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Congratulations to Silar Gardy for Successfully Defending Her Dissertation

admin — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:02:49 +0000

Silar Gardy successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie Room 304 on June 15th, 2026.

The title of her thesis:
"The influence of dietary protein on bone health in endurance runners"

Oral Defence Comittee:
Dr. Jenna Gibbs (Supervisor), Dr. Dennis Jensen, Dr. Anne-Sophie Brazeau, Dr. Andrea Josse, Dr. Rowan Barrett, Dr. Panagiota Klentrou

Silar Gardy is with Dr. Jenna Gibbs's Gibbs lab.

Congratulations to Kerrigan Sunday for Successfully Defending Her Dissertation

admin — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:02:04 +0000

Kerrigan Sunday successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie Room 304 on June 8th, 2026.

The title of her thesis:
"Sex-specific biomechanics of fatigue and foot numbness in cycling"

Oral Defence Comittee:
Dr. Jenna Gibbs, Prof. Julie Côté, Dr. Tyler Churchward-Venne, Prof. Rosaire Mongrain, Dr. Guillaume Durandau, Dr. Katherine Boyer

Kerrigan Sunday was with Dr. Julie Côté's Biomechanics of Occupation and Sport (BOS) lab.

Congratulations to Cinthuja Pathmanathan for Successfully Defending Her Dissertation

admin — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:30:46 +0000

Cinthuja Pathmanathan successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie Room 304 on June 2nd, 2026.

The title of her thesis:
"Sex-specific effects of running-induced fatigue on lower-limb interlimb symmetry patterns and muscle synergies in endurance runners"

Oral Defence Comittee:
Prof. Julie Côté, Dr. Jordan Koch, Dr. Caroline Paquette, Dr. Philippe Dixon, Dr. Laurent Bouyer, Dr. Jorge Armony

Sports Psychologist Prof. Gordon Bloom Comments about Habs and Leafs in the Media

admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:52:53 +0000

With the NHL playoff season in full swing, Prof. Gordon Bloom, Director of the 91�� Sport Psychology Laboratory and Chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, has been very much in demand in the media. Recent coverage featured Prof. Bloom commenting on two of our Canadian teams, the Montreal Canadiens ("Habs") and the Toronto Maple Leafs. See the recent coverage below:

Scenes From Convocation 2026

admin — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:10:51 +0000

Did you miss the June 1st Convocation? You can watch the whole ceremony on 91��'s YouTube channel and also download the program booklet!

Watch Education's Spring 2026 Ceremony Read Education's Convocation Program

Claudio Bussandri will Inspire as Education's 2026 Honourary Doctorate

admin — Fri, 29 May 2026 12:31:22 +0000

Claudio Bussandri  will be conferred with a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.)  at the Faculty of Education Convocation Ceremony on June 1st.

Valedictorian Ryan Dvorak Featured in 91�� Reporter

admin — Thu, 28 May 2026 12:31:57 +0000

Meet Ryan Dvorak, Faculty of Education's valedictorian for this year's convocation. The Faculty's second valedictorian from the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Ryan, who has earned his B.Sc. (Honours), will have a personal story to share with us and some words of wisdom the entire audience will be able to learn from. In an interview with the 91�� Reporter, Ryan said support from family, professors and peers shaped both his academic and personal growth.

Congratulations to Tayah Liska for Successfully Defending Her Dissertation

admin — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:36:26 +0000

Tayah Liska successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie Room 304 on April 21st, 2026.

The title of her thesis:
"Identifying the conceptual attributes of physical activity maintenance among adults with physical disability"

Oral Defence Comittee:
Prof. Shane Sweet (Supervisor), Dr. Daniel Fortin-Guichard, Dr. William James Harvey, Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis, Dr. Rebecca Bassett-Gunter, Prof. Guillaume Gervais

Young Athletes are Not Above the Law

admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 20:47:07 +0000

Professor Gordon Bloom, Director of 91��'s Sport Psychology Laboratory, was interviewed by CHCH-TV about the felony assault charges against Gavin McKenna who was seen as Canada's rising hockey star and top NHL 2026 draft prospect. "What we have to remind young people is that they're not invincible and they're not above the law," said Bloom.

Program helps future teachers to manage their stress and their emotions

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:47:41 +0000

What is the best way to prepare future teachers for the emotional challenges they will face as they pursue their careers?

That’s the question that led 91��’s Faculty of Education to make well-being in education a strategic priority and create the Regulating Emotions and Stress for pre-Service Teachers Program (RESST), with the support of the Rossy Foundation.

KPE PhD Candidate Cyrille Mvomo Honored with IEEE-EMBS BHI 2025 Best Paper Award and NSF-EMBS-Google NextGen Scholar Recognition

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 03:14:48 +0000

Cyrille Mvomo achieved an outstanding double recognition at the IEEE-EMBS Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) Conference held October 26-29 in Atlanta, GA, USA. BHI is one of the world’s leading venues in digital health research.

Best Paper Award (Third Place) — for his paper “Monitoring Parkinson’s Disease In-the-Wild”.

TIE lab presents at SCAPPS 2022 in Montreal

zhiyang.shi@mail.mcgill.ca — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 18:28:52 +0000

Oct 13~15 2022, TIE lab participated in the SCAPPS (Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology) 2022 Conference in Montreal, Quebec. TIE lab students, Olivia, Gabby, and Nour each presented their research and had great discussions with professors and students from different universities and labs. Dr. Shane Sweet is one of the main organizers, as well as Tayah and George (Zhiyang) volunteered at this conference.

TIE lab presents at ISCOS 2022 conference in Vancouver

zhiyang.shi@mail.mcgill.ca — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:11:57 +0000

Sep 15~18 2022, TIE lab went to the 61st International Spinal Cord Society Annual Scientific Meeting in Vancouver, BC. TIE lab supervisor, Dr. Shane Sweet and lab member, Jacques Comeau led a discussion on peer support for individuals with spinal cord injury at the pre-conference. TIE lab students, Tayah and Nour delivered their poster presentations, as well as George and Olivia gave their oral presentations on their research projects.

Congrats to TIE lab graduate students Olivia and Nour for completing their thesis proposal

zhiyang.shi@mail.mcgill.ca — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 14:06:50 +0000

September 6th and 7th, 2022, TIE lab graduate students, Olivia Pastore and Nour Saadawi, each completed their thesis proposals with their committee.

Olivia's Ph.D. thesis: Understanding and reducing compassion fatigue using the compassion fatigue resilience model and self-compassion in peer mentors of Canadian spinal cord injury community-based organizations.

Nour's Master thesis: Optimizing staff training to improve adapted physical activity service provision for two community organizations: Co-construction and implementation evaluation

TIE lab members present their research at ECSEPS 2022 conference

zhiyang.shi@mail.mcgill.ca — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 15:50:56 +0000

March 25~26, 2022, TIE lab members, Olivia, Tayah, Meaghan, Nour, Lauren, and Georgia presented their research at the Eastern Canada Sport and Exercise Psychology Symposium (ECSEPS) 2022 conference in Ottawa. Each of them did an amazing job giving the oral presentation and having great exchanges with the audience. Click here to see more pictures of TIE lab members at ECSEPS.

Congrats, TIE lab!