Michael Campbell, professor in the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, has won a Skål International “green award” for his work in sustainable gorilla tourism in Uganda.
Campbell took home the trophy for best Educational Program at the tenth annual Skål International Sustainable Development in Tourism Awards recently held in Finland. Founded in […]

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Athletic therapy graduates from the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management keep Winnipeg’s professional athletes in competing form.
The Winnipeg Jets have four athletic therapists and they all graduated from the University of Manitoba. They worked for the Manitoba Moose and were kept on staff when the new team arrived. Rob Milette (B.E.S.S./02) […]

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Rick Mercer reconnected with professor Gordon Giesbrecht from the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management to look at how to escape from a car sinking in water.
In summary: Seatbelts. Window. Children. Out.

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Back-to-school season can be tough on the wallet — whether you’re a cash-strapped student or one of the parents who winds up footing their bills.
That’s why the University of Manitoba’s Bison Recreation Services department is pleased to announce a week’s worth of free programming, aimed at taking the strain off your bank account while getting […]

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Media are invited to join hundreds of University of Manitoba staff, students and faculty on campus at lunchtime tomorrow (Thursday, June 10, 2010) for 2010 Sneakers in motion Day.
The popular annual event that aims to get the university community in the habit of active, healthy living will take place at the west end of the […]

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The redevelopment of a number of active living facilities in Frank Kennedy Centre - including upgrades that will result in a new multipurpose gym, a circuit training area for women, and a hot yoga room - will soon give those who like getting physical some new options for sweating it out.
The project, which is being […]

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Media are invited to attend a special announcement event regarding the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management’s Frank Kennedy Centre at the University of Manitoba today, Wednesday, January 27, 2010, at 11 a.m.
The announcement event will focus on new funding from the Recreational Infrastructure Canada (RInC) program provided through Western Economic Diversification and the effect […]

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