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Large scale surveys lag behind on questions about sexual orientation

November 5, 2019 — 
While our understandings of sexual orientation, sex, and gender continue to progress, the questions asked by researchers on surveys lag behind. A Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management-led research team wants to change that.

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Did you eat at a pop-up restaurant this year?

November 4, 2019 — 
If you had the chance to check out a temporary or pop-up restaurant with the past 12 months, a Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management-led study wants all the scrumptious details.

Recreation Services fitness champions, UM legal team

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Fitness Champions: Building Healthy Communities at UM

November 1, 2019 — 
Learn how Recreation Services fitness championship have used their inspirational stories and embraced their role to be a guiding light for people looking for a supportive health-conscious community. Registration for winter programs opens November 14.

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Winners in the 15th annual Undergraduate Research Poster Competition with (far right) Dr. Digvir Jayas (VP Research and International) and (far left) Dr. Jay Doering (Associate VP Partnerships)

Poster competition celebrates student research

October 29, 2019 — 
Nearly 100 judges queried the more than 140 budding researchers about their projects

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November FKRM Research Seminar Series: Researching Children’s Playful Geographies

October 28, 2019 — 
The FKRM Research Seminar Series continues in November with a talk by Dr. Erin K. Sharpe, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ont. Dr. Sharpe's talk is titled Researching Children's Playful Geographies.

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Rec Club Ultimate Team Returns to Winning Ways

October 25, 2019 — 
The weekend of October 18 to 20, 2019 was a monumental one for the University of Manitoba’s Ultimate Club, as it notched top prize at the Canadian University Ultimate Championships (CUUC) in Brampton, Ont.

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Sauna closed until further notice

October 23, 2019 — 
Due to repairs, the Active Living Centre and Frank Kennedy Centre men’s locker room sauna is closed until further notice.

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A photo of Braydn Matheson on a boat in a lake at Leaf Rapids, Manitoba.

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Service learning opens new pathways for FKRM graduand

October 17, 2019 — 
The ink is barely dry on her degree parchment, but Braydn Matheson is already making an impact in the community. She, along with 15 of her fellow undergraduates, become FKRM alumni at Fall Convocation 2019

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Research Seminar Series returns for 2019/20

October 16, 2019 — 
The Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management Research Seminar Series kicks off for the 2019/2020 academic year on October 24th, with a talk by Dr. Donna Goodwin, professor at the University of Alberta, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport & Recreation.

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A group of bisons student-athletes in the Active Living Centre Agora chatting

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Bison Sports announce 129 student-athletes with U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian status for 2018-19

October 3, 2019 — 
The total is another record high for Manitoba and the third year in a row that a new record has been set

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