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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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Abuse-Free Sport
Anti-Doping
Leadership
Maltreatment
Program Design and Evaluation
Safe Sport
Sport Participation

Safe sport jobs increase as Canadian sport sector responds to community
June 7, 2023
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SIRC
Safe sport and safeguarding in sport have become top priorities for the Canadian sport sector. Prevalence studies have revealed that athletes across different levels of sport frequently experience maltreatment (Alexander et coll., 2011; Vertommen et coll., 2016; US Center for...
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Governance
Leadership
Social Media
Sport Participation Research Initiative

The new sport system landscape: Understanding the interrelationships between governance, brand, and social media in non-profit sport organizations
June 5, 2023
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Milena Parent
View the summary of this research here. Project summary  Today’s managers face unprecedented governance, economic/marketing, and technological realities affecting their processes and performance, aspects we understand poorly. Managers are under increased scrutiny from stakeholders regarding their credibility to govern themselves...
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Leadership
Program Design and Evaluation
Sport Integrity

(Re)building cultural integrity in sport: The mechanics, tools and blueprint for change
May 31, 2023
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Jennifer Walinga
Sport is the most watched, celebrated, supported, and engaging social endeavour in the world (Hulteen et coll., 2017). Sport is inherently emotionally and narratively captivating, embodying and upholding principles of positive and sustainable human, social, and environmental development. But the...
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Girls and Women
Leadership
Life Skills
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Developing leadership behaviours in athletes 
May 29, 2023
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Todd Loughead
Project summary  This project developed, implemented, and evaluated the effect of a season-long athlete leadership development program. The participants included 66 female varsity athletes who participated in four leadership workshops throughout their competitive sport season, approximately one hour in duration....
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Leadership

A theory of change for Canadian sport: Dorothy Paul on culture change
April 24, 2023
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Dorothy Paul and Caela Fenton
Highlights:  2 Loops Theory of Change seeks to describe and model organizations as living beings with life cycles  Indigenous sport leader, Dorothy Paul, advocates for 2 Loops Theory as a lens to consider cultural shift within the Canadian sport sector ...
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Leadership

The Sport Information Resource Centre is celebrating its 50th anniversary!
April 20, 2023
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Ottawa – The Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) is thrilled to announce we are celebrating our 50th anniversary! Founded in 1973, as a library for sports-related information, SIRC has evolved into a leading knowledge broker for the Canadian sport community....
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Board Management
Governance
Leadership

Governance in membership organizations
April 12, 2023
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Rose Mercier
The landscape of Canadian sport is populated by thousands of membership based nonprofit organizations. In the sporting context, membership organizations are ones in which members pay fees motivated by their interest to participate in their chosen sport (for example, a...
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Governance
Leadership
Program Design and Evaluation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Opening the “Black Box”: Exploring board decision making in non-profit sport organizations operating in a multi-level governance system
April 10, 2023
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Erik Lachance
Project summary  A central group responsible for the effective governance of non-profit sport organizations (NPSOs) and systems is the board of directors (Board). This group has the formal power and authority within an organization for which a central activity is...
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Leadership
Program Design and Evaluation

All aboard: How to successfully onboard incoming athletes
April 5, 2023
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Elizabeth Litchfield and Cailie McGuire
From the sports field to the boardroom, groups are everywhere! Think back to a time when you were joining a new group. Did you feel uncertain or nervous? Did you know what was expected of you in your new role?...
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Accessibility
Leadership
Maltreatment
Safe Sport
Sport Integrity

Sport Information Resource Centre announces it has joined Abuse-Free Sport
December 23, 2022
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Canada’s most trusted partner in advancing sport knowledge will continue to provide resources to help prevent maltreatment in sport Dec. 23, 2022 Ottawa – The Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement...
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