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On the sidelines but central: The powerful role parents play in youth sport

Anyone who has ever sat through a rainy Saturday soccer match or juggled dinner schedules to accommodate volleyball practice knows that youth sport doesn’t happen without parents. They are the chauffeurs, cheerleaders, fundraisers, and sometimes, the most vocal critics on the sidelines. But as Dr. Nick Holt knows all too well, parents aren’t just a…

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Masters Sport
Older Adults
Physical Health
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Aging expectations and physical activity behaviours
July 6, 2020
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Joseph Baker
Project Summary A developing area of research focuses on ‘successful aging’, which has the central objective of discovering significant predictors of optimal health in later life so that risks of disease and disablement can be targeted and reduced. From this...
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Masters Sport
Older Adults
Physical Health
Sport Participation

The Benefits of Masters Sport to Healthy Aging
March 31, 2020
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Jordan Deneau, Rylee Dionigi and Sean Horton
Carol LaFayette-Boyd is one of Canada’s rising athletics stars. Notably, LaFayette-Boyd is “rising” to exceptional athletic status at the age of 77 years. Setting a new world age-group record in the W75 200-meter race at the 2019 Canadian Masters Indoor...
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Communications
Community Sport
Older Adults
Physical Health
Sport Participation

Aging, Physical Activity and Men’s Health
January 22, 2020
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Jordan Deneau, Paula van Wyk, and Sean Horton
Regular, meaningful physical activity provides many benefits for older adults (Bangsbo et al., 2019). However, older men can be a particularly hard-to-reach group when it comes to public health promotion and disease prevention initiatives (Bottorff et al., 2015; Carroll et...
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Disability
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Indigenous
Knowledge Mobilization
LGBTQI2S
Older Adults
Sport Participation

Policy and program considerations for increasing sport participation among members of underrepresented groups in Canada
December 12, 2016
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Sue Cragg
Sport should be available and responsive to the needs of all Canadians who want to participate. However, members of a number of groups do not participate at the same rates as their mainstream counterparts. Some women and girls, Indigenous peoples,...
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Accessibility
Older Adults
Program Design and Evaluation
Recreation
Sport Participation

Bridging the Gap Between Seniors and Recreational Sport and Fitness Programs
December 16, 2014
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Seniors may be overlooked when thinking about adding diversity to your sports and fitness programs when the fact is that many seniors share the same barriers when facing sport participation. Community recreation and sport programs can be great for older...
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Older Adults
Physical Health
Sport Participation
Training Factors

Aqua Fitness: A low impact physical activity for the active aging adult
November 13, 2014
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Aqua fitness for older adults, especially for those with limited mobility can be an excellent way of staying active. It is a low impact form of exercise that is accessible to all swimming levels and abilities. Working out in the...
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Equipment
Nutrition and Hydration
Older Adults
Sport Participation
Weather

Summer Safety: Preventing Heat Illness
July 29, 2014
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Heat illness is a broad term that encompasses several conditions, ranging from mild heat cramps to heat stroke.  Heat illness is typically caused by a combination of hot environment, strenuous exercise, inadequate adaptation to the heat, age, hydration levels and/or a...
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Older Adults
Physical Health
Program Design and Evaluation
Sport Participation

Celebrate Active Aging Week!
September 25, 2013
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It’s active aging week in Canada and this year’s theme is “Discover your Community.” Active aging events are planned locally which allows organizers in each community the ability to decide what they would like to do.  Events are free for...
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Older Adults

Adventure Travel and the Older Adult
July 9, 2013
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With summer in full swing, many older adults will be boarding planes, trains and ships to head off for their latest travel adventure. Research shows that the aging population, with their improved health and disposable incomes are looking for trips...
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