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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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Data and Analytics
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Women and Girls

Using data to plan and deliver programs with gender equity in mind
March 18, 2022
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Annabel Chan and Marina Khonina, SIRC
This blog post recaps the second webinar in the 4‑part Engaging Girls and Women in Sport mini-series. SIRC and Canadian Women & Sport co-hosted the mini-series, which you can access and learn more about by visiting our SIRC Expert Webinars...
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Coaching
Program Design and Evaluation

Training for Effective Mentees: Supporting mentorship experiences for coaches
March 16, 2022
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Catalina Belalcazar, Andrea Johnson and Bettina Callary
Sport organizations are increasingly turning to mentorship programs as a powerful way for coaches to learn from their own experience by working with a mentor. To support the development of women in coaching, the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) has...
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Girls and Women
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Mom's Got Game
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Olympic & Paralympic Games

Mom’s Got Game! Stories of world-class athletes and gold-medal moms
March 2, 2022
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SIRC with Derek Johnston
Fourteen months ahead of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, curler Jennifer Jones had a nasty accident, tearing a major ligament, the ACL in her knee. She was pregnant with her first child and hoping to represent Canada at the Olympics. “Because...
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High Performance
Olympic & Paralympic Games
Physical Health
Women and Girls

Beyond the medals: The health of retired high performance female athletes
February 16, 2022
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Casey Rosen and Jane Thornton, Western University
Swimmer Summer McIntosh. Fencer Jessica Guo. Artistic swimmer Rosalie Boissonneault. These teenagers were among the youngest Canadian competitors in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Their intensive training will likely continue for many years to come as they search for even...
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Athlete Development
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Climate Change
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New True Sport Report sheds light on the potential power of sport in a changing world
February 2, 2022
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SIRC with the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport
On February 1, the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) published “Power of Sport: The True Sport Report.” The new publication builds on “What Sport Can Do: The True Sport Report” (2008) that provided conclusive evidence of how good...
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Children and Youth
Health & Lifestyle
Health and Lifestyle
Mental Health
Mothers
Physical Health

Why youth sport isn’t just for kids: it benefits mom too!
January 24, 2022
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Jordan Sutcliffe, University of Wollongong
Highlights Sport mom (noun, ???? spohrt mahm) Parents with a child or teen involved in sport know that along with the daily responsibilities of parenting, youth sport demands time, money and a degree of emotional restraint (Hayward et al., 2017)....
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Indigenous
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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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Sport Participation

Blossom where you’re planted: Mental health considerations for Indigenous sport participants
January 24, 2022
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Veronica Allan, Sharon Anne Firth and Chantale Lussier
Highlights: The first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation took place on September 30, 2021. This day honours the survivors of the residential school system, their families and their communities. Reflecting on truth and reconciliation in Canadian sport, this article...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
Mental Health
School Sport

Opportunities for mental health promotion in Canadian university sport
January 24, 2022
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Kurtis Pankow, Tara-Leigh McHugh, Amber Mosewich and Nicholas Holt, University of Alberta
Highlights If you’re reading this article, chances are you’re passionate about Canadian university sport. And why wouldn’t you be? University sport provides students with opportunities to connect and enhance their confidence through building skills. It also gives students something to...
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High Performance
Leadership
Mental Health

The mental health strategy for high performance sport in Canada: What national sport organization leaders and staff should know
January 24, 2022
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Natalie Durand-Bush and Krista Van Slingerland
Highlights Brave testimonies by Canadian athletes such as Clara Hughes, Nadia Popov and Brittany MacLean as well as tragedies like the suicide of university basketball player Alex McLaughlin shed light on the fact that mental health challenges happen to athletes...
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Classification
High Performance
Mental Health
Olympic & Paralympic Games
Paralympic Games

Lessons about mental health from the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo
January 24, 2022
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SIRC with Teddy Katz
Highlights For athletes, coaches, and others who worked tirelessly to make the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games a success, the global COVID‑19 pandemic increased stress and added to the already pressure-packed environment. When USA Gymnastics legend Simone Biles put her...
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