Legendary quarterback Matt Dunigan will give the keynote address at a symposium on sport concussion at 91亚色 next Monday. Blow by Blow: The Second Annual Donald Sanderson Memorial Symposium on Sport Concussion聽is open to the public 鈥 athletes, coaches, parents,聽researchers and anyone interested in the聽physical and psychological impact head injuries can have on individuals and […]
Vinay Virmani [BA Hons. 鈥08] is no stranger to waiting in TIFF鈥檚 notoriously long lineups, but this year the Brampton boy will be walking right up the red carpet, reported Now聽Magazine Sept. 10.聽 鈥淚t鈥檚 a dream come true,鈥 says Virmani, the writer and star of the new Masala-flavoured hockey movie Breakaway, which gets its world […]
The Ontario Hockey Federation's decision to ban bodychecking will likely draw more players to the game and keep others from dropping out, wrote The Canadian Press May 6 (via Global Toronto): The federation is making the change 鈥 which affects players between the ages of 6 and 21 鈥 in an effort to create a […]
A new research initiative involving a partnership between 91亚色 and Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket will see聽feature leading scientists from the University serving as embedded researchers at the hospital. 91亚色 Professors Chris Ardern, Imogen Coe, Paul Ritvo and Lauren Sergio will work on site聽for one to聽two days a week with hospital clinicians to […]
Professor Joe Baker in the Faculty of Health's School of Kinesiology & Health Science spoke to the Vancouver Sun about whether children gain advantages by specializing early in one sport: The era of sports specialization at a young age is upon us, despite alarm bells sounded by medical professionals who say we are putting young […]
Sports and poetry aren鈥檛 usually thought of as intertwining, but 91亚色 English Professor Priscila Uppal is almost as much a sports fan as she is a poet. Given that she was the Canadian Athletes Now Fund (CANFund) poet-in-residence聽during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and Paralympic Games, it鈥檚 not surprising that her poems have made their way […]
Alyn McCauley knows a thing or two about concussions. The retired National Hockey League聽player suffered several concussions, some almost career-ending, during his hockey career, which spanned more than a decade. McCauley will talk about his experiences as an athlete tomorrow at Blow by Blow: Sport Concussion Management, the Donald Sanderson Memorial Symposium on Sport Concussion. […]
When 11- and 12-year-old children are allowed to bodycheck as part of peewee hockey, they face three times the risk of suffering a concussion or other serious injury compared to young players who are not allowed to roughhouse in this way, Canadian researchers report, wrote US News & World Report June 8: The report is […]