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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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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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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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Coaching
Para Sport
Professional Development
Sport Participation Research Initiative

The development and implementation of a mentoring program for parasport coaches
January 9, 2023
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Gordon Bloom
View the summary of this research here. Introduction and context Partnering with a provincial coaching association in Canada, we explored the experiences and perceptions of 15 mentor and 29 mentee coaches who participated in a formal virtual parasport coach mentorship...
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Athlete Development
Para Sport
Paralympic Games

No singular path through Para sport: Canadian Para nordic skiers on multi-sport and athlete transfer
November 16, 2022
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Caela Fenton
This blog is a part of a series created in collaboration with the Canadian Paralympic Committee and the Paralympic Athlete Transfer Task Force, spotlighting the opportunities and challenges of Para athlete transfer and multi-sport participation.  In 2006, Robbi Weldon came...
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Athlete Development
Para Sport
Sport Participation

Challenges and opportunities of dual sport participation
November 2, 2022
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Caela Fenton
This blog is a part of a series created in collaboration with the Canadian Paralympic Committee and the Paralympic Athlete Transfer Task Force, spotlighting the opportunities and challenges of Para athlete transfer and multi-sport participation. Not many athletes can claim both summer and winter Paralympian status....
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Athlete Development
Para Sport
Sport Participation

Push and pull: Paralympian Brianna Hennessy is stronger for her multi-sport participation 
October 26, 2022
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Caela Fenton
This blog is a part of a series created in collaboration with the Canadian Paralympic Committee and the Paralympic Athlete Transfer Task Force, spotlighting the opportunities and challenges of Para athlete transfer and multi-sport participation. “Para sport, for me, it’s my purpose. It’s the...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
Para Sport

Collaborative coaching is key to successful Para athlete transfer
October 19, 2022
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Caela Fenton, SIRC
This blog is a part of a series created in collaboration with the Canadian Paralympic Committee and the Paralympic Athlete Transfer Task Force, spotlighting the opportunities and challenges of Para athlete transfer and multi-sport participation. When COVID-19 hit, like the rest of us, Alexandre...
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Athlete Development
High Performance
Para Sport
Paralympic Games

How “athlete transfer” is opening new avenues for development in Para sport
October 12, 2022
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Veronica Allan, SIRC
This blog is a part of a series created in collaboration with the Canadian Paralympic Committee and the Paralympic Athlete Transfer Task Force, spotlighting the opportunities and challenges of Para athlete transfer and multi-sport participation. When Richard Peter retired from wheelchair basketball following a...
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Accessibility
Adapted Sport
Disability
Para Sport
Program Design and Evaluation
Sport Participation

Enhancing sport and physical activity participation for Canadians with disabilities
July 25, 2022
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Veronica Allan, SIRC
Highlights When Jenny Davey first started working at the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) in 2014, she had no idea how much a fledgling research partnership would shape the work she does in the Paralympic sport system 8 years later. “I...
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Anti-Racism
Concussion
COVID-19
LGBTQI2S
Masters Sport
Mom's Got Game
Olympic & Paralympic Games
Para Sport
Program Design and Evaluation

2021 year in review: How SIRC embraced the “new normal”
December 22, 2021
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SIRC
After 2020 surprised us all with a global pandemic, many of us looked to 2021 with hope for a gradual return to our pre-pandemic “normal.” And with the widespread rollout and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines across the country, the activities...
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