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Official Twitter Account of the 20th biennial meeting of the Canadian Society for Biomechanics taking place August 14th to 17th, 2018 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined May 2017
We were very fortunate and thankful to be able to offer delicious @Benjamin_Bridge locally made wines as gifts to some of our @CSBiomech delegates attending our biennial meeting in @hfxnovascotia last week. Thank you @Benjamin_Bridge!!
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The 2018 @CSBiomech President’s Award was awarded to Marta Strzelczak from Ecole de technologie superieure in Montreal. Marta received a cheque from @cmotioninc and a new biomechanics textbook from @HumanKineticsCA. Congratulations Marta and a sincere thank you to our sponsors!
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On Thursday we also presented the @cmotioninc PhD New Investigator Award to Jaqueline Rios from @UCalgary @uofcknes. Jaqueline received a cheque generously donated by @cmotioninc and a gift certificate from @HumanKineticsCA Congratulations Jaqueline!!
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On Thursday we had the honor of presenting the @cmotioninc Master’s New Investigator Award to Liana Tennant from @UWaterlooKin. Liana received a cheque generously donated by @cmotioninc and a gift certificate from @HumanKineticsCA Congratulations Liana!!
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Our @cmotioninc sponsored Doctoral New Investigator Award Session is under way. Finalists for this @CSBiomech award include Allison Clouthier, Jaqueline Rios and Derek Zwambag. Congrats to all three finalists.
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The @cmotioninc sponsored Master’s New Investigator Award session is under way. Daanish Mulla, Liana Tennant and Heather Johnston are the finalists for this prestigious award within our @CSBiomech society. All the best to each candidate.
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We are very grateful to @Stepscan for sponsoring our Occupational Biomechanics Symposium this morning. Drs. John Kozey, Julie Cote and Steve Fischer presented their exciting work, which led to some excellent discussions on this applied area of biomechanics. – at Halifax, Nova Scotia
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We would like to sincerely thank @delsysinc for sponsoring the Osteoarthritis and Biomechanics Symposium this morning. Drs. Cheryl Kozey, Frank Beier and Salvatore Federico presented their research on this very important issue in our society. – at Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Second day of @CSB2018 wrapped up with an exceptionally well attended @Vicon sponsored Pub Night at the Tap Room on the @hfxnovascotia waterfront. Thank you @Vicon and thank you to all our student volunteers who organized this fun and eventful event.
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Very proud to have @CCMHockey sponsor a public hockey symposium earlier this evening. Evangelos Spyrou, Dr. Ryan Frayne, Marc LeVangie and Dr. Blaine Hoshizaki spoke about research and design related to goalie equipment, sticks, skates and helmets. Thank you to all who attended
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Replying to @cmotioninc
@cmotioninc’s Scott Selbie provided @CSB2018 @CSBiomech attendees with an inspiring look at Markerless Motion Capture this evening during the Beyond Visual3D Workshop. Looking forward to learning more about this technology. Congrats to everyone at @cmotioninc and HAS-Motion Inc!
Dr. Janet Ronsky from the @UCalgary gave our first keynote lecture earlier today. We are very grateful to @ISBiomechanics for sponsoring this fascinating talk.
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Thank you to Drs. Jeffrey Nyman, Thomas Willett and Sam Veres for the insight provided at our @qualisysab sponsored Tissue Biomechanics Symposium, which took place earlier today.
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Drs @UMass_MOBL, @edwardswb and @RainbowBiomech presenting at our @Nike sponsored Human Locomotion Symposium early today at @CSB2018. Thank you for the exceptional talks.
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Our @CSB2018 @CSBiomech mentor walk, organized by our students, was a great success. Morning was filled with coffee, great chats and FOG!! Thank you to everyone who came out bright and early this morning.
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See you bright and early (6:30 am) in the @WestinNS lobby, where we will start our @CSBiomech mentor walk along the @hfxnovascotia boardwalk. – at Halifax, Nova Scotia
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That’s a wrap on the first day of @CSBiomech’s biennial meeting in @hfxnovascotia. Day finished up with the @AcadiaU & @Dalnews sponsored Opening Reception. Hope everyone enjoyed their food & had fun catching up with old & new friends! Thanks to our volunteers & supporters!
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Dr. Walter Herzog from @uofcknes and @UCalgary, gave a special invited lecture on the history of @CSBiomech, which began as a society in 1973. Thank you Dr. Herzog for being such an amazing ambassador, mentor and leader for all of us involved with Canadian Biomechanics!