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Beyond the Stats: Understanding Sleeper Athletes with Dr. Joe Baker

In a sports culture obsessed with early success, Canada may be missing out on some of the best athletes, sleepers, those who develop later, defying the traditional timelines of talent. Dr. Joe Baker, a leading expert on talent development and professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Toronto, says…

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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....

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...

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?...

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...

SIRC’s 2022 year in review

December 21, 2022
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As the year comes to a close, the Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) is reflecting on some of its key projects, publications and events over the course of 2022. Here are some of the key highlights: SIRC played a key...

Accessible communications and technologies in sport for people with disabilities

November 30, 2022
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Lise Lafontaine
In the pre-Internet world, accessibility focused primarily on addressing physical barriers, such as by installing ramps or adding Braille buttons in elevators.   Over time, an evolution has happened in what’s considered a disability. Changes have also happened in the types...

How to write a quality grant application

November 17, 2022
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Eric Cartlidge
For many charitable or not-for-profit sport organizations, funding is the main topic of discussion on most days. As they look to continue their missions or potentially create new, innovative, and inclusive programming, two questions regularly come up:  How much money...

Knowledge mobilization 101: Sharing knowledge to enhance sport in Canada

August 31, 2022
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Brynna Kerr
Many sport organizations collect data on their programs and best practices, but what happens with those findings? Unfortunately, this data often gets piled into internal reports and largely forgotten. This means that valuable learnings aren’t shared with those who can...

Let’s talk about air pollution: Keeping outdoor sport participants safe

June 8, 2022
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SIRC with Health Canada
In honour of Clean Air Day (June 8), SIRC partnered with Health Canada to present information about air pollution and how it can affect the health and performance of outdoor sport participants. We also highlight the ways coaches, officials and...

Data for change: Embracing demographics to advance equity in sport

April 22, 2022
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Bryan Heal, Marika Warner and Jackie Robinson, MLSE LaunchPad
Highlights The “who” is as important as the “what” when sport organizations are planning for data, analytics and evidence-based change related to equity, diversity and inclusion. When it comes to race and intersectionality, the power of data practices is its...
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