UVic's CanAssist has launched a new website aimed at improving independence and safety among BC seniors. Ability411.ca provides information and personalized answers to seniors' questions about technologies and equipment.
There’s nothing quite like looking across the ocean and feeling the fresh salty air filing your lungs as you ride your bike along Dallas Road. And Carson Sage, who graduates with a MA in Kinesiology this month, has been offering senior citizens in Victoria and beyond the opportunity to reconnect with nature through free bike rides, via the Cycling Without Age program.
Already blown your New Year's resolution to get more physical exercise? You're not alone. Exercise psychologist Ryan Rhodes studies how to motivate people to fulfill their exercise intentions. Research shows that only 28 per cent of beginners follow through with their intentions after six months. Much of the drop-off happens within the first two weeks.
Renovations in McKinnon are now almost complete and the building is now the teaching and research hub for the School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education.
This isn't your average soccer game—it's blind soccer. Drop-in blind soccer is a student-led success story, brought to UVic after two Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education students were assigned a class project about adapted sports and recreation.
A study published by Clarise Lim, graduate student in kinesiology working with Ryan Rhodes at the UVic Behavioural Medicine Lab, examines the relationship between dog walking behaviours and dog characteristics, owners’ sense of responsibility and attachment to their dogs, and the quality of their motivations.
New Year's resolutions to exercise more are as predictable as post-holiday leftovers, bloated credit card statements and pine needles embedded in the carpet. But while the joint goal of getting fit and losing weight is generally the most popular of resolutions, it is also the one most commonly broken.
Does exercise improve memory and learning in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)? Dr. Brian Christie, a neuroscientist in the University of Victoria’s Division of Medical Sciences, is seeking community help to find out. He’s looking…
In case you needed one, here’s another good reason to exercise—it can make you smarter.
UVic’s School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education facilities could soon be undergoing an upgrade.
Learn more about the brain-stimulating benefits of exercise—and about situations where the benefits might be more questionable—from Dr. Brian Christie (medical sciences). Christie was one of the first researchers to discover that exercise stimulates the growth of brain cells in an area of the brain involved with learning and memory. The finding debunked the long-held belief that our brains aren’t able to produce new nerve cells as we age. He gives a talk on the topic at the next Caf&e#180; Scientifique on Feb. 5, 6:30–8 p.m. at Swans Suite Hotel (506 Pandora St.). Info: 250-472-4067
Making New Year’s resolutions to start exercising may be well-intentioned, but make sure to actually book exercise time in your schedule if you want a better chance of the resolution to stick. That’s what University of Victoria exercise psychologist…
Will a healthy walk be on the menu after your holiday meal on Monday? Researchers at the University of Victoria’s School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education, think it should be. Dr. Ryan Rhodes, associate professor at the school of ex…
Feeling anxious? Some light exercise could calm you down. Rachel Blacklock, a University of Victoria graduate student in exercise science, physical and health education, studied the effects of exercise intensity on anxiety in breast cancer survivors…
Two members of the University of Victoria’s School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education are the recipients of awards of excellence. Dr. Ryan Rhodes, an associate professor in the school, has received an Early Career Distinguished Schol…
Video games are taking the blame for increasing childhood and adolescent obesity rates, but what if game players had to move more than their thumbs to cyber-race cars, motorcycles and bikes? Dr. Ryan Rhodes (physical education) studies physical acti…
