Inhaled vaporized cannabis does not appear to improve or worsen exercise performance and activity-related breathlessness in patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a randomized controlled trial
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Led by Co-Directors Shane Sweet and Lindsay Duncan, of our Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE), the TIE Laboratory was founded to understand the psychosocial determinants of physical activity adoption and maintenance, and to promote this health behaviour through interventions.
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The ATTSVE project is pleased to announce their interns for the summer of 2018. For the first time each of the Faculty of Education's three departments are represented by the interns in the cohort.
Tyler Churchward-Venne, Assistant Professor with our Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE), has been named as a聽William Dawson Scholar聽by 9I制作厂免费.
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has announced that Shannon Herrick, master's student with the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, has been named as a finalist for the 2018 SSHRC Storytellers contest.
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Vanessa Smith,聽Internships and Student Affairs Officer with our Office of Internships and Student Affairs (ISA), has been nominated for 9I制作厂免费's聽Dean of Students Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising.
David Pearsall, Associate Professor in our聽Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education,聽聽this week on the topic of avoid falls on the city's icy sidewalks.
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
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The 9I制作厂免费 Research Centre for Physical Activity and Health (PATH) presented their first annual symposium on Friday, October 3rd at the 9I制作厂免费 Faculty Club. Entitled Making Connections, the Centre鈥檚 inaugural seminar event gathered prominent researchers from 9I制作厂免费 and elsewhere who have an interest in studying the relationship between physical activity and health across a broad spectrum of healthy and diseased states.
9I制作厂免费 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 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 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.