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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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Children and Youth
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Tips on How to Deliver a Quality Youth Sport Program
September 5, 2018
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Corliss Bean, University of British Columbia Okanagan
This is the first blog in a series on positive youth development in sport. If this is your first visit to this series, considering taking a few minutes to read the other two posts: Teaching Life Skills Through Sport and...
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Sport Participation
Technology

Introduction to eSports
August 22, 2018
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Larena Hoeber & Orland Hoeber, University of Regina
Whether or not you believe that eSports, or competitive video gaming, is a real sport or that gamers are athletes, its popularity and how it is being developed within the sport industry can not be ignored. For some amateur sport...
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Children and Youth
Physical Literacy
Sport Participation

Pushing for a multi-sport approach to kids’ sport and activity
August 15, 2018
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Jim Grove, Active for Life
We know that today’s kids face a myriad of obstacles to getting active and developing physical literacy. From obsession with smartphones and video games, to increasing confinement in urban spaces, kids today are facing challenges that most of their parents...
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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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Children and Youth
Sport Participation

Children’s influence on adult fandom of amateur sport
July 4, 2018
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Larena Hoeber, University of Regina
Research shows sport fandom being developed within families usually from a top-down approach. This is typically in the form of parents, in particular fathers, directly influencing their children’s sport fan choices through various socializing activities, including watching games together on...
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Physical Health
Sport Participation

National Health and Fitness Day – June 2, 2018
May 30, 2018
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Sydney Millar, SIRC
The National Health and Fitness Day Act was passed in 2014, designating the first Saturday in June as National Health and Fitness Day (NHFD). NHFD is intended to draw attention to declining rates of physical activity and increasing rates of...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Life Skills
Mental Health
Physical Health
Sport Participation

The Car Ride Home
April 17, 2018
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Katherine Tamminen (PhD), University of Toronto
Parents[1] play an undeniably important role in the lives of young athletes. Parents have been described as socializers of athletes’ sport experiences – providing opportunities for participation, serving as role models, and helping athletes make sense of their sport experiences....
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Leadership
Olympic & Paralympic Games
Sport Participation

Scaling down the circus to scale up the benefits – A proposed future for international sport events
April 17, 2018
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Marijke Taks (PhD), University of Ottawa
2018 is an exciting year with four major international sporting events on the calendar: the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Commonwealth Games, and the Arctic Winter Games. These events are embraced by those with a love for sport, including the...
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Communications
Community Sport
Leadership
Social Issues
Sport Participation
Volunteer Management

Taking Action: Community Sport Organizations and Social Responsibility
April 17, 2018
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Katie Misener (PhD), University of Waterloo
Community sport organizations (CSOs) are a central thread in the fabric of Canadian society, providing a meaningful place for people to play, compete, volunteer, coach, and interact with others who may share their interests and values. As a foundation of...
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Social Issues
Sport for Social Development
Sport Participation

Using Sport to Accomplish Social Change
April 4, 2018
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Bob Elliott, former Senior Leader, the Sport Matters Group
Have you heard the term Sport for Development and wondered what it means? Sport for development (also referred to as S4D and used interchangeably with sport for social change or sport for social objectives) involves tapping into what sport can...
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