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Last year, the Faculty of Health Teaching Fellows created a one-time Remote Teaching and Mentorship Award to honour the valuable contributions that our faculty and staff make towards creating a vibrant, collegial, supportive, engaging remote learning environment during this unprecedented year.

Congratulations to the award recipients in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies!

Three faculty members have been named recipients of the 2021 Faculty of Health Graduate Mentorship Awards.

Former University of Waterloo Recreation professor Don Arnold passed away on June 27 in North Vancouver, British Columbia.

Olympic medals are not only good for the country and athletes who win them, but they can also have trickle-down effects on youth sports participation and leisure-time physical activity, a new study has found.

Former professor and Department Chair, Mark Havitz, and PhD Candidate and Lecturer, Jaylyn Leighton, were honoured with prestigious awards at the 2021 Canadian Canadian Congress on Leisure Research (CCLR).

Sherry Dupuis, a professor in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, has been appointed a University Research Chair (URC), effective July 1, 2021. The University established the title to recognize faculty members for exceptional achievement in a particular field of knowledge.

Katie Aubrey pitched her Enterprise Co-op business idea, Elevate, at the Ignition Week Pitch Competition, and placed in the top rank!

Terry Martin (BA ’20, Recreation and Sport Business) is one of 40 hockey players who will rotate six-hour shifts in an attempt to achieve a record-breaking total of 251 consecutive hours of play.