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At the crossroads of elite athlete and dad: Male athletes’ experiences navigating parenthood

There has been a longstanding perception that pregnancy, postpartum, and motherhood mark the end of an elite athlete’s career in sport. Over the last few years, many researchers, advocates, and athletes themselves have gone to great lengths in challenging this inaccurate belief. We wouldn’t go as far as to say that presumptuous views of this…

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Children and Youth
Recreation
Sport Participation

What parents and guardians need to know to create positive youth sport experiences
March 13, 2023
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Alex Murata
Highlights Parental behaviour has the potential to either positively or negatively impact youth athletes Current sporting contexts that frequently foster negative parental behaviour include parents “living vicariously” through their kids, the rise of youth sport professionalization and the high financial...
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Anti-Racism
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
Newcomers to Canada
Sport Participation

Creating welcoming, equitable spaces for new Canadians in sport
March 13, 2023
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Veronica Allan
Highlights: Sport can help to promote physical and mental health, build social connections and support integration into Canadian communities among newcomers to Canada Research shows that newcomers face unique barriers to sport participation, including cost, transportation, language, access to information,...
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Health & Lifestyle
Masters Sport
Sport Participation

How the sport system can best support lifelong participation in sport
March 13, 2023
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Bettina Callary and Bradley Young
Highlights The engagement and retention of adult sport participants is often overlooked within sport systems and organizations that focus predominantly on youth Despite coaches playing a key role in Masters sport, there are no clearly identified pathways into Masters coaching...
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High Performance
Maltreatment
Mental Health
Program Design and Evaluation
Safe Sport Environments

Taking a person-first approach to high performance sport in Canada
March 13, 2023
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Teddy Katz
Highlights Over the course of 2022, athletes and supporters have consistently raised concerns about maltreatment and lack of transparency in the Canadian sport sector In this SIRCuit article, Teddy Katz explores athlete concerns, as well as changes being made within...
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Gender Equity
Girls and Women

Spotlighting women in sport: Research and practice
March 8, 2023
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Caela Fenton
The Government of Canada has committed to reaching gender equity in sport (at all levels) by 2035. Right now, we have a long way to go. Over 90% of Canadian sport media coverage is focused solely on men’s sport (Pegoraro...
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Athlete Development
Sleep and Recovery
Sport Participation Research Initiative

The psychology of recovery among endurance athletes
March 6, 2023
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Stuart G. Wilson and Bradley W. Young
View the summary of this research here. The development of sport performance takes a lot of hard training, and all that training also takes equal amounts of recovery. Recovery is about restoring performance capability after facing stress in various ways,...
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Accessibility
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Financial Management
Life Skills
Sport Participation

The intersectional cost of youth sport participation
March 1, 2023
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Bryan Heal, Marika Warner, Quazance Boissoneau and Kendra Kerr
The increasing cost of youth sport participation has long been a concern for parents and policymakers alike. How issues of affordability show up varies depending upon intersectional realities of income, geography, ability, accessibility of appropriate spaces and more. The Maple...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
School Sport
Sport Participation Research Initiative

The prospective contribution of sport and active leisure to student academic and psycho-social success from kindergarten to high school 
February 27, 2023
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Linda Pagani
Introduction and context Only 8% of school age Canadian students meet the recommended daily goal of ≥ 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. Youth mental health problems have doubled over the past two decades. As family life represents a primary vehicle...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Life Skills

How youth athletes can support their own life skill development through sport
February 22, 2023
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Mandisa Lau, Corliss Bean and Caroline Hummell
Sports help to develop crucial skills on and off the court, field, or ice. Participating in sports can help youth athletes stay physically healthy, build positive relationships with coaches and other players and learn valuable skills.  While coaches often play...
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Indigenous
Sport Ecology
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Nature Games: Traditional Indigenous Games and Environmental Stewardship in Oceania
February 20, 2023
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Introduction and Context My project was about understanding the development of environmental stewardship through gameplay in Indigenous societies. The South Pacific has many similarities to Canada in terms of Indigenous-settler relations, colonial histories and a resurgence in reconciliation efforts, and...
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