The Faculty hosted the 9th annual Bertha Rosenstadt National Undergraduate Research Conference on March 28th.  Thirty-one undergraduate students from U of T, Lakehead University, McMaster and Concordia presented their research findings and shared the latest ideas on exercise physiology, biomechanics, sports medicine, motor learning and control, exercise and sport psychology, philosophy, history and sport sociology.

Third-year FPEH student Sarah Boyle’s paper, entitled “An analysis on Toronto’s Delinquent Youth and the Effects of Community Centres and Programs,” was named one of top papers at the conference.

The featured speaker was Professor Guy Faulkner, who discussed physical health and mental illness and the importance of reconnecting the mind and body.  Student presentations ranged from mobilizing obese youth to strategies for helping Varsity athletes manage stress to creating positive spaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and queer athletes.

“This is a wonderful opportunity to encourage undergraduate students to engage in research,” says Gretchen Kerr, the Faculty’s associate dean of undergraduate education.  “Whether or not they continue on to graduate school, research helps them think critically about the current issues in our field today.”