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Championing gender equity in sport: Dr. Tara-Leigh McHugh named Canada Research Chair
Research program focuses on community partnership, policy impact and advancing gender equity across all levels of sport
Human Performance Lab’s 44 years of setting the pace in sport, wellness
From 1988 Olympics to Beckham’s shoes, research evolution and world-leading facilities highlight lab’s past, present and future
UCalgary Killam Scholars inspire change through research
16 PhD students named 2025 Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholars are advancing discoveries that span health, sustainability and human understanding
2025 Killam Awards celebrate a tradition of scholarship
Celebrating the Killams’ vision, the awards honoured excellence across UCalgary’s disciplines
UCalgary sport scientist key to Colorado Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog’s NHL comeback
Cutting-edge Plantiga technology co-developed by Faculty of Kinesiology's Dr. Matthew Jordan helps rehabilitate fallen hockey hero
New initiative puts youth voices at centre of concussion research
Join us on Sept. 22 to learn more about this UCalgary project, an example of youth-led, community-engaged transdisciplinary research
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Sports medicine not keeping up with female athletes, Calgary research says
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These Canadians are trying to make Nike cool again
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Canadian tech, Calgary prof helped get Avalanche’s Landeskog back on the ice
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Why Ontario researchers want more people to eat fermented food
In the News Education News Canada
Human Performance Lab's 44 years of setting the pace in sport, wellness
In the News Livewire Calgary
Animal welfare science underpinning rodeo and chuckwagon events at the Calgary Stampede
New kinesiology research facility coming to campus
The university will soon be home to one of the most advanced post-secondary research facilities in the study of human performance, movement and sport science, thanks to an extraordinary $20-million gift from the Taylor Family Foundation.
The Future of Sports Science: AI-Powered Motion Tracking
Dr. Victor Cossich, PhD, a postdoctoral associate in the Faculty of Kinesiology, left his established biomechanics practice in Brazil to come to UCalgary to expand his capacity for problem-solving and patient care.
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