past KSRSS president Brennon Colgan proud of supporting culture shift in home faculty

  • Sasha Roeder Mah
  • 11 June 2025
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KSR degrees open doors to countless career paths

  • 9 June 2025
Two older men do exercises during a physical therapy session, aided by two physical therapists. (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Definitive test’ finds exercise a potent weapon against colon cancer

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 2 June 2025
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Convocation spotlight: Siri Nelson

  • 2 June 2025
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Convocation spotlight: Rahim Valji

  • 27 May 2025
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Convocation spotlight: Kaylyn MacDonald

  • 23 May 2025
Woman drinks water during outdoor exercise session. (Photo: Getty Images)

Exercise app could bridge access gap for cancer survivors in rural and remote communities

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 30 April 2025
Interview for the steadward centre

Para swimming community gathering to raise funds for athlete programs

  • Steven Dyer - CTV NEWS
  • 16 April 2025
Students in a movement class moving on a wooden floor

Moving bodies become better-thinking bodies

  • 16 April 2025
The decision whether to sleep or exercise in those precious minutes new moms have to themselves is a continuing dilemma, but the latest research suggests physical activity actually reduces fatigue and improves the quality of sleep. Philippe Lopez AFP/Getty Images

Fitness: A new exercise prescription for new moms

  • Jill Barker Special to the Montreal Gazette
  • 13 April 2025
Female athlete exercises outdoors. (Photo: Getty Images)

A playbook for grit: three lessons from new research

  • Jon Pullin
  • 27 March 2025
Woman exercises alongside baby. (Photo: Getty Images)

World’s first stand-alone guidelines on postpartum exercise and sleep released in Canada

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 26 March 2025
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Have you met … Jacob Lang?

  • 13 March 2025
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U of A’s strong subjects make gains in latest QS rankings

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 12 March 2025
Pregnant woman lifts weights. (Photo: Getty Images)

Study confirms safety of high-intensity resistance training during pregnancy

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 12 March 2025
Older woman exercising. (Photo: Getty Images)

Exercise prescription isn’t one-size-fits-all for cancer patients

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 26 February 2025
Stylized photo of someone's feet pedaling a bicycle.

Peaking earlier: six-second max power test for athletes outperforms standard 30-second version

  • Adrianna MacPherson - Folio
  • 19 February 2025
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Ski Like a Girl Podcast highlights the spirit of the Canadian Birkebeiner

  • 11 February 2025
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Honouring the legacy of Dr. Brian Nielsen

  • 10 February 2025
Person exercising while wearing a mask over their mouth and nose.

Wearing a mask while exercising indoors improves lung function

  • MIchael Brown - Folio
  • 5 February 2025
Person jogging in winter.

Stay safe while running in the cold!

  • Hannah Webster - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  • 22 January 2025
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U of A has broken into the Top 100 in the Life Sciences category.

  • Adrianna MacPherson - Folio
  • 22 January 2025
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Study uncovers disparity between how textbooks and self-advocates discuss autism

  • Adrianna MacPherson - Folio
  • 22 January 2025
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Smartphone swipes reveal clues to how we make decisions

  • Adrianna MacPherson - Folio
  • 20 January 2025
Image of two women in a sound booth conversing over microphones.

Celebrating women in Nordic skiing: U of A scholars launch Ski Like a Girl Podcast

  • 8 January 2025
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Winter workout tips, from scientists who study extreme cold

  • Alex Hutchinson - New York Times
  • 10 December 2024
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Navigating sport, recreation and post-secondary life with a disability

  • 9 December 2024
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Are you an SDG champion? Meet Josephine Godwyll

  • 5 December 2024
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Q&A with student researcher Haoxuan Liu

  • 4 December 2024
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Q & A with student researcher Charlotte Mitchell

  • 4 December 2024
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Q&A with student researcher Kole Lundstrom

  • 4 December 2024
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Q&A with student researcher Ethan Brown

  • 4 December 2024
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Have you met … Rylan Kafara?

  • 2 December 2024
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Women’s roles in shaping mountain culture highlighted at two international events

  • 29 November 2024
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Convocation Spotlight: Brittany Priel

  • 27 November 2024
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Convocation Spotlight: Brynn Walmsley

  • 27 November 2024
Image of someone running outside during winter.

