Kinesiology is the study of human movement and its role in our lives.

We welcome students who have a keen interest in helping to improve conditions in the world, helping individuals to achieve active healthy lifestyle, improving community and social wellness and improving the lives of people with disadvantages. We value diversity, social justice, and environmental sustainability.

Our Bachelor of Kinesiology (BKin) program features a carefully planned and unique balance of theory and application.

 Bachelor of Kinesiology

The Kinesiology program develops graduates who enter the world of Sport and Physical Activity which provides many opportunities. Although teaching continues to be an attractive option to some Kinesiology graduates, there are a wide variety of other opportunities in such areas as Fitness Leadership, Program Development and Instruction for all age and ability groups, Sport or Fitness Management, Coaching, Sport Rehabilitation and Sport Science.   Read more

Nordic walking is catching on in the Valley, thanks to the leadership of Acadia University’s Department of Kineseology. Under Professor Shilpa Dogra, the Kinesiology Department has been conducting free workshops for over a year. Seniors were targeted at first at the workshops, Dogra says, and over 100 have been introduced to Nordic walking.

Members of SRMK have been recognized by the Acadia Students Union yesterday. Mary Sweatman received the ASU Teaching Leadership Award, Charlotte Larry received the ASU Senior of the Year, Leadership Award, Kiara Clory received the ASU Junior of the Year, Leadership Award and Megan Beliveau received the Ruth Petrykanyn Memorial Award. Well done and congratulations to all of you!

PPT Slides from advising sessions held on Friday March 1, 2013. See .ppt file here or click the More link to the PDF file of the advising session document. There will be another advising session on Tuesday March 12th at 4:30 in GYM 491.

Acadia University celebrated the Academic All-Canadians. If you have a chance to see the list, you will notice a very significant SRMK presence in that list. The Faculty and staff want to congratulate those students for balancing their academic and athletic endeavours. Well done! Also, two of the nine finalists from Atlantic Canada for the very prestigious Rhodes Scholarship are from our School. Congratulations to Tom Filgiano and Amy Hicks on making it to the final selection stage. This is no small feat and we are all very proud of you.

The KINE hockey team was triumphant over Business in the annual KINE vs Busi hockey game November 7th. The final score of the exciting game was five to four. Make sure to view Dr. Hutchinson, Director of the School of Business, proudly sporting the Acadia Kinesiology hockey jersey #1.

SMILE celebrates 30 years this weekend. Congratulations to Roxanne Seaman and her students for the ongoing program and the celebrations planned over this Homecoming Weekend.

Congratulations to Colin King and Gregg MacKinnon from the School of Education. They heard that their manuscript titled "A Sports Injury Case Study Model: Capitalizing on Virtual Reality Technology" submitted to the Journal of Sports Science and Technology has been accepted for publication. Congratulations Colin!

Designed to Move: A Physical Activity Action Agenda. More than 70 experts from a wide range of disciplines contributed to the development of the fact base and this framework. These are the champions who are committed to working together to create a new future.

Dr. John Colton received notification that he has been awarded a McCain Visitorship Award to visit the Orkney Islands European Marine Energy Centre and the University of the Highlands and Islands in Scotland to collaborate with their institute on socio-economic aspects of tidal energy. He will work with researchers from their centre on strategies for regional sustainable economic development related to tidal energy.

Dr. Chris Shields has been awarded the Petro-Canada Young Investigator Award for this year. Dr. Jonathon Fowles and Dr. Chris Shields have received another Lawson Grant via the Canadian Diabetes Association to do workshops across the country to continue the dissemination of the Diabetes tool-kit. Congratulations to Jonathon and Chris on their CIHR grant with researchers at Dalhousie University. Dr. Roxanne Seaman is not only leading the SMILE program into it's 30th year of success, she recently was awarded an ASU leadership in teaching award. Also, congratulations to Roxanne on her recent grant funding announced in November 2012.

Dr. Fowles and a colleague at York University, Dr. Michael Riddell, recently had a paper accepted in the Medical Post, Clinical practice guide for diabetes and it was selected as the cover for the December edition of the Journal. Watch a video on the Diabetes Toolkit project put together by Dr. Fowles and Dr. Shields, with a grant from the Lawson Foundation.

Dr. Chris Shields has been invited to serve as a member of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia’s Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC). The SAC is a key committee of the Foundation’s Board of Directors and serves to provide strategic guidance and direction to the Foundation on matters pertaining to research.

Congratulations to Dr. Landry, Dr. Dogra and Dr. Seaman on the CFI award and the development of the Human Motion Laboratory. This project is made possible with the support provided by CFI, NSRIT, generous donations provided by a private donor and the Acadia Kinesiology Society (AKS).

Dr. Bissix (with the help of several colleagues in SRMK) has teamed up with Emergency Physicians, Dr. Keith MacCormick from the Annapolis Valley Regional Hospital and Dr. Chris Milburn from the Cape Breton Regional Hospital in publishing two articles, one in the Journal of Health Promotion International and the other in the European Journal of Applied Physiology. Both articles refute the claims of two studies conducted at York University that driving recreational Off Highway Vehicles (OHVs) can provide sufficient physical activity leading to health benefits and potentially reducing healthcare costs.

Ottawa — A new survey says the fitness levels of Canadian children and youth, as well as those of adults, declined significantly between 1981 and 2009. The Statistics Canada study, known as the Canadian Health Measures Survey, is being touted as the most comprehensive fitness survey ever conducted in Canada.

Maclean's ranks Acadia one of Canada's top undergraduate universities. 

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