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The illusion of equality: Why gender parity in Canadian sport remains a distant goal 

When Dr. Guylaine Demers talks about gender equality in Canadian sport, she does so with the precision of an academic, the passion of an advocate, and the realism of someone who has spent more than 3 decades inside the system.  Demers, a professor at Laval University and one of Canada’s leading researchers on equity in…

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Health and Wellbeing
School Sport
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Strategies used by physical educators to implement a program that encourages their students to “adopt a healthy and active lifestyle”
April 27, 2020
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Jocelyn Gagnon
Project Summary Essentially, the purpose of this research project is to implement a program, such as Team Pentathlon, in primary and secondary schools to encourage physical activity and study various aspects of the program implementation process. More specifically, we: The...
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Disability
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Program Design and Evaluation
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

A framework for creating a campus culture of compassion: A participatory action research approach to equality
April 20, 2020
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Jennifer Giles
Project Summary This dissertation united key stakeholders from the University of Guelph community in order to examine issues around accessibility and inclusion of students with disabilities in campus recreation and sport opportunities. The research team included representatives from the University...
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Children and Youth
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Children with ADHD and physical activity behaviours: What happens when the village turns its back on you
April 13, 2020
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William Harvey
Project Summary The three main objectives for this research project were to: (a) describe the physical activity (PA) behaviours of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), (b) explore the feelings and attitudes that children with ADHD and their parent(s) had...
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School Sport
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Transitioning students’ sport and physical activity participation
April 6, 2020
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Matthew Kwan
Project Summary The transition from late adolescence to young adulthood represents a time of profound changes, including a period for which substantial declines in physical activity levels occur. As the late adolescent population transitions into early adulthood, a number of...
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Long-Term Development
Sport Participation Research Initiative
Training Factors

Infrastructure & expertise: A model to investigate effective training through long-term athlete development
March 30, 2020
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Kelly Lockwood
Project Summary A Hockey Intervention Program (HIP) was established as an innovative vehicle to evaluate the infrastructure-athlete relationship for training athletes in the sport of ice hockey. This research examined both system level and athlete level factors that influence stakeholders’...
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Health and Wellbeing
Newcomers to Canada
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Chinese-Canadians’ perspectives on health & sport participation
March 23, 2020
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Chunlei Lu
Project Summary The main objective of the project was to investigate Chinese-Canadians’ perspectives about health and sport practice. Overall, participants reported both positive and negative changes in their perspectives and practices related to health and sport participation after immigrating to...
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SCRI Conference
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Curling and community in rural canada
March 16, 2020
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Heather Mair
Project Summary The main objective of this research was to understand the role of curling clubs in rural Canadian life. It aimed to deepen and broaden our understanding of the role of leisure and sport settings in community development by...
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Gender Equity
Girls and Women
Sport Participation Research Initiative

They always remain girls: The re/production of gender relations in women’s sports in Quebec, 1919-1961
March 10, 2020
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Élise Detellier, University of Montreal
Project Summary This doctoral thesis examines how multiple factors influenced women’s participation in sports in Quebec between 1919 and 1961. It shows that gender, class, age, religious and ethno-linguistic affiliation, as well as whether a facility was co-ed or not,...
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Children and Youth
Recreation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Adolescent leisure opportunities in a changing community
March 9, 2020
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Peter Morden
Project Summary The context of leisure is especially amenable to fostering the acquisition of developmental assets and the development of. However, the issue of access to developmentally significant opportunities becomes problematized as inner-city areas are transformed by the process of...
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Children and Youth
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Urban Youth Engagement in Sport: Process, Access and Participation
March 2, 2020
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Norm O'Reilly
Project Summary This research examines participation and engagement with sport among Canadian urban youth and the resulting impact on athlete development, sport organizations, businesses, sponsors and Canadian society. Particular emphasis is put on the city of Toronto and pool and...
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