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The illusion of equality: Why gender parity in Canadian sport remains a distant goal 

When Dr. Guylaine Demers talks about gender equality in Canadian sport, she does so with the precision of an academic, the passion of an advocate, and the realism of someone who has spent more than 3 decades inside the system.  Demers, a professor at Laval University and one of Canada’s leading researchers on equity in…

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Sport Participation Research Initiative
Talent Identification

Do you see what I see? Understanding talent selection in sport
January 15, 2024
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Joe Baker
Introduction and Context  Over the past two decades there has been increasing interest in evidence-based approaches to talent selection and identification. This is often coupled with an emphasis on the early identification of ‘talented’ athletes, based on the assumption that...
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Children and Youth
COVID-19
Recreation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

ParkSeek: Linking young Canadians to parks and recreational resources using geo-targeted messaging in a smartphone application
January 1, 2024
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Alexander Wray
Introduction and Context  The ParkSeek study aimed to identify barriers to youth (aged 13-25) engagement with parks and recreational resources via a novel geographic ecological momentary assessment (GEMA). However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation, substantial challenges were encountered in...
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Concussion
Sleep and Recovery
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Sleep, Socioemotional Functioning, and Symptom Experience: An Experimental Sleep Restriction Study
January 1, 2024
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Brandon Zuccato
Introduction and Context  Concussions are very common in sport (Daugherty et al., 2020). As such, accurate assessment of concussion is imperative for safe participation in sport at all levels. A major domain of assessment is self-report symptoms (Patricios et al.,...
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Abuse-Free Sport
Community Sport
Governance
Maltreatment
Officials and Referees
Safe Sport
Safe Sport Environments
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Rink Rage: Spectator Violence in Minor Hockey in Canada
October 24, 2023
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Curtis Fogel
Project Summary This study examines the prevalence, causes, and responses to parental violence, aggression, and abuse in minor hockey in Canada. It draws on 122 semi-structured, qualitative interviews with minor hockey stakeholders across Canada, and the textual analysis of media...
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Capacity Building
Governance
Leadership
Research to Practice
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Advancing an agenda for research partnerships in sport
October 9, 2023
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Majidullah Shaikh
Introduction and context The goal of this research was to create an agenda that will advance support and capacity for research partnerships in sport. Effective partnerships between academics (e.g., faculty, students, consultants) and sport sector members (e.g., organizations, coaches, athletes,...
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Children and Youth
Disability
Physical and Health Education
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Facilitating physical activity and physical education participation in autistic children and youth
October 2, 2023
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Mathieu Michaud
Introduction and context  Participation in physical activity (PA) and physical education (PE) is very important for all children and youth (C&Y) because it helps with physical, social, affective, and cognitive development (Bailey, 2006). Autistic C&Y especially gain from PA and...
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Community Sport
Leadership
Sport Participation Research Initiative

An investigation of innovation in community sport organizations
September 25, 2023
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Larena Hoeber
Project summary This research builds on a previous project exploring the incidence and nature of innovation in community sport organizations (CSOs). We uncovered that CSOs are turning to innovation, that is any organizational effort perceived as new by the organization,...
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Community Sport
Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Sport Participation Research Initiative
Mental Skills
Sport Participation Research Initiative

“Keep trying, it took me a while to get that too!” The effects of peer feedback on relation-inferred self-efficacy (RISE), self-efficacy, and motivation in youth sport
September 18, 2023
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Jeffrey Graham
Project Summary  Peer influences are among the strongest social influences of children’s attitudes and behaviours at early ages. Yet, despite the potential for peer influences to change behaviour, few studies have investigated the role of peer influences on children’s thoughts...
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Governance
Leadership
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Can conflict be productive? An examination of conflict in non-profit sport boards
September 11, 2023
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Shannon Hamm
Project Summary  Given the importance of board decisions on the development of sport programming in Canada, an investigation of the impact of conflict within these groups is essential for effective board functioning. Thus, the purpose of this project was to...
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Children and Youth
Long-Term Development
Physical Literacy
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Influence of structural and psychosocial factors on the level of physical activity of preschoolers attending daycare
September 4, 2023
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Camille Gagné
Project Summary  Objectives  Theoretical framework: Theory of planned behaviour (Ajzen 1991) and the Cohen et al. structural model (2000).   Research Methods  Population: Children aged three to five attending a child care facility, run by the government of Quebec, in the...
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