Building capacity for evaluation with students and volunteers
An essential part of improving sport service delivery is program evaluation. Program evaluation allows sport organizations to understand how their programs or initiatives work in different ways. However, many organizations receive insufficient training or lack the capacity (staff, funding or time) to engage in evaluative work (Carman & Fredericks, 2010). One way that sport organizations can boost capacity for evaluation is to involve students and volunteers. Indeed, there are many examples of graduate students partnering with sport organizations to evaluate programs as part of fulfilling their degree requirements. These include evaluations of the True Sport Foundation’s initiatives (Lawrason et al., 2021), Golf […]
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Impact of COVID-19 on athlete retirement
In a survey of national team athletes led by Game Plan in 2020, 34% of respondents said the postponement of the Tokyo Games changed their retirement plan from sport. Some said they would have to retire earlier than planned, while others chose to push their retirement for another year.
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SIRC Webinar Mini-Series: Mastering The Art of Evaluation — Part 4: Partnerships in Action
*This webinar will be presented in French, with simultaneous translation into English. Sport and physical activity programs must be evaluated over time to determine their real impact. The best way to do this is through collaboration between the community and researchers. To kick off this webinar, Véronique Pagé and Shane Sweet will share their experience and identify the elements that have facilitated the creation and continuation of a strong community-research partnership. They will explain how they managed to bridge the […]
Read more: SIRC Webinar Mini-Series: Mastering The Art of Evaluation — Part 4: Partnerships in Action2021 Sport Canada Research Initiative (SCRI) Conference
When?
October 28th-29th, 2021
Where?
TBD
Discover past conferences and stay tuned with what’s to come this year! sirc.ca/scri
2021 Sport Canada Research Initiative (SCRI) Conference
When?
October 28th-29th, 2021
Where?
TBD
Discover past conferences and stay tuned with what’s to come this year! sirc.ca/scri
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