Lyndsay Hayhurst
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U of T KPE: Student supports martial arts training for Ugandan girls

This excerpt from an online article published on the University of Toronto Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education website September 11, 2011:

A passion for sport and social justice took PhD student Lyndsay Hayhurst all the way to Uganda and back.

Hayhurst, who receives her degree from the Faculty of Physical Education and Health during 2011 fall convocation, worked with a non-governmental organization based in the war-ravaged country teaching girls martial arts as a way to defend themselves against gender-based sexual and domestic violence.

Read article on U of T KPE Website