Three University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Recreation and Leisure Studies students were honoured this week for their contributions to the field of therapeutic recreation (TR) at the annual Therapeutic Recreation Ontario (TRO) conference.
Steven Mock, Karla Boluk, and Troy Glover – from the department of Recreation and Leisure Studies – were among the awardees recognized at the 2014-2015 Recipients of Distinguished Awards and Honours reception held on Tuesday, April 28.
That’s why Barkin is on a mission to bring FitDesks– kinetic desks that allow students to keep active while they study – to the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.
In January, the research-based drama Cracked: New Light on Dementia will run at several venues in Toronto, including an event at the Ontario Science Museum.
Curling unites rural women and offers them health benefits beyond the physical, according to À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ research.Â
Third-year therapeutic recreation student Laura Barkin was one of four St. Paul's GreenHouse students to receive funding from a new $5,000 Social Innovation Fund for startups.
µþ²¹°ù°ì¾±²Ô'²õÌýMoving Libraries initiative aims to make studying an active experience by bringing FitDesks to the University.
Students from the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ will offer a day of free family programming in À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ on Saturday.
The more time you spend getting to and from work, the less likely you are to be satisfied with life, says a new study by Applied Health Sciences faculty, Margo Hilbrecht, Steven Mock, and Bryan Smale.
This Saturday, students in Zara Rafferty’s program management and evaluation course will put their event planning — and ice cream making — skills to the test as they host a day of free family activities at the Stork Family YMCA and Harper Library.
You probably know that commuting increases time pressures, as people have time siphoned from their already busy lives for travelling between home and work. But it may come as a bit of a surprise to learn that commuting is related to lower satisfaction with life.