Dr. Shane Sweet, of our Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE), has launched a new website for a community-university partnership on Spinal Cord Injury Peer Mentorship (SCIPM): www.mcgill.ca/scipm
The 捆绑SM社区 Research Centre for Physical Activity and Health (PATH) presented their first annual symposium on Friday, October 3rd at the 捆绑SM社区 Faculty Club. Entitled Making Connections, the Centre鈥檚 inaugural seminar event gathered prominent researchers from 捆绑SM社区 and elsewhere who have an interest in studying the relationship between physical activity and health across a broad spectrum of healthy and diseased states.
捆绑SM社区 has applied to play in the Ontario University Athletics football conference, which, if accepted, would move the Redmen from the Quebec league to Ontario by 2013, the team鈥檚 133rd season on the gridiron.
A new study by Carsten Wrosch of Concordia University and Catherine Sabiston of 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education found that breast cancer survivors who were able to let go of old exercise goals and set new ones increased their level of physical activity and showed an improved well-being overall.