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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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

2021 year in review: How SIRC embraced the “new normal”

December 22, 2021
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SIRC
After 2020 surprised us all with a global pandemic, many of us looked to 2021 with hope for a gradual return to our pre-pandemic “normal.” And with the widespread rollout and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines across the country, the activities...

Considerations for strategic planning in community sport clubs

December 8, 2021
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Kristen A. Morrison and Katie E. Misener
Sport leaders can use strategic planning to help identify their organization’s current position, where it plans to go, and how it intends to get there (O’Brien et al., 2019). Strategic planning has been linked with improved organizational change processes as...

Beijing to Birmingham: Thinking outside the Para sport classification box

November 17, 2021
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Nancy Quinn, Laura Misener, Ayham Yasein and Dennis Osei-Nimo Annor, Western University
The Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games are in the books, with the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games (Beijing) and Commonwealth Games (Birmingham) just around the corner. Our 128 Canadian Paralympians competed in Tokyo, bringing home 21 medals. Canada’s team joined 4,275 high performance Para sport athletes...

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