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Concussions and Confidence: Why Mental Readiness Matters in Recovery 

For most of her career, Jen Kish was known as one of the best and most fearless female players in rugby sevens. She captained Canada’s women’s team to an Olympic bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. And, she also endured more than 30 concussions with only five of them formally diagnosed.  “Your brain health…

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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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Accessibility
Athlete Development
Para Sport
Sleep and Recovery

Key considerations for Para athlete recovery
February 15, 2023
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Sara W. Szabo and Michael D. Kennedy
Para sport has grown substantially in the past decades with increases in athlete participation as well as training intensities and sport performance (Patricios & Webborn, 2021; Fagher et coll., 2016). Yet, there is still limited research to help inform practice,...
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Athlete Development
Sport Participation Research Initiative
Talent Identification

Identification of “sleeping” talent in elite ice-hockey using psychological characteristics 
February 13, 2023
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Simon Grondin
In sports, some athletes currently under-perform compared to others, but end up excelling later in life, while some who currently perform well, end up under-performing later on. In other words, current performance is not necessarily a good predictor of potential...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Long-Term Development
Sport Participation

Supporting positive parental decision-making in youth sport
February 8, 2023
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Heather Larson
Parents and guardians have significant influence on their children’s sporting experiences, as well as broader sport culture. They serve as interpreters, role models, and providers of childhood sport experiences (Fredricks & Eccles, 2004). As such, their decisions can have long-lasting...
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Para Sport
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

A sociocultural analysis of adaptive skateboarding and wheelchair motocross
February 6, 2023
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Nikolaus Dean
View the summary of this research here. This study explored physically disabled skateboarders and wheelchair motocross (WCMX) riders’ experiences with the skateboarding community, online (on Instagram), and within skatepark settings. It aims to add to the growing research on physically...
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Anti-Racism
Athlete Development
Life Skills
Program Design and Evaluation
Social Issues

Using life skills to promote social justice: Youth sport as a vehicle for social change
February 1, 2023
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Corliss Bean, Tarkington J. Newman, Martin Camiré, Leisha Strachan
As youth sport researchers, we seek to understand how youth develop and transfer life skills. In recent years, cultural issues have urged us to evolve our understanding of life skills. For instance, the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements continue...
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Indigenous
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Settler colonial sport venues: An Edmonton/Amiskwaciy history
January 30, 2023
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Judy Davidson and Matt Ormandy
‘Settler Colonial Sport Venues’ explores the settler histories of sporting places, and the role settler athletic venues have played in colonization and carcerality. It aims to challenge the idea that building sports facilities is always positive, showing instead how these...
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High Performance
Physical Health

Move over menstrual cycle: Ovulation monitoring is the new gold standard to monitor REDs in female athletes
January 23, 2023
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Jessalyn O’Donnell
Highlights Low energy availability (LEA) arises when there is not enough energy (calories) consumed to support critical body functions as well as extra physical activity, such as training Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) is a result of longstanding LEA...
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High Performance
Physical Health
Weather

Exercising outdoors in Canada: What the research tells us about exercising safely and effectively in extreme cold
January 23, 2023
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Michael D. Kennedy
Highlights Our bodies experience cold as a physiological stressor, meaning that one’s body must work hard to keep itself in thermal balance It is important for athletes and coaches to be aware of ways to mitigate the risks of cold...
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