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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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Community Sport
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Physical and Health Education
Recruitment and Retention
Research to Practice
Sport Participation

The Canadian sport and physical activity community identifies topics for researchers to prioritize 
April 22, 2022
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Mathieu Bélanger, Julie Goguen Carpenter and Leigh M. Vanderloo
Highlights  Adoption in practice of research findings is often sub-optimal because of a disconnect between researchers and the individuals or groups overseeing and facilitating sport and physical activity participation.  To help bridge the gap between sport and physical activity research...
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Gender Equity
Research to Practice

Signals versus noise: Gender equity in Canadian sport
April 22, 2022
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Ann Pegoraro and Emily Moore, University of Guelph and E-Alliance
Highlights Signals = the truthNoise = what distracts us from the truth(Silver, 2015) The Government of Canada is committed to achieving gender equality in sport at every level by 2035. But where are we in achieving this goal? And how...
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Anti-Racism
Data and Analytics
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Gender Equity
Leadership
Residential Schools

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 “You can’t manage what you don’t measure” is a popular saying in leadership circles. However, knowing what to measure to inform change is a craft altogether. To advance equity and inclusion in sport, the “who” of measurement is fundamentally...
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Anti-Racism
Coaching
Gender Equity
Girls and Women
Professional Development
Recruitment and Retention
Sponsorship

Mentoring Black women coaches: Developing confidence through relationships and learning
April 22, 2022
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Alex I McKenzie and Janelle Joseph, University of Toronto
Photo credit: Conestoga College Condors Athletics Highlights Anyone involved in sport knows that confidence is key. Whether coach, athlete or participant, the importance (and fragility) of confidence can’t be overlooked. The vital and tenuous nature of confidence means steps must...
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Accessibility
Anti-Racism
Canadian Sport Policies
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Gender Equity
Girls and Women
Leadership
Official Languages
Sport Integrity

Shaping inclusive sport policy and programs
April 22, 2022
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Joanne Kay, Lindsay Larue, Klara Steele, and Benoit Gendron, Sport Canada
Highlights Over the past few years, the racism and discrimination brought to light throughout society and within the sport sector have forced a necessary reflection on policies and practices. While the concepts of diversity, equity and inclusion were seeded in...
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Athlete Development
Gender Equity
Girls and Women
Sport Participation

Women’s hockey under the radar: What’s driving participation?
April 20, 2022
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Christine Cyr, Camille Ménard-Lebel, Vincent Huard Pelletier and Jean Lemoyne, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
It has been almost a quarter of a century since women’s ice hockey debuted at the Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan. Despite a heartbreaking loss for Team Canada in the final of the first Olympic women’s hockey competition, it was...
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Health and Lifestyle
Mental Health
Mom's Got Game
Mothers

Moving women forward: A guide to becoming physically active after childbirth
April 13, 2022
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Iris Lesser, University of the Fraser Valley
The postpartum transition (from childbirth to one-year postpartum) is among the most challenging identity shifts a woman faces. She’s navigating mental and physical health changes, while caring for an infant (Deave et al., 2008). Despite knowing this challenge exists, women...
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Board Management
Capacity Building
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Governance
Leadership

Gold medal governance: Embracing a steward-leader board
April 6, 2022
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Rose Mercier, The Governance Coach
This is the fourth blog post in a series designed to increase sport organizations’ capacity to govern well in an increasingly complex world. Check out the previous posts about the role of the board, strategic foresight and the keys to...
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Coaching
Community Sport
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Engaging Black community coaches
March 30, 2022
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Annabel Chan and Marina Khonina, SIRC
This blog post provides a recap of the third 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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COVID-19
Gender Equity
Girls and Women
Sport Participation

Getting girls back in the game: A conversation with experts and community leaders
March 18, 2022
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Annabel Chan and Marina Khonina, SIRC
This blog recaps the first 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 SIRC Expert Webinars page....
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