Luisa Giles always feels unsettled when wildfire smoke starts drifting into the Fraser Valley. She knows that the sun will be turning red, the blue sky will turn grey and soon she’ll be spending a lot more time indoors.  “When I’m stuck inside my motivation for anything, especially physical activity plummets,” Luisa says. “And during…

Students from UFV’s School of Health Studies and School of Kinesiology are inviting the community to visit UFV’s Chilliwack campus for the UFV Health Sciences Fall Health Fair.  The campus will be buzzing Nov. 4, from 9 am to 3 pm, with UFV Health Sciences students interacting with fellow students, UFV staff and faculty, and…

UFV celebrates World Bike Day on Monday, June 3 with a special event from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm on the Chilliwack campus. Staff and students from UFV’s Centre for Education and Research on Aging (CERA) will join the Yarrow chapter of Cycling with Age, along with community cyclists and walkers in a journey along…

Dr. Gillian Hatfield has been at UFV since 2016 and has seen many amazing researchers win UFV’s Research Excellence award. She never imagined she’d be in the same group as those “heavy hitters.” But here she is, part of that group. “I’ve been on the award committee that judges these awards and I know the…

Ravneet Sohal is excited about her future, but she’s also reveling in her recent past. Her experience in the UFV Bachelor of Kinesiology degree program was so positive that she will carry warm memories and valuable knowledge gained through her career journey. Sohal is off to medical school at the University of BC Okanagan site…

The first few months after giving birth are challenging times for new mothers. Their bodies are recovering from childbirth, they are adjusting to a new identity as a mother, and they are in near-constant demand from their baby and other children if they have them. Researchers from the UFV School of Kinesiology want to help…

Heading out on a road trip this summer? We have the perfect driving companion for you. And maybe we’re a little biased, but UFV has some of the most brilliant and fascinating minds in education.  The UFV Get to Know podcast digs a little deeper with UFV’s expert faculty and staff. You might know our…

The beautiful thing about academics is that it is never too late to learn and it doesn't have to come in a perfectly straight path. Dr. Michael Gaetz, an associate professor in Kinesiology at UFV, took the long road from working in a gas station in his early adulthood to becoming one of the country's…

No, it's not just a headache. Nor is it just a backache that is sometimes triggered when you golf.  Chronic pain is not something that can just be chalked up as a minor physical inconvenience. It is sensory -- sometimes nerve pain -- that is burning, tingling and, like its name suggests, persistent and long-term.…

Research is just looking through a microscope, right? Katrina Frankenberger, a fourth-year kinesiology student with an extended minor in psychology, fell prey to this misconception when her first research opportunity presented itself. “I always thought of research as looking at something through a microscope. I now know that is really narrow-minded but it’s what we…

By Gerald Narciso Like clockwork, the new moms arrived in workout gear, sometimes with their babies on their hips. Every Tuesday and Thursday morning last spring at a grassy area on the Chilliwack campus, the women would laugh together and collectively do lunges, pushups, and squats. For an extra challenge, they’d add weights or even…

The devastating wildfire that destroyed much of Lytton last month was just one of many.  More than 300 fires are currently burning in B.C. -- all recent examples of a prevalent summer trend sweeping the province over the past half-decade. On top of the destruction to land and homes, the small particles and toxic gasses…

Are you an adult with a clinical medical condition who would like a little help with fitness planning? KIN 463, Clinical Exercise Therapy, is the final course that students graduating in the exercise science stream of kinesiology complete in order to understand how to counsel and apply exercise testing and prescription to individuals that have…

When the pandemic suddenly forced us all to change our habits and stay close to home, it had repercussions on all aspects of our lives, including our fitness routines. A study by University of the Fraser Valley kinesiologists looked at the impact of those restrictions, and examined whether they impacted men and women differently. The…

Wildfires are a source of air pollution particularly relevant in BC. In 2017/2018 the wildfire seasons in BC were considered record-setting. And this past week, smoke from wildfires in the western U.S. caused major air pollution in southern British Columbia. This caused air quality objectives to be exceeded and a number of air quality advisories…