Queen’s Prizes for Excellence in Research announced Queen’s Gazette, June 22, 2022 Dr. Jennifer Tomasone has been awarded Queen’s University’s Prize for Excellence in Research for significant contributions to the field of physical activity promotion and knowledge translation.  Read More

“Queen’s student competing for Team Canada at World Para Swimming Championships,” Queen’s Gazette, May 16, 2022. Jessica Tinney, a fourth-year kinesiology student, has excelled at balancing academics, work, and athletics.Read More

Dr. Jessica Selinger and colleagues’ research published in Current Biology “Running in the wild: Energetics explain ecological running speeds” has generated considerable media attention: Wallstreet Journal CBC Radio, Quirks and Quarks Science News New Scientist Popular Science Queen’s Gazette Stanford Press Release Daily Mail Phys.org Science DailyRead More

Are diet and activity key to managing weight and obesity? Study by Dr. Robert Ross and colleagues featured in the Queen’s Gazette, May 2nd.Read More

Mental health efforts worth recognition KIN’ 20 alumna and current Queen’s Geography MA student, Ampai Thammachack, named a L’Oréal Paris Woman of Worth for continuing efforts to raise awareness for mental health and combatting stigma. Story in the Queen’s Gazette, April 13, 2022.Read More

Indigenous food sovereignty and land access in Katarokwi: The role of ‘All Our Relations Land Trust’ By SKHS PhD Candidate S. Kaitlyn Patterson in the Kingstonist, 31 March 2022.Read More

Dr. Courtney Szto featured in Broadview, “Hockey has a racism problem. These Canadians are trying to fix it,” March 9, 2022. Dr. Szto, co-author the “Policy Paper for Anti-Racism in Canadian Hockey,”  says that a lot more needs to be done to address the calls to action included in the report. “It’s education, policy and programming....Read More

Terminal cancer patient denied magic mushrooms after Health Canada rule change. CBC, February 28, 2022. SKHS PhD candidate, Ron Shore, talks to CBC about psylocibin treatment for terminal cancer patient and how Canada needs to rethink the way it classifies the use of psychedelics.Read More

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) recently announced results for their Fall 2021 Project Grant competition. Dr. McGlory’s four-year program will focus on trying to understand why people lose muscle during periods of inactivity, such as those experienced by hospital patients when immobile after surgery. Losing muscle in hospital following surgery can trigger diabetes and...Read More

Student-led organization contributes to local youth shelter Health Studies student Celina Lovisotto (pictured top right) is the co-founder of the nonprofit organization Bags of Promise. “Reflecting on the challenges young homelessness individuals encounter on a daily basis, we identified a need for the community to come together and help anyway we can,” Lovisotto says. “Homelessness...Read More