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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

Sport - 27.05.2025

Health - Sport - 29.04.2025

Sport - Innovation - 23.04.2025

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

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

Innovation - Sport - 07.03.2025

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

Sport - Psychology - 04.02.2025

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

Sport - 31.01.2025

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

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

Sport - Environment - 10.12.2024

Climate change is beginning to make early-season cancellations a regular part of winter sport competitions.
Health - Sport - 18.11.2024

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

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

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

Sport - History & Archeology - 18.10.2024

Economics - Sport - 07.10.2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sport - 18.07.2024
SFU biophysics student to represent Canada in taekwondo at Paris 2024
Sport - 17.07.2024

Sport - 15.07.2024

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

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

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

Sport - 21.03.2024
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