Nature Games: Traditional Indigenous Games and Environmental Stewardship in Oceania
Why clean air should be a priority in your sport, and why it’s a team effort
The impact of shorter winters on Canadian sport
Sport, Development and Environmental Sustainability: History, policy and practice
Climate change is a new hurdle for children’s physical activity levels in Canada
The ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth, the most comprehensive assessment of children’s physical activity in Canada, recently gave the country a D+ in overall physical activity. While this grade is better than the D grade given in 2022, there is still much room for improvement. The D+ resulted from only…
Beyond the scoreboard: Sport’s role in climate action
In recent years public awareness and concern about climate change have significantly increased. Organizations are increasingly acknowledging and addressing the direct link between their operations and climate change, embracing initiatives from paper straws to carbon offsets. However, as climate impacts intensify globally, and with both governments and corporations falling short of making sufficient progress on…
Nature games: Traditional Indigenous games and environmental stewardship in Oceania
View the summary of this research here. This project aimed to understand the development of environmental stewardship through gameplay in Indigenous societies. The South Pacific has many similarities to Canada in terms of Indigenous-settler relations, colonial histories and a resurgence in reconciliation efforts, and climate action. Indigenous traditional games, played in nature, with natural implements,…
Climate change and the future of the Winter Olympic Games: Athlete and coach perspectives
Project summary The International Olympic Committee recognizes the risks climate change pose to the Games and its responsibility to lead on climate action. Winter is changing at the past Olympic Winter Games (OWG) locations and an important perspective to understand climate change risk is that of the athletes who put themselves at risk during these…
Nature Games: Traditional Indigenous Games and Environmental Stewardship in Oceania
Introduction and Context My project was about understanding the development of environmental stewardship through gameplay in Indigenous societies. The South Pacific has many similarities to Canada in terms of Indigenous-settler relations, colonial histories and a resurgence in reconciliation efforts, and an onus on climate action via grassroots engagement. Indigenous traditional games – played in nature, with…
How sport organizations and events are combating climate change
Photo credit: Denise MaxwellOrganizers of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games plant trees for a new Commonwealth Games Forest that will serve as one of the Games’ legacies. Highlights At a United Nations Conference on the role of sport in combating climate change in April 2022, conference participants noted that sport is both a casualty of and…