Human Kinetics

Victoria ParaschaProfessor emeritus Victoria Paraschak is hoping to collect at least 500 local signatures on a petition calling for an independent judicial inquiry into abuse in Canadian sport.

Petition calls for inquiry into abuse in Canadian sport

Professor emeritus Victoria Paraschak is hoping to collect at least 500 local signatures on a petition calling for an independent judicial inquiry into abuse in Canadian sport.
Kate WinsletBreathing in pure oxygen can help you hold your breath, explains kinesiology professor Anthony Bain in a recent article about Kate Winslet’s performance in Avatar: The Way of Water.

Kinesiology professor explains actor’s breathtaking feat

Breathing in pure oxygen can help you hold your breath, explains kinesiology professor Anthony Bain.
Loyola team“The Loyola Project” tells the story of the 1963 Loyola Ramblers basketball team and the racism Black players on the team faced as they made their way to winning the national collegiate championship.

Free screening of The Loyola Project in HK Thursday

Visit the Faculty of Human Kinetics on Thursday for a special screening of the film, The Loyola Project.
people standing in line“Lacrosse as Medicine,” Monday at the Faculty of Human Kinetics, included a hands-on workshop in the Dennis Fairall Fieldhouse. Leading the workshop was Windsorite Rain Whited and his long-time friend and professional lacrosse player Kellen LeClair of the Buffalo Bandits.

Event highlights importance of lacrosse in Indigenous culture

Rain Whited was just four when his father thought he was old enough to begin playing organized sports.

“He asked me, ‘Do you want to play hockey or lacrosse?’ I didn’t even know what lacrosse was but I said, ‘Lacrosse.’ I think it was the Creator guiding me.”

For Whited, a member of the Oneida Nation of the Thames, lacrosse went on to become an integral part of his life. He played for the Windsor Warlocks, Windsor Clippers, and Wallaceburg Red Devils until he aged out of competitive leagues locally at 21.