In The News

28 Jun 2011 - (snipped) - "Fidgeting your way to fitness". Dr. Ashlee McGuire recent SKHS PhD graduate, and her former supervisor, Dr. Robert Ross, release study.  Walking to the photocopier and fidgeting at your desk are contributing more to your cardiorespiratory fitness than you might think.  More about story here ...

20 Jun 2011- (snipped)- incoming SKHS MSc Candidate, David Kingston announced as 2011 SIRC Research Award Winner - The Impact of Applied Research on Athletic Excellence – High Performance Category: "Knee Loading During Bodyweight Squat Performance: Effects of Stance width and Foot Rotation" 

01 Jun 2011 - Kim Bergeron, PhD Candidate – Designing active communities with access to green spaces and trails - snipped from "Why exercising outdoors is better than hitting the gym" in the Globe and Mail

17 May 2011- (snipped)- Lead researcher Sivan Almosnino, PhD Candidate, hopes that new testing procedures for work-related injuries will lead to less subjective testing and better treatment options.  Read Elite athlete testing may revamp injured worker compensation practices and from the Kingston Whig Standard Device gives

SKHS Staff Team wins 2010 Team Staff Recognition Award .... read "University recognizes staff contributions"

View a video of the presentation

Dec 2010 - (snipped) Queen's receives $9.1 million in Canada Research Chairs Funding (full story)....

SKHS Faculty Members secure 2 CRC Tier 2 positions:

1 - Dr. Ian Janssen named Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Obesity

Dr. Dany MacDonald, former SKHS PhD student, receives 2010 Franklin Henry Young Scientist Award and presents at Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology Conference.

Dr. Michael Tschakovsky (snipped) Put the squeeze on soreness...full story in the Wall Street Journal

Dr. Jean Côté -(snipped) Why small towns breed pro athletes.... full story in the Wall Street Journal

Dr. Spencer Moore (snipped) - CBC News - Type 2 Diabetes, low income linked in women