Articles

Rink Rage: Spectator Violence in Minor Hockey in Canada

October 24, 2023

Curtis Fogel

Project Summary This study examines the prevalence, causes, and responses to parental violence, aggression, and abuse in minor hockey in Canada. It draws on 122 semi-structured, qualitative interviews with minor hockey stakeholders across Canada, and the textual analysis of media...

Leadership

An investigation of innovation in community sport organizations

September 25, 2023

Larena Hoeber

Project summary This research builds on a previous project exploring the incidence and nature of innovation in community sport organizations (CSOs). We uncovered that CSOs are turning to innovation, that is any organizational effort perceived as new by the organization,...

Athlete Development

Children and Youth

Mental Skills

“Keep trying, it took me a while to get that too!” The effects of peer feedback on relation-inferred self-efficacy (RISE), self-efficacy, and motivation in youth sport

September 18, 2023

Jeffrey Graham

Project Summary Peer influences are among the strongest social influences of children’s attitudes and behaviours at early ages. Yet, despite the potential for peer influences to change behaviour, few studies have investigated the role of peer influences on children’s thoughts...

Governance

Sponsorship

Examining interdependence in Canada’s sport system: Community basketball

August 21, 2023

Laura Cousens

Project Summary The purpose of this research was is to explore and assess the existence of partnerships or network collaborations within the delivery network of basketball providers in one geographic region of Canada: Niagara. Investigators used network analysis to investigate...

Children and Youth

Knowledge Mobilization

Rural children and their communities leading the way toward the enhancement of sports and recreation

July 31, 2023

View the summary of this research here. The purpose of the study was to engage rural preadolescent children in the development of research questions that are relevant and meaningful to exploring their participation and commitment to sport and other recreational...

Governance

Examining role identity and diversity within the governance of community sport

June 12, 2023

Dawn Trussell

Aim In this study we are critically examining the current models of community sport governance and inclusive practices. Specifically, we aim to challenge how we think about community sport board volunteers and the effectiveness of professionalized board structures. Background...

Physical and Health Education

Recruitment and Retention

Research to Practice

Sport Participation

The Canadian sport and physical activity community identifies topics for researchers to prioritize

April 22, 2022

Mathieu Bélanger, Julie Goguen Carpenter and Leigh M. Vanderloo

Highlights Adoption in practice of research findings is often sub-optimal because of a disconnect between researchers and the individuals or groups overseeing and facilitating sport and physical activity participation. To help bridge the gap between sport and physical activity research...

Coaching

Engaging Black community coaches

March 30, 2022

Annabel Chan and Marina Khonina, SIRC

This blog post provides a recap of the third webinar in the 4‑part mini-series Engaging Girls and Women in Sport. SIRC and Canadian Women & Sport co-hosted the mini-series, which you can access or learn more about by visiting our...