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Breaking Ice: Connecting Indigenous Culture and Sport Through Blind Hockey 

In partnership with Canadian Blind Hockey  June is National Indigenous History Month, a time to reflect on the strength, resilience, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. It’s also a time to acknowledge the gaps that still exist, particularly in areas like sport, where Indigenous youth, especially those with disabilities, continue to face…

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Board Management
Leadership
Recruitment and Retention
Volunteer Management

Recruiting, retaining and supporting volunteers in a changing sport system
July 5, 2023
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Caela Fenton and Paul Varian
Paul Varian is a sport-management consultant and thought-leader with experience at all levels of the sport sector, from community and amateur sport to large national governing bodies.  Throughout his long career in sport, Varian has served as the Chief Executive...
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COVID-19
Leadership
Program Design and Evaluation
Volunteer Management

Three recommendations for sport organizations when engaging in evaluation
July 14, 2021
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Caroline Hummell, Corliss Bean and Maji Shaikh
The sport sector considers evaluation an essential organizational practice. Through evaluation, sport organizations can gain insights and solicit feedback about their programs. Evaluation can also inform decision-making, guide program improvements, and build stakeholders’ value and advocacy for programming (Holt et...
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Capacity Building
Leadership
Life Skills
Program Design and Evaluation
Volunteer Management

Building capacity for evaluation with students and volunteers
June 7, 2021
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Sarah Lawrason, UBC Okanagan
An essential part of improving sport service delivery is program evaluation. Program evaluation allows sport organizations to understand how their programs or initiatives work in different ways. However, many organizations receive insufficient training or lack the capacity (staff, funding or time) to engage in evaluative work (Carman & Fredericks, 2010).  One...
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Community Sport
Recreation
Sport Participation Research Initiative
Volunteer Management

The role of social capital in the organizational capacity of community sport
May 3, 2021
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Alison Doherty
Project summary  Social capital is the trust, reciprocity, and shared understanding that may be produced and reproduced in a social connection. When generated among individuals and within groups in an organization, this ‘social energy’ may be an important resource for...
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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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Community Sport
COVID-19
Leadership
Physical Health
Volunteer Management

Navigating COVID-19: A Community Sport Perspective
December 1, 2020
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James Anderson, Rocky Point Sailing Association
In the winter of 2020, the Rocky Point Sailing Association (RPSA) in Port Moody, BC was preparing for the upcoming season. RPSA is primarily run by volunteers and employs ten seasonal full-time staff who deliver long-term athlete development (LTAD) programming...
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Capacity Building
Community Sport
Leadership
Revenue Generation
Strategic Planning
Volunteer Management

Building Capacity in Community Sport Organizations
October 4, 2020
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Patti Millar, University of Windsor
Community sport organizations (CSOs) occupy an important place in our communities by providing sport and recreation opportunities for all ages, as well as serving a wider social role within our communities (see, for example, Taking Action: Community Sport Organizations and...
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Children and Youth
Community Sport
COVID-19
Leadership
Older Adults
Technology
Volunteer Management

Virtual Volunteering in Community Sport
July 13, 2020
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Haley Baxter, Katie Misener, Pam Kappelides, and Lowell Williamson
As community sport clubs begin their return to play phases, the short and long-term impacts of COVID-19 – on the field and in the office – are unmistakable. Physical distancing measures and stay-at-home protocols have illuminated how technology can keep...
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
First Nations
Games and Hosting
Indigenous
Volunteer Management

2020 Arctic Winter Games: Cultural Program & Gala – A Circumpolar Approach
February 19, 2020
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Echo Ross, 2020 Arctic Winter Games
This is the fourth blog of a series leading up to the 2020 Arctic Winter Games that will be hosted by Whitehorse, YT March 15-21, 2020. Check out the previous blogs about the development of the Games, volunteer recruitment, and...
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First Nations
Games and Hosting
Leadership
Recruitment and Retention
Volunteer Management
Workplace Wellness

Volunteer Recruitment at the 2020 Arctic Winter Games
November 20, 2019
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Echo Ross, 2020 Arctic Winter Games
This is the third blog of a series leading up to the 2020 Arctic Winter Games that will be hosted by Whitehorse, YT March 15-21, 2020. Check out the first blog, about the development of the Games; and the second about...
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