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Program Design and Evaluation
Safe Sport
Sport Integrity
Sport Participation
Team Culture

Does Culture Really Count in Sport?
December 4, 2024
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Jennifer Walinga
For the past several years, the word culture has become a familiar buzzword across Canadian sport. Headlines about “Hockey Canada’s toxic culture”, a “culture crisis at Gymnastics Canada”, and “the culture of abuse and discrimination” in several national sport organizations...
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Abuse-Free Sport
Anti-Doping
Canadian Sport Policies
Leadership and Governance
Maltreatment
Safe Sport
Sport Integrity

A Code for All Levels of Sport: Implementing the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport (UCCMS) across Canada
October 21, 2024
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Marcus Mazzucco & Hilary Findlay
Introduction The Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport (UCCMS) was introduced to the Canadian sport system at the national level in 2022. It may be time to think about its role across the entire sport...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
Mental Health
Sport Integrity
Team Culture

The evolving role of coaches in athlete mental health
October 21, 2024
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Heather Wheeler
A coach’s influence  In recent years, the mental health of athletes has garnered significant attention, both on and off the global stage. With young athletes and parents talking more openly about mental health, coaches are now finding themselves at the...
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Anti-Doping
Competition Manipulation
Leadership
Sport Gambling
Sport Integrity

Sport integrity: Why is it worth protecting?
May 13, 2024
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Megan Cumming
Sports fans are all intimately familiar with the rules of their favourite sports: what’s allowed, and what will get you penalized. Many are less familiar with the behind-the-scenes rules that protect athletes and the integrity of sport itself. Why protect...
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Program Design and Evaluation
Sport Integrity

Power Balance: The black box of the Canadian sport system
April 24, 2024
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Jennifer Walinga
Within the Canadian sport system lies a black box of power imbalance, a black box the Future of Sport in Canada Commission will need the key to address. Our research offers insights into:   cost benefits and savings to a power...
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Abuse-Free Sport
Capacity Building
Coaching
High Performance
Maltreatment
Safe Sport
Safe Sport Environments
Sport Integrity
Team Culture

The challenges of shifting to a safer sport culture: High performance coach and administrator perspectives
August 21, 2023
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Eric MacIntosh, Shannon Kerwin and Alison Doherty
Highlights High performance coaches and administrators are key stewards of a shift to safer sport In our research, coaches and administrators identified 6 challenges to culture change in high performance sport: Sport is inherently unsafe Turbulent, unstable sport environment Lack...
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Leadership
Program Design and Evaluation
Sport Integrity

(Re)building cultural integrity in sport: The mechanics, tools and blueprint for change
May 31, 2023
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Jennifer Walinga
Sport is the most watched, celebrated, supported, and engaging social endeavour in the world (Hulteen et coll., 2017). Sport is inherently emotionally and narratively captivating, embodying and upholding principles of positive and sustainable human, social, and environmental development. But the...
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Anti-Doping
Competition Manipulation
High Performance
Program Design and Evaluation
Sport Gambling
Sport Integrity

All that glitters is not gold: The rising threat of competition manipulation
May 24, 2023
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Megan Cumming
You’d be hard pressed to visit a large Canadian city these days and not see a billboard for sports gambling. Maybe you’ve noticed a similar trend while watching TV, of athletes and celebrities telling us not only which sports books...
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Abuse-Free Sport
Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Long-Term Development
Maltreatment
Program Design and Evaluation
Quality Sport
Safe Sport
Sport Integrity
Sport Participation

Safe, quality and values-based: 3 approaches to optimize sport experience
April 24, 2023
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Jennifer Coletti and Veronica Allan, SIRC
Highlights  There are several evidence-informed approaches to sport delivery that researchers and sport organizations encourage, and that you can engage with, to promote positive experiences and combat harmful cultures in sport and society  Quality sport, values-based sport and safe sport...
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Accessibility
Leadership
Maltreatment
Safe Sport
Sport Integrity

Sport Information Resource Centre announces it has joined Abuse-Free Sport
December 23, 2022
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Canada’s most trusted partner in advancing sport knowledge will continue to provide resources to help prevent maltreatment in sport Dec. 23, 2022 Ottawa – The Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement...
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