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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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Strengthening data protection practices through education
January 26, 2021
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George Al Koura, ADGA Group Inc.
Data Privacy Day is an international effort held annually on Jan. 28. The purpose is to create awareness about the importance of privacy and protecting personal information and encourages dialogue for organizations about which best practices should be implemented. The...
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Data and Analytics
LGBTQI2S
Mental Health
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative
Underserved Groups

The role of LGBT-focused sport group involvement in reducing minority stress  
November 2, 2020
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Steven Mock
Project Summary  OBJECTIVES  Sexual minority identity (e.g., gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans; LGBT) is largely stigmatized and stigmatization has been linked to detrimental mental and physical health outcomes.  Sexual minority individuals are often motivated to conceal their identities to protect themselves...
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Program Design and Evaluation

Evaluating Impact using the RE-AIM Framework
October 4, 2020
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Veronica Allan, Research and Innovation Specialist, SIRC
For any organization, the ability to demonstrate impact — to funders, board members, and other stakeholders — is crucial. Demonstrating the value of an organization, project, or service is important to access financial support, engage stakeholders, and achieve organizational objectives...
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High Performance
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Sport Gambling
Sport Integrity
Technology

Match Manipulation and Gambling in Sport
July 15, 2020
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Jeremy Luke, Senior Director, Sport Integrity with CCES
The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) and McLaren Global Sport Solutions Inc. (MGSS) hosted the first-ever Symposium in Canada addressing the issues of match manipulation and gambling in sport in 2019. Following the Symposium, a White Paper was...
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Coaching
Concussion
Data and Analytics
Equipment
Program Design and Evaluation
Training Factors

How data informs Volleyball Canada’s concussion strategy
December 11, 2019
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Peter Morrow, SIRC
It might be surprising to hear concussions are a serious risk in the sport of volleyball. But data collection from Volleyball Canada—dating back to 2016—has revealed exactly that. “Our research has shown that about 1 in 10 youth athletes in...
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Children and Youth
Data and Analytics
Knowledge Mobilization
Physical Health
Sleep and Recovery
Sport Participation

MATCH: Spotlight on a Canadian Study on Sport Participation
November 6, 2019
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Julie Goguen Carpenter & Mathieu Bélanger
In this day and age, everything is at our fingertips. However, the investigation of complex behaviours is still a process that takes time. The intricate nature of sport and physical activity behaviour, especially amongst children and adolescents, is an area...
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Accessibility
Concussion
Data and Analytics
High Performance
Para Sport

Addressing Under-reporting of Concussion in Para Sport
August 14, 2019
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Peter Morrow, SIRC
Given the high-impact nature of many Para sports, concussions may seem like an inevitability. According to Dr. Andy Marshall, Chief Medical Officer of the Canadian Parapan Am and Paralympic Team, stronger data has elevated the national dialogue around this fact...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Coaching
Data and Analytics
High Performance
Program Design and Evaluation
Talent Identification

Issues in Athlete Identification and Selection: Are We Compromising Talent?
October 10, 2018
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Joe Baker, Nick Wattie, and Jörg Schorer
Despite some important ethical and developmental concerns, early identification and selection is the modus operandi of high performance sport. Most sport systems internationally have limited resources for high performance athlete development and, as a result, have to make predictions about...
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Athlete Development
Data and Analytics
High Performance
Leadership
Mental Health
Program Design and Evaluation

Marginal Gains Reconsidered: How Sport Organizations Hold the Key to Boosting Sport Performance
July 11, 2018
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Andrea Wooles, Cycling Canada
The “aggregation of marginal gains” has become such a catchphrase that people have stopped questioning what it means. Science is meant to question, not to follow, and to look for the truth where it otherwise might be missed. What are...
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Data and Analytics
Leadership

Using Membership Data to Inform Decision-Making: A sport management approach
May 9, 2018
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James Anderson, Freestyle Canada
In sport, data is commonly used to asses and improve an athlete or team’s performance; however, the usage of membership data to inform decision-making at the National, Provincial/Territorial or club level is still relatively unexplored. Membership data can be program...
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