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The bounce-back illusion: Why real postpartum bodies deserve the spotlight

Let’s begin with a familiar image. A woman, newly postpartum, stands in her living room. Her baby is nestled in a sling across her chest, and she’s attempting something between a squat and a stretch while simultaneously rescuing a plush giraffe from under the couch. She is not wearing Lululemon. She has not “bounced back.”…

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Sport after Moneyball: Exploring sports analytics and the digital economy

January 23, 2023
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Brad Millington, Michael Naraine, Parissa Safai, Andrew Manley and Liz Wanless
Highlights The rising importance of data and technology in sport over the last two decades reflects the arrival of a wider digital economy There are “twin revolutions” occurring in sport: a change in how we understand the world around us,...

Move over menstrual cycle: Ovulation monitoring is the new gold standard to monitor REDs in female athletes

January 23, 2023
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Jessalyn O’Donnell
Highlights Low energy availability (LEA) arises when there is not enough energy (calories) consumed to support critical body functions as well as extra physical activity, such as training Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) is a result of longstanding LEA...

Exercising outdoors in Canada: What the research tells us about exercising safely and effectively in extreme cold

January 23, 2023
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Michael D. Kennedy
Highlights Our bodies experience cold as a physiological stressor, meaning that one’s body must work hard to keep itself in thermal balance It is important for athletes and coaches to be aware of ways to mitigate the risks of cold...

Exercising outdoors in Canada: What the research tells us about exercising safely and effectively in extreme heat

January 23, 2023
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Joao Falk Neto and Michael D. Kennedy
Highlights While Canadians are used to severe winter weather, 9 of the 10 warmest years on record in Canada have occurred in the last 25 years. This has real world implications for outdoor sport events. For example, even the best...

How personality relates to athlete development

January 11, 2023
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Rafael Tedesqui
The development of expertise, defined as the ability to show high level performance with relative consistency, is a complex multi-determined process. In 1993, Ericsson and colleagues proposed that practice is a key piece of this puzzle, based on their seminal...

How “athlete transfer” is opening new avenues for development in Para sport

October 12, 2022
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Veronica Allan, SIRC
This blog is a part of a series created in collaboration with the Canadian Paralympic Committee and the Paralympic Athlete Transfer Task Force, spotlighting the opportunities and challenges of Para athlete transfer and multi-sport participation. When Richard Peter retired from wheelchair basketball following a...

“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...

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...

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...

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 The Mental Health Strategy for High Performance Sport in Canada aims to improve the mental health outcomes for all Canadian high performance athletes, coaches, and staff. The strategy was developed by Canadian experts in mental health and sport based...

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