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Student experiences
Explore a few of the undergrad's stories about life in Kinesiology.
It’s so important to get real-life experience in the community. It helps you to define what you want to do. I would encourage other students to take practicums, and volunteer for something that they think might suit them. It just may lead to the best summer job ever, like mine was.
Melinda Coetzee
Student in Dance and Kinesiology
Older adults put on their dancing shoes for physical and mental well-being
Research explores how dance instructors work with seniors
Kinesiology student Landon Foley awarded 3M National Student Fellowship
Dinos rower and ambassador one of 10 undergrads across Canada honoured for outstanding leadership
Investigating why women are at higher risk of overuse injury
Stress fractures: understanding the link with bone shape
A day in the life of a Kinesiology student
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