Human Kinetics

Toni Bruce of the University of Auckland will address media representations of female sporting bodies Friday in the Human Kinetics Building.Toni Bruce of the University of Auckland will address media representations of female sporting bodies Friday in the Human Kinetics Building.

Lecture to trace changing images of sportswomen

Toni Bruce of the University of Auckland will address media representations of female sporting bodies Friday in the Human Kinetics Building.

Steven FischerKinesiology professor Steven Fischer of the University of Waterloo will speak to his work preventing musculoskeletal disorders in paramedics Friday.

Lecture offers look at ways to prevent paramedic hazards

Kinesiology professor Steven Fischer of the University of Waterloo will speak to his work preventing musculoskeletal disorders in paramedics Friday.

Robert Wilson performs a leg extension at the St. Denis Centre as part of the Adapted Physical Exercise (APEX) program coordinated by PhD student Kelly Carr in partnership with Community Living Essex County.Robert Wilson performs a leg extension at the St. Denis Centre as part of the Adapted Physical Exercise (APEX) program coordinated by PhD student Kelly Carr in partnership with Community Living Essex County.

HK grad student combats stigma of disability

Kelly Carr wants to destroy barriers.

That’s why her research as a PhD student at the University of Windsor has worked to showcase the strengths of people with disabilities to combat the negative stigma that often follows them throughout their lives.

Carr’s research is broken into three phases and examines how people with an intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) participating in a physical exercise program, meaningful employment and elite sports can influence opinion.