October 2023: Kyra Follis from Healthy & Fab offered three training workshops on nutrition, health, and wellness for fitness and law enforcement students at Seneca. These workshops provided students with insights into maintaining a healthy lifestyle and how to promote effective nutrition to clients and colleagues. Kyra also kindly offered a networking session for Fitness and Health Promotion students to discuss best practices and strategies for successful field placements.

September 2019: Fitness and Health Promotion students recently volunteered at RBC Training Ground's regional qualifiers in Milton, where they met Paralympian Tyler McGregor and Olympian Michelle Williams. A funding program committed to uncovering and supporting athletes with Olympic potential, students were guided by professor Sandra Da Rocha to assess athletes for future RBC Training Ground support.

September 2019: Students and faculty from the Fitness & Health Promotion program were invited to participate in the annual CANFITPRO convention at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. This major national conference provided an outstanding professional development opportunity for our students, and Seneca’s School of Recreation is proud of our partnership with CANFITPRO.

May 2019: Seneca Professor Sandra Da Rocha and several Fitness and Health Promotion students volunteered at the Motionball Marathon on May 25, Downsview Hangar.  At this event, Special Olympics athletes play a variety of sports alongside motionball supporters. FHP students and faculty also assisted at the Special Olympics- Invitational Youth Games, hosted at Newnham Campus from 15-16 May. 

May 2019: The School of Recreation & Environmental Studies hosted a research conference on the theme of “Physical Literacy for Older Adults” with our partners from Sports Aurora and representatives from other community organizations.

April 2019: Known for his work as a fitness entrepreneur, published author and motivational speaker, Rod Macdonald recently visited Fitness and Health Promotion students for a counselling and communications class. The CEO of Certified Coaches Federation (CCF), Macdonald spoke to students about career development and personal branding.

January 2019: Student Ambassadors from the Fitness and Health Promotion program volunteered at the Sports for Life conference in Gatineau, Quebec. During the conference, students networked with professionals in the industry and met three-time Canadian Olympian Beckie Scott who discussed her career and volunteer service.

April 2024: Graduating students from the Environmental Landscape Management program worked with CAA on a design challenge as part of the Principles of Sustainable Landscape Design course. Students worked in small groups to apply their skills and knowledge to develop a sustainable design for a health and wellness space for the client, using a design charrette and industry software tools such as Dynscape and SketchUp.

September 2022: Thanks to a donation from TD Friends of the Environment Foundation (TD FEF) and WWF-Canada’s Go Wild School Grant program, a new forest garden at Seneca's King Campus will be grown and will help with experiential learning and with countering food insecurities for our students. These projects are being led by Environmental Landscape Management (EVL) students working with volunteers from across the college.

April 2022: Students from the Environmental Landscape Management took part in a field trip to Claireville Conservation Area for a planting session with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA)

November 2020: Environmental Landscape Management students volunteered to help the environment through socially distanced planting at Cold Creek Conservation with our partners from King Environmental Stewardship and Toronto Conservation Authority.

October 2019: Environmental Landscape Management students can now harvest plants from an aquaponics system in the greenhouse at King Campus. Thanks to industry experts, Ripple Farms and Green Relief, students are able to gather a harvest of herbs regardless of weather. Students from the program have also worked on various installations across the campus and in maintaining landscapes at King.

October 2019: A team of students from the Environmental Landscaping Management program participated in a three-day charrette in Kingston, Ont., organized by Come Alive Outside. This annual design challenge creates an opportunity for postsecondary students to work with landscape professionals to design and build natural schoolyards and play-spaces for communities. Through the generous support of the event organizers and sponsors (Unilock, Landscape Ontario, Wentworth Landscapes, Gelderman Landscape and Brydges Landscape Architecture), the program was free to the Seneca team including the cost of travel and lodging. Thank you to all who took part in this event and to the generous sponsors.