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Breaking Ice: Connecting Indigenous Culture and Sport Through Blind Hockey 

In partnership with Canadian Blind Hockey  June is National Indigenous History Month, a time to reflect on the strength, resilience, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. It’s also a time to acknowledge the gaps that still exist, particularly in areas like sport, where Indigenous youth, especially those with disabilities, continue to face…

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Creating quality sports programs for kids with intellectual and developmental disabilities

June 28, 2021
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Canadian Disability Participation Project
Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) can benefit physically and psychosocially when they take part in sport (Baran et al., 2009, 2013; Weiss & Bebko, 2008). Unfortunately, their needs are often neglected, which leads to various physical, social, communication...

Swim Together: A new model of co-participation for women and girls in sport

June 17, 2021
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Katie Misener, Haley Baxter, Erin Schmidt, Sydney Dysart, Jenn Horndl, and Dawn Trussell
“… as a mom, it’s really easy to tell your kids what you expect. But to show them what you expect is harder. And so I think the benefit of Swim Together is feeling good about what I’m modeling for my kids.” – mom...

Building capacity for evaluation with students and volunteers

June 7, 2021
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Sarah Lawrason, UBC Okanagan
An essential part of improving sport service delivery is program evaluation. Program evaluation allows sport organizations to understand how their programs or initiatives work in different ways. However, many organizations receive insufficient training or lack the capacity (staff, funding or time) to engage in evaluative work (Carman & Fredericks, 2010).  One...

Blog Writing: A Powerful Tool for Student Learning and Mobilizing Sport Research

May 25, 2021
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Meghan Harlow and Corliss Bean, Brock University
This blog introduces a new blog series written by students in the ‘Program Evaluation in Professional Practice’ and ‘Child and Youth Work in Community Recreation’ courses at Brock University. Drawing on research evidence and their own experiences, students in both...

Build It Up, Knock It Down: My Journey with Program Evaluation in a Para Sport Organization

May 25, 2021
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Nicole Quinlan and Meghan Harlow, Brock University
This blog is part of a series in collaboration with Brock University. Written by a student in the ‘Program Evaluation in Professional Practice’ course, this blog details a student’s first-hand experience conducting a program evaluation during a placement with the...

Movement-based approaches to program evaluation with children

May 25, 2021
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Ashley Romano and Corliss Bean, Brock University
This blog is part of a series in collaboration with Brock University. Written by a student in the ‘Program Evaluation in Professional Practice’ course, this blog draws on a student’s first-hand experience conducting a program evaluation during a placement with...

Egale’s 2021 Guide to International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia for Sports Organizations

May 17, 2021
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Egale Canada
Sport communities across Canada and the world have experienced a year like no other. Lockdown and isolation have left all of us eager to begin playing and training again. Now, more than ever, we understand how sport serves as a...

Supporting adaptive Snowsports Leisure Opportunities for People with disabilities (SSLOPE)

May 17, 2021
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William Miller
Introduction and context Participating in leisure-time physical activities (LTPA) contributes to the well-being of people with disabilities. Unfortunately, they are typically less engaged in LTPA compared to the general population. Especially during winter due to environmental barriers and limited programs....

Soccer and Christianity in greater Vancouver: Bodies, relations, and formations in Canadian settler-colonialism

May 10, 2021
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Nicholas Howe Bukowski
Introduction and context The focus of the research is the relationship between sport and Christianity (evangelical and Pentecostal) in Greater Vancouver. In a world of increasingly individualism, and disintegrating mass institutions (mass political parties, civil services organisations, mainline Protestant churches)...

The Operationalizing Intersectionality Framework: A Tool for Sport Administrators

May 5, 2021
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Debra Kriger, Amélie Keyser-Verreault, Janelle Joseph, and Danielle Peers
Equity work often “lets some others join” but still centers on the needs of the most privileged members in a group. To better integrate the experiences and perspectives of diverse individuals, intersectional approaches to policies, programs, and practices—which account for...

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