In for the chill: five useful tips to help you stay fit in the winter

  • James Witts - The Guardian
  • 10 November 2024
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More than an hour of exercise a week may help with ‘baby blues’, says study

  • Andrew Gregory - The Guardian
  • 7 November 2024
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Top 40 Under 40 2024: Rebecca Rubuliak

  • Tom Ndekezi - Edify
  • 1 November 2024
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Researchers simplify digital reconstruction of bones

  • Adrianna MacPherson - Folio
  • 31 October 2024
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La forme physique fait toute la différence

  • Jean-Benoit Legault - La Presse Canadienne
  • 15 October 2024
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In search of ‘ikigai’: Why the Japanese concept could be a key to well-being

  • Sasha Roeder Mah - FOLIO
  • 10 October 2024
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‘Sweat, spike, solve’: Research suggests a new strategy for people with Type 1 diabetes to lower blood sugar after exercise

  • Adrianna MacPherson - Folio
  • 8 October 2024
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Leading research at the top of the world

  • Shirley Wilfong-Pritchard
  • 7 October 2024
Volleyball team celebrating on the court.

Probing the path to Paralympic glory

  • Geoff McMaster - Folio
  • 2 October 2024
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U of A study identifies skills physical activity specialists can develop to support mental health

  • Jon Pullin
  • 1 October 2024
Woman running outside on a sunny day.

Cardiopulmonary fitness is key for helping breast cancer patients manage post-diagnosis symptoms

  • Adrianna MacPherson - Folio
  • 1 October 2024
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Have you met … Dan Mason?

  • 26 September 2024
Adult sitting on the floor with a child. The child is drawing on a piece of paper. (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Experts in their own lives’: amplifying children’s voices in research

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 25 September 2024
Green and gold balloons arranged to look like the number 60 in celebration of 60 years of the faculty.

KSR Alumni Celebration: A Day of Connection, Memories and Milestones

  • 23 September 2024
paralympic athletes competing in a race on wheels.

Paralympians face higher injury rate, harder recoveries than Olympians

  • Washington Post
  • 8 September 2024
2024 Faculty award winners

From the Provost’s Desk: Congratulating the Recipients of the 2024 Awards for Faculty Excellence

  • THE QUAD
  • 5 September 2024
Back of athlete with hands on their head to exhibit stress of an impending high jump.

How to Face Failure

  • Karen Kwan - New Tail
  • 25 July 2024
Charlotte Mitchell

U of A PhD student to advocate for inclusion in sport on an international stage

  • Shirley Wilfong-Pritchard
  • 17 July 2024
Nancy Spencer

Have you met … Nancy Spencer?

  • 11 July 2024
Craig Chapman

What is Hockeyology?

  • Colin Gallant - Taproot
  • 10 July 2024
Image of Timm Döbert (left) and Leanna Carriere with Carriere’s daughter Adalynn. Döbert and Carriere are cycling across Canada in just 30 days to raise environmental awareness — and helping U of A researchers study human resilience along the way. (Photo: CADS Photography)

A study in resilience

  • 27 June 2024
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Convocation Spotlight: Helene Jørgensen

  • 19 June 2024
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Alumnus Brian Sugiyama shares insights on coaching youth hockey

  • Jennifer Fitzgerald
  • 16 June 2024
Donna Johns

A dream becomes reality

  • Shirley Wilfong-Pritchard
  • 12 June 2024
Deborah Okusanya

Convocation Spotlight: Debbie Okusanya

  • 11 June 2024
Dr. John Dunn

U of A expert discusses the essence of sports psychology:

  • Global 630 CHED (Edmonton) (audio)
  • 11 June 2024
Dr. Brian Soebbing

Edmonton Oilers hoping to bring the Stanley Cup home after 3 decades

  • Vinesh Pratap - Global News - Video
  • 10 June 2024
Trei Lindstrom

Convocation Spotlight: Trei Lindstrom

  • 6 June 2024
An aerial photo taken on Aug. 26, 2023, shows athletes as they compete in the women's marathon final during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Earlier in May, a video of a woman running the Presidente Prudente Half Marathon in Brazil went viral after her husband let her kids meet her on the course. (Istvan Ruzsa/Pool/AFP/Getty Images)

For many, the video of a Brazilian runner is symbolic for the kind of barriers mothers face

  • Natalie Stechyson - CBC
  • 28 May 2024
PAW participants Courtney Reid and Johann Gnanapragasam play parachute games with a primary class in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The universal language of play

  • Shirley Wilfong-Pritchard
  • 14 May 2024
Nancy Hernandez

Have you met … Nancy Hernandez?

