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CONFERENCE - BrainTalks 2014

The Faculty of Medicine class of 2017 Charity Committee is pleased to present the BrainTalks 2014 Conference, which will be held on March 1st in Amphitheater A, Roger-Guindon Hall. This conference presents a multi-disciplinary approach to brain injury prevention, treatment and recovery. The curriculum will appeal to medical, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and science students, as well as health care. Please go to the registration web page to purchase your tickets.

uOttawa’s Occupational and Physiotherapy students: a force to be reckoned with

Last weekend, University of Ottawa occupational therapy and physiotherapy students participated in the largest occupational therapy-physiotherapy (OT/PT) games in Quebec. Read the full story

World's only calorimeter on campus gauges how hot the human body can get

Recent research led by School of Human Kinetics professor Glen Kenny suggests that after years of fighting flames, older firefighters build up a greater tolerance to heat. Read the full story

Two students-mentors from the Faculty of Health Sciences receive a CIBC Mentoring Scholarship

The annual CIBC Mentorship Scholarships recognize the strong dedication and academic excellence of our undergraduate students-mentors. This year, two students from the Faculty of Health Sciences received a scholarship. Congratulations to Alexandre Roy (Human Kinetics) and Désiré Rioux (Nursing) who were both recognized at an official ceremony on January 30, 2014.

Bringing the beats to reproductive health

Recent studies have shown that reproductive and sexual health problems affect youth significantly, yet youth are missing from the debate on these issues. Jillian Gedeon, a master’s student in health sciences, believes the answer lies in “artivism,” combining art and activism, and using music and dance to get important messages across. And so she recorded a rap about the importance of family planning.

Food security in Canada’s North

For the 700 residents of Fort Providence, a small community in Canada’s Northwest Territories, food security is an issue: freezing temperatures make it difficult to hunt, fish and find nutrient-dense foods during the winter months. To respond to this ongoing problem, human kinetics student Meagan Ann O’Hare travelled to the village last year to help implement the Wild Foods Snack Program, thanks in part to Students for Canada’s North scholarship sponsored by the Centre for Global and Community Engagement.

Faculty of Health Sciences professors among elite group of lecturers at first ever Olympic University

The Russian International Olympic University (RIOU) will welcome two of the School of Human Kinetics' very own experts, professors Benoit Séguin and Milena Parent, as lecturers for the Masters in Sports Administration (MSA) program. They will be among 19 other world-class experts from 10 different countries, and will be part of a module managed by Benoit Séguin entitled “The Business of Sports and the Olympics”. The ten-week module will start on January 13th, 2014, in Sochi, Russia, the site of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

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