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Sport - Life Sciences - 11.06.2025
Brain power play: Hockey players show position-specific smarts, says SFU study
As elite athletes push the boundaries of physical performance, Simon Fraser researchers are exploring a new frontier: brain training.

Veterinary - Sport - 10.06.2025
Inside The Life of a Stampede Vet

Sport - 05.06.2025
Move over, twigs. It's Stick season now: SFU golf star tees up in Owen Wilson's new TV series
Move over, twigs. It’s Stick season now: SFU golf star tees up in Owen Wilson’s new TV series

Sport - 27.05.2025
How an Olympic gold medallist became an SFU alumnus at 54
How an Olympic gold medallist became an SFU alumnus at 54

Health - Sport - 29.04.2025
Ask Me Something: What happens when you get a concussion?
Ask Me Something: What happens when you get a concussion?

Sport - Innovation - 23.04.2025
PitcherNet helps researchers throw strikes with AI analysis
PitcherNet helps researchers throw strikes with AI analysis
University of Waterloo researchers have developed new artificial intelligence (AI) technology that can accurately analyze pitcher performance and mechanics using low-resolution video of baseball games.

Health - Sport - 08.04.2025
Direct access to specialist care at UCalgary Shoulder Clinic
Direct access to specialist care at UCalgary Shoulder Clinic
Researchers to assess new model of care offered at clinic in the Faculty of Kinesiology's Sport Medicine Centre Alex McEwen will never forget the unnerving snap he heard mid-bench press as the major tendon connecting his pectoralis muscle to his right shoulder tore away from the bone completely.

Environment - Sport - 17.03.2025
Varsity swimmer honoured for academic and athletic achievements
Varsity swimmer honoured for academic and athletic achievements

Innovation - Sport - 07.03.2025
International Women's Day 2025
International Women’s Day 2025
The University of Waterloo is proud to mark International Women's Day (IWD) on March 8. Championing our female students, researchers and leaders makes Waterloo and Canada more resilient, innovative and prosperous.

Sport - 13.02.2025
Fueling the Canadian Olympic pipeline: RBC Training Ground coming to Ontario Tech University

Sport - Career - 05.02.2025
SFU Rowing club team races to national top 10 finish
SFU Rowing club team races to national top 10 finish

Sport - Psychology - 04.02.2025
To sit or to cycle: which is best for students?
To sit or to cycle: which is best for students?
Is combining exercise and learning such a good idea? Researchers at UdeM's School of Kinesiology and Physical Activity Sciences did a lab test with 24 students to find out.

Sport - 03.02.2025
SFU Pipe Band ready to set the tone for Invictus Games
SFU Pipe Band ready to set the tone for Invictus Games

Sport - 31.01.2025
Ontario Tech's ACE pushing Canada's high-performance athletes to the next level
Ontario Tech’s ACE pushing Canada’s high-performance athletes to the next level

Sport - 16.01.2025
Organized sports can lead to academic success
Children who participate in structured physical activity right through adolescence are more likely to stay in school and earn a high-school diploma or equivalent, a new study suggests.

Sport - 16.01.2025
Putting more science into ski waxing
Putting more science into ski waxing
A Laval University research team has developed a system to help elite cross-country skiers choose the best ski-wax combination. In cross-country skiing, a bad wax can lose you a race, and a good wax can help you reach the podium. That's how important waxing is in this discipline. In an article just published in the journal Sports Engineering , researchers at Laval University present a system they have designed to help waxing specialists choose the best ski/wax combination for elite athletes.

Sport - 20.12.2024
Records and awards mark successful season for SFU Athletics and Recreation
Records and awards mark successful season for SFU Athletics and Recreation

Sport - Environment - 10.12.2024
Adapting winter sports in the era of climate change
Adapting winter sports in the era of climate change
Climate change is beginning to make early-season cancellations a regular part of winter sport competitions.

Health - Sport - 18.11.2024
Detecting concussions with a simple spit test
Detecting concussions with a simple spit test
HeadFirst , a company at Velocity , the University of Waterloo's startup incubator, has developed a way to test for concussions using a simple saliva test.

Sport - 15.11.2024
Levelling the playing field for women student-athletes

Environment - Sport - 12.11.2024
Olympic Winter Games' climate crisis
Olympic Winter Games’ climate crisis
Study reveals Olympic Winter Games' climate crisis. Research led by the University of Waterloo has found new critical insights into how climate change threatens the future viability of hosting the Olympic Winter and Paralympic Games (OWG and PWG).

