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Concussions and Confidence: Why Mental Readiness Matters in Recovery 

For most of her career, Jen Kish was known as one of the best and most fearless female players in rugby sevens. She captained Canada’s women’s team to an Olympic bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. And, she also endured more than 30 concussions with only five of them formally diagnosed.  “Your brain health…

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Sport after Moneyball: Exploring sports analytics and the digital economy
January 23, 2023
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Brad Millington, Michael Naraine, Parissa Safai, Andrew Manley and Liz Wanless
Highlights The 2011 film Moneyball was a critically acclaimed, Academy Award-nominated, box office success. This is quite something, given that the movie centres on debates over baseball strategy and statistics. Moneyball dramatizes the story of the Oakland Athletics Major League...
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Board Management
Data and Analytics
Governance
Revenue Generation
Sponsorship
Technology

Governance, strategy, evaluation: Digital future-proofing for sport organizations
September 14, 2022
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Caela Fenton, Wes Chen and Michael Naraine
As we transition into an increasingly online world, how can sport organizations not only cope, but thrive? What are the potential benefits of social media for sport organizations of all levels, and what are the downsides? SIRC put these questions...
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Data and Analytics
Knowledge Mobilization
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Knowledge mobilization 101: Sharing knowledge to enhance sport in Canada
August 31, 2022
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Brynna Kerr
Many sport organizations collect data on their programs and best practices, but what happens with those findings? Unfortunately, this data often gets piled into internal reports and largely forgotten. This means that valuable learnings aren’t shared with those who can...
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Abuse-Free Sport
Data and Analytics
Program Design and Evaluation

Using stakeholder engagement as real-world data to inform organizational change
June 15, 2022
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Lara Schroeder and Nora Sheffe
Over the past 6 months, we’ve seen ongoing news of alleged maltreatment of athletes who compete at national and international levels. These reports of maltreatment in artistic swimming, gymnastics, bobsleigh and skeleton, and most recently boxing have sparked increased discussion by...
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Anti-Racism
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Gender Equity
Leadership
Residential Schools

Data for change: Embracing demographics to advance equity in sport
April 22, 2022
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Bryan Heal, Marika Warner and Jackie Robinson, MLSE LaunchPad
Highlights “You can’t manage what you don’t measure” is a popular saying in leadership circles. However, knowing what to measure to inform change is a craft altogether. To advance equity and inclusion in sport, the “who” of measurement is fundamentally...
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Data and Analytics
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Gender Equity
Program Design and Evaluation
Sport Participation
Women and Girls

Using data to plan and deliver programs with gender equity in mind
March 18, 2022
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Annabel Chan and Marina Khonina, SIRC
This blog post recaps the second webinar in the 4‑part Engaging Girls and Women in Sport mini-series. SIRC and Canadian Women & Sport co-hosted the mini-series, which you can access and learn more about by visiting our SIRC Expert Webinars...
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Abuse-Free Sport
Concussion
Data and Analytics
Leadership

How Volleyball Canada is taking an evidence-based approach to concussion prevention
September 27, 2021
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Wesley Chen and Kerry Macdonald, Volleyball Canada
Highlights “You have a concussion.” These are words that no athlete wants to hear. What exactly does it mean? Perhaps a full stop to sport-related activities. Or, no longer being able to practise, train or compete. Maybe uncertainty around recovery...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
Data and Analytics
Technology

Is technology a coach’s ally or Achilles’ heel? 4 questions to ask
September 22, 2021
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Johann Windt and Ben Sporer, Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Over a coffee, we recently reminisced about different sporting environments we’ve worked in and how many times we’ve seen expensive technological solutions sit in a corner, collecting dust. Perhaps you can relate to the pattern. A new technology hits the...
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Data and Analytics
Leadership
Leadership and Governance
Program Design and Evaluation
Strategic Planning

Toolkit: Mastering the Art of Evaluation
July 21, 2021
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Every success story is a tale of constant adaptation, revision, and change.Richard Branson Evaluation is as an essential organizational practice in the sport sector. However, many stakeholders do not receive sufficient training or the time, funding, or staffing to engage...
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Children and Youth
Data and Analytics
Knowledge Mobilization
Program Design and Evaluation

Movement-based approaches to program evaluation with children
May 25, 2021
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Ashley Romano and Corliss Bean, Brock University
This blog is part of a series in collaboration with Brock University. Written by a student in the ‘Program Evaluation in Professional Practice’ course, this blog draws on a student’s first-hand experience conducting a program evaluation during a placement with...
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