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Move Her Mind: Creating Inclusive Spaces for Women and Girls

The more we move, the better we feel. In 2022 a global study commissioned by sportswear company ASICS, The State of Mind Index, studied people’s physical activity levels and mental wellbeing across the globe. In their first Move Every Mind Report, not only did ASICS learn that physical activity has a powerful impact on our…

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Communications

Actions speak louder than words: Non-verbal communication in sport
August 3, 2022
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Lexi Gottlieb and Luc Martin, Queen’s University
Communication is most associated with purposeful, verbal interactions. However, a big part of how we communicate in life, and sport, is non-verbal (Mehrabian, 2017). For example, simple acts of eye contact or body language are just as important than the...
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Climate Change

How sport organizations and events are combating climate change
July 25, 2022
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SIRC with Teddy Katz
Photo credit: Denise MaxwellOrganizers of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games plant trees for a new Commonwealth Games Forest that will serve as one of the Games’ legacies. Highlights At a United Nations Conference on the role of sport in combating...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Sport Participation

Current perspectives on multi-sport participation
July 25, 2022
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Paul Jurbala, Sport for Life
Highlights If lifelong and healthy engagement in sport is the goal, childhood and youth participation in a variety of activities, including unstructured play, make more sense than early specialization Research shows that early specialization in sport correlates with increased likelihood...
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“I feel (un)safe when…”: What athletes have to say about high performance culture
July 25, 2022
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Eric MacIntosh, Shannon Kerwin and Alison Doherty
Highlights In this article, researchers present their findings about Canadian high performance athletes’ perspectives on safe and unsafe sport environments, as well as recommendations for changes Athletes identified coach behaviour, teammate or fellow athlete behaviour, lack of resources and an...
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Accessibility
Adapted Sport
Disability
Para Sport
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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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Indigenous ways of knowing and doing connected to physical literacy, diversity and collaboration in sport
July 25, 2022
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Greg Henhawk, Wes Chen, Caela Fenton and Veronica Allan
Highlights “Teaching was something that I always knew that I could do. From an early age, I was captain of teams and things like that, so I was thrust into leadership roles,” says Greg Henhawk. Henhawk is a Mohawk of...
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Girls and Women
Health and Lifestyle
Health and Wellbeing
Mom's Got Game
Mothers
Physical and Health Education
Physical Health

The importance of the pelvic floor in returning to physical activity after childbirth
July 20, 2022
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Iris Lesser and Megan Sawatsky
After childbirth, mothers have numerous concerns about their postpartum body and its capacity for returning to physical activity. One of the worries is whether physical activity may negatively affect the pelvic floor after pregnancy and delivery. The pelvic floor is...
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Abuse-Free Sport
Concussion
Sport Participation

“That’s a Blue for you”: Referee experiences managing concussion injury risk in Canadian amateur rugby
July 13, 2022
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Jennifer Coletti, SIRC
People who are into sports like soccer and rugby are familiar with yellow and red cards. When an official presents a player with a yellow card, that’s a warning that they’ve committed an offence on the playing field. A red...
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Gender Equity
Girls and Women
Mental Health
Sport Participation

Creating sport environments that support mental health for girls and women
July 6, 2022
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Annabel Chan and Marina Khonina, SIRC
This blog post provides a recap of the fourth webinar in the 4-part mini-series Engaging Girls and Women in Sport. SIRC and Canadian Women & Sport co-hosted the mini-series, which you can access or learn more about by visiting our...
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Abuse-Free Sport
Coaching
Sport Participation

How coaches and sport organizations can create a better experience for LGBTQ+ youth
June 29, 2022
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Dawn E. Trussell, Kyle Rich and Jake Quinton
Participating in sport can have many benefits for lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGBTQ+) youth. Sport has the potential to bring joy, distraction and mindfulness that frees LGBTQ+ youth from worry and fear in other domains of their lives. Sport can...
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