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The bounce-back illusion: Why real postpartum bodies deserve the spotlight

Let’s begin with a familiar image. A woman, newly postpartum, stands in her living room. Her baby is nestled in a sling across her chest, and she’s attempting something between a squat and a stretch while simultaneously rescuing a plush giraffe from under the couch. She is not wearing Lululemon. She has not “bounced back.”…

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Abuse-Free Sport
Coaching
Professional Development
Safe Sport

Creating a Safer Sport Environment with Ethics and Respect Training
August 8, 2018
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Michel Hachey, Coaching Association of Canada
This is the final blog of a 3-part series providing tools and resources to strengthen safety and ethical values in sport by introducing the Responsible Coaching Movement. If this is your first visit to this blog series, considering taking a...
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Abuse-Free Sport
Coaching
Safe Sport
Safe Sport Environments
Volunteer Management

Creating a Safer Sport Environment with Background Screening
July 15, 2018
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Michel Hachey – Coaching Association of Canada
This is the second installment of a 3-part blog series providing tools and resources to strengthen safety and ethical values in sport by introducing the Responsible Coaching Movement.  In Blog #1, we focused on the importance of the Rule of...
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Children and Youth
Coaching
Life Skills
Program Design and Evaluation
Sport Participation

Fostering Leadership in Youth Sport through a Tri-Level Mentoring Model
July 11, 2018
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Maji Shaikh, University of Ottawa
Many coaches in youth sport understand the positive benefits of sport participation, in helping youth adopt social relationships, perseverance, and building life skills. However, it isn’t enough to simply thrust a child into sport and hope they develop character. It...
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Abuse-Free Sport
Children and Youth
Coaching
Safe Sport
Safe Sport Environments

Creating a Safer Sport Environment with the Rule of Two
June 13, 2018
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Michel Hachey, Coaching Association of Canada
This is the first installment of a 3-part blog series providing tools and resources to strengthen safety and ethical values in sport by introducing the Responsible Coaching Movement. If this is your first visit to this blog series, considering taking a...
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Coaching
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
LGBTQI2S

Leading the Way: Working with LGBTQI2S Athletes and Coaches
May 16, 2018
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Jennifer Birch-Jones, CAAWS
The International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) is held annually on May 17th to celebrate sexual and gender diversity. This year’s global theme is “Alliances for Solidarity” which is appropriate for our work in Canada to make sport...
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Canadian Sport Policies
Coaching
Concussion
Leadership
Program Design and Evaluation

Concussions in sport — we can do better
April 17, 2018
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Tom Hall, SIRC
In his teens, Eric Mihalovic was a promising young hockey player. He was tough, a solid player with good hands. “I don’t think we even called the first one a concussion,” he said. “I was hit and my head bounced...
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Coaching
Gender Equity
Girls and Women
Professional Development

The Role of Sport Administrators in Advancing Women in Coaching through Mentorship
April 17, 2018
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Gretchen Kerr (PhD), Jenessa Banwell (PhD Candidate), and Ashley Stirling (PhD), University of Toronto
The rise of girls’ and women’s participation in physical activity and sport, including at the high performance sport level in Canada, has been encouraging. Unfortunately, this increase in participation rates of females has not been matched by an increase in...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Coaching
Program Design and Evaluation
Talent Identification

IN BRIEF: Bio-Banding and Developmental Age
January 8, 2018
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Vicki Harber, PhD and Paul Jurbala, PhD, Sport for Life
You’ve probably heard of the Relative Age Effect – the concept that when children are placed into groups such as school classes or sports based on their chronological age, those born early in the cohort may have physical or intellectual...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
Sleep and Recovery
Training Factors

Periodization: Planned Peaks and Targeted Training
January 8, 2018
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Lily Dong, SIRC
Periodization is a systematic approach to training that involves varying training variables, like volume and intensity, over time. The objective of this planning is for the athlete to reach his or her peak at a specific, pre-determined time, while optimizing...
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Coaching
Professional Development

Next Level Coaching – Building an Effective Leadership Style
November 1, 2017
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Michelle Caron
Coaches, in a nutshell, are educated leaders who influence people to work towards a specific goal. Effective leadership in sport requires knowing the best approach for assisting players based upon their level of skills and motivation, and transforming that knowledge...
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