  • 3 May 2024
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Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation placed 15th in the world this year and third in Canada in QS rankings

  • Oumar Salifou - FOLIO
  • 10 April 2024
Judy Davidson

Have you met … Judy Davidson?

  • Sasha Roeder Mah
  • 3 April 2024
Shenin Mehnaj

Have you met … Shenin Mehnaj?

  • 1 March 2024
Dorothy Harris dance studio

A new class is encouraging adults to step up to the ballet barre

  • 16 February 2024
The Ski Like a Girl research team (from left) — historians Lyndsay Conrad, PearlAnn Reichwein and Charlotte Mitchell — are bringing to light unheard histories of women’s contributions to Nordic sport in Western Canada.

Ski like a girl: Researchers reveal hidden histories of women in Nordic sport

  • Oumar Salifou - FOLIO
  • 9 February 2024
Amber Cleasby and Colton Meronyk

BARST degree offers students the best of many worlds

  • Danica Erickson
  • 7 February 2024
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Improved Fitness Could Lower Prostate Cancer Risk by Up to 35 Percent

  • Lisa Rapaport - Everyday Health
  • 1 February 2024
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Have you met … Dave Collins?

  • 31 January 2024
Adalberto Loyola Sanchez

U of A Steadward Centre announces Adalberto Loyola Sanchez as first-ever research affiliate

  • 31 January 2024
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KSR students make important inroads in pregnancy-health research

  • Sasha Roeder Mah
  • 30 January 2024
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Five tips to help you get outdoors to work out

  • Oumar Salifou - FOLIO
  • 26 January 2024
Genevieve Johnson

Have you met … Genevieve Johnson?

  • 5 January 2024
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Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation year-end story round-up

  • 5 December 2023
Evan Mudryk at workout machine

Stroke survivor finds sanctuary and healing at the Steadward Centre

  • 4 December 2023
Liane Jean

Have you met … Liane Jean?

  • Sasha Roeder Mah
  • 30 November 2023
Norman Boule

U of A researchers work to see if diet and exercise can lead to Type 2 diabetes remission

  • Amanda Anderson - CTV EDMONTON
  • 29 November 2023
Device to check blood/glucose levels checking a person's arm

Diet and exercise could pave the way for diabetes remission

  • Jennifer Fitzgerald - FOLIO
  • 24 November 2023
Kora Park

Convocation Spotlight: Kora Park, BSc Kinesiology

  • Sasha Roeder Mah
  • 22 November 2023
Reid McClure

Convocation spotlight: Reid McClure MSc Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation

  • Sasha Roeder Mah
  • 21 November 2023
Courtney Klinger

Have you met … Courtney Klinger, new president of the KSR Alumni Association

  • 20 November 2023
Sandy Sorensen at beginning of her journey (l) and today (r).

Accessibility, community keep longtime Steadward member coming back

  • Sasha Roeder Mah
  • 19 October 2023
Dr. Danielle Peers

U of A professor inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

  • CBC Edmonton AM
  • 18 October 2023
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KSR and Beijing Sport University launch first dual-degree program

  • Jennifer Fitzgerald
  • 16 October 2023
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How to train like an Oiler

  • Lewis Kelly
  • 11 October 2023
Danielle Cormier

Meet Danielle Cormier: New Postdoctoral Fellow joins KSR

  • Danielle Cormier
  • 28 September 2023
Dr. Danielle Peers

Professor, Dr. Danielle Peers, lauded for impact on inclusion in sport and recreation

  • Oumar Salifou - Folio
  • 15 September 2023
Darrel Robertson

Darrel Robertson on receives an Alumni Honour Award!

  • University of Alberta Alumni Association
  • 7 September 2023
Dale Henwood

Dale Henwood inducted to Sports Wall of Fame

  • University of Alberta Alumni Association
  • 7 September 2023
Danielle Peers

Danielle Peers Receives Order of Sport

  • Order of Sport
  • 7 September 2023
Pregnant person using a stationary bike for exercise

High-intensity interval training safe for pregnant women and their babies, study suggests

  • FOLIO - Oumar Salifou
  • 9 August 2023
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'Not a good deal for Alberta': Province scraps bid to host Commonwealth Games

  • Calgary Herald - Matthew Black
  • 3 August 2023

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