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The unanimous choice: How a 12-year-old girl became captain of a boys’ hockey team

There is an assumption in sports that leadership is earned through tenure, skill, and a certain kind of presence—the intangible, ineffable quality that separates the good from the great. But every once in a while, a story emerges that challenges those assumptions and more. In Sarnia, Ontario, a 12-year-old girl named Laylah Stokes did just…

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Leveling the playing field: Accessibility in youth basketball
July 15, 2024
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Chris Penrose
This article is part of a series in collaboration with the Centre for Healthy Youth Development through Sport (CHYDS) at Brock University and was presented at the CHYDS’ hosted Youth Sport Summit in April 2024. Most kids who have played basketball...
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Accessibility
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Financial Management
Life Skills
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The intersectional cost of youth sport participation
March 1, 2023
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Bryan Heal, Marika Warner, Quazance Boissoneau and Kendra Kerr
The increasing cost of youth sport participation has long been a concern for parents and policymakers alike. How issues of affordability show up varies depending upon intersectional realities of income, geography, ability, accessibility of appropriate spaces and more. The Maple...
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Community Sport
Financial Management
Leadership
Volunteer Management

Reducing Vulnerability to Fraud in Sport Organizations
March 3, 2021
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Katie Misener, Lisa A. Kihl, Pamela Wicker, and Graham Cuskelly
Community sport clubs in Canada can be vulnerable to financial fraud, where someone uses their position for personal gain by deliberately misusing an organisation’s resources or assets. According to our research, recently featured in a CBC Sports investigation, the impact...
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Board Management
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Leadership

Financial Literacy – What is it and who needs it?
February 7, 2018
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Kathy Hare
In sport, we often talk about physical literacy as “the mastering of fundamental movement skills and fundamental sport skills that permit a child to read their environment and make appropriate decisions, allowing them to move confidently and with control in a wide...
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