Kinesiology and Recreation Management News Archive
Students
Recreation Services has something for everyone: discover ways to get involved
March 27, 2025 —
Recreation Services offers an enormous range of programming. Director Tanya Angus explains those options and the range of benefits students can derive.
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
Lessons in the classroom are changing the way Tyrell Davis runs
February 21, 2025 —
Tyrell Davis, a third-year Bisons sprinter, says the work happening in the classroom is changing the way he runs. Davis says throughout his time in the class and on the track, he’s finding the connective tissue between both that’s allowing him to run faster and embrace his education.
Sustainability
Climate change is changing sport: find out how at Sustainability Night 2025
February 6, 2025 —
The Manitoba Marathon cancelled due to heat in 2022. A shortened cross-country ski season because there wasn’t enough snow in 2024. These are just two examples of how climate change is changing sport. If you look globally, there are many more. Dr. Madeleine Orr, a world-leading sports ecologist will give the keynote address at the University of Manitoba’s Sustainability Night on Feb. 27, with her talk titled 'Climate change vs. sport: Keeping the score on adaptation and activism'.
Research and International
Five UM researchers awarded SSHRC Insight grants
September 13, 2024 —
UM researchers receive $955,927 in Insight Grant project funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
Kick off Homecoming 2024 at the Bisons Homecoming Football Game
September 9, 2024 —
Claim your tickets for one of the year’s most thrilling events—the 2024 Homecoming Football Game! Get in the spirit with a family tailgate party starting at 1 p.m., then cheer on the Bisons as they take on the University of Alberta Golden Bears at 2 p.m.
Research and International
The Conversation: Paralympic classification isn’t just a way to organize sports – it also affects athletes’ experience
September 5, 2024 —
Athletes from around the world are in Paris for the 2024 Paralympic Games. The Games will feature more than 4,000 athletes with various disabilities competing in 549 medal events.
Research and International
The Conversation: The treatment of environmental activists at Olympic Games contradicts IOC’s Olympism ideals
July 8, 2024 —
With the Paris Olympics fast approaching under the shadow of the climate crisis, activists and advocates continue to raise questions about the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) commitment to one of three pillars of the Olympic Agenda: sustainability.
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
Medical student is helping communities find balance
June 27, 2024 —
Bukich says he took in the ideas of the medicine wheel, seeing the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual elements needed. He says experiences like the games are crucial for exposing kids to a much wider world of opportunities.
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
Meaningful change comes from collective efforts
June 18, 2024 —
Bree Cruise hopes that during Indigenous History Month, people will want to learn. She says June is only one of twelve months in which she believes learning about Indigenous history and culture should happen. "Learning can happen all times of the year, any time of the day," says Cruise. "We need to continue this learning every month of every year."
‘Basketball has saved my life so many times’
January 19, 2024 —
Forward Emily Mandamin, a proud member of Iskatewizaagegan 39 Independent First Nation [also known as Shoal Lake #39] is tossing up shots on the far court.