Health - Sport - 12.11.2024
Daily exposure to intense cold can improve sleep quality
Daily exposure to intense cold can improve sleep quality
A new study by UdeM's Olivier Dupuy shows that daily cryostimulation sessions in a chamber cooled to -90°C can make you sleep better and feel better.

Sport - 06.11.2024
Service disruption notice: Bruce Power U SPORTS Men’s Soccer Championship parking

Sport - 04.11.2024
Ridgebacks men's soccer team wins Ontario championship
Ridgebacks men’s soccer team wins Ontario championship

Sport - History & Archeology - 18.10.2024
Former SFU athlete Debbie Brill inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Former SFU athlete Debbie Brill inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame

Economics - Sport - 07.10.2024
Benjie Thomas: From Waterloo co-op to CEO of KPMG in Canada
Benjie Thomas: From Waterloo co-op to CEO of KPMG in Canada

Sport - 13.09.2024
Overcoming tragedy to achieve greatness

Sport - Career - 12.09.2024
Class of ’63 rugby player is still in the game

Sport - 12.09.2024
SFU hockey club host rival UBC Thunderbirds to kick off 2024-25 season

Sport - Health - 26.08.2024
How Paralympic athletes maximize performance on the basketball court
How Paralympic athletes maximize performance on the basketball court
Waterloo researchers are at the forefront of addressing complex societal and health problems facing our world, and Dr. Devon Frayne , a human performance integration specialist in Waterloo's Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, is one of them.

Sport - 12.08.2024
All the right moves
All the right moves
UdeM PhD candidate Eve Charbonneau explains how her hands-on biomechanics research helped Canadian athlete Sophiane Méthot win a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics.

Sport - Campus - 06.08.2024
'Waterloo will always be an important place'
’Waterloo will always be an important place’

Sport - 06.08.2024
Sport: a plus for academic success
Participating in sports helps kids do better in school when they become adults, a new study led by psycho-education professor Linda Pagani suggests.

Sport - 29.07.2024
Behind the scenes at the Olympic Games
Behind the scenes at the Olympic Games
It takes all kinds of helping hands to make the Olympic Games run smoothly, including alumni from the University of Waterloo.

Sport - Health - 29.07.2024
UCalgary researcher Keely Shaw named to Canadian paracycling team in Paris 2024

Sport - 26.07.2024
Taking aim at an Olympic medal
Taking aim at an Olympic medal

Sport - 26.07.2024
Ontario Tech researcher looking to create national Safe Sport handbook
Dr. Joseph Gurgis says comprehensive policies, education, and independent reporting needed to safeguard everyone in sport Several Canadian sport governing bodies have introduced preventive effo

Sport - 24.07.2024
At what age do Olympic athletes peak?
There's a lot that goes into an Olympic athlete's quest for gold - years of training and rigour - but also, an athlete's age.

Sport - Campus - 24.07.2024
Six athletes among plethora of McGillians headed for Paris Olympic Games

Sport - Health - 24.07.2024
SFU sprinter Marie-Éloïse Leclair punches ticket to Summer Olympics
SFU sprinter Marie-Éloïse Leclair punches ticket to Summer Olympics

Sport - 18.07.2024
SFU biophysics student to represent Canada in taekwondo at Paris 2024

Sport - 17.07.2024
Doctorate in hand, she's heading to the Paris Olympics
Doctorate in hand, she’s heading to the Paris Olympics

Sport - 15.07.2024
Fab foursome of former SFU wrestlers grapple with success at Paris Olympics
Fab foursome of former SFU wrestlers grapple with success at Paris Olympics

Sport - 25.06.2024
The 10 Montreal intersections cyclists say are most dangerous

Sport - 25.06.2024
SFU sprinter Marie-Éloïse Leclair named GNAC female athlete of the year for 2024
SFU sprinter Marie-Éloïse Leclair named GNAC female athlete of the year for 2024

Sport - Health - 12.06.2024
Changing attitudes on accessibility and inclusion

Sport - 29.04.2024
Former SFU basketball star inducted into Canada West Hall of Fame

Sport - 15.04.2024
Expert insight: Tips to improve your NYT Connections game
Expert insight: Tips to improve your NYT Connections game
Puzzle fans are hooked on Connections , the latest word game from the New York Times that launched in June 2023, following the success of Wordle.

Health - Sport - 27.03.2024
Why your plans to age in place need to start now
Why your plans to age in place need to start now

Sport - 21.03.2024
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