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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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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Gender Equity
Leadership
Program Design and Evaluation

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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Community Sport
Recreation
Sport Participation Research Initiative
Volunteer Management

The role of social capital in the organizational capacity of community sport
May 3, 2021
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Alison Doherty
Project summary  Social capital is the trust, reciprocity, and shared understanding that may be produced and reproduced in a social connection. When generated among individuals and within groups in an organization, this ‘social energy’ may be an important resource for...
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Athlete Development
High Performance
Leadership
Revenue Generation
Sport Participation

Strengthening Collaboration in Canadian Sport: Exploring a Nordic Strategy
April 26, 2021
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Heather Ambery and Charlotte MacNaughton, Nordic Strategy Steering Committee
Anyone who spends time in the world of sports—competing, coaching, supporting, or spectating—has heard their fair share of inspirational quotes. From “alone we go faster, together we go further” to “teamwork makes the dream work,” the strength of the team...
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Major Games and Hosting
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Economies of deviance: Sex work and sport mega-event
April 26, 2021
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Amanda De Lisio
Project summary In proposing a dissertation topic, I built from the sport for development literature to argued that (sport) event-led urban development could not be contained within or used to solely advance the socio-politicaleconomic agenda of the bourgeois, cosmopolitan class....
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COVID-19
High Performance

Unprecedented times call for unprecedented sport events: Competition During COVID-19
April 19, 2021
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SIRC with Teddy Katz
Highlights Teddy Katz, a former award-winning sports journalist and the founder of communications company, Think Redefined Inc., sat down with Canadian sport leaders for SIRC to hear some of the valuable lessons they learned hosting safe events during the pandemic. The crisis led to some of the biggest...
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Decolonization
Games and Hosting
School Sport
Sport Participation

Redefining legacy: How Brock University is maximizing impact from the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games
April 19, 2021
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Julie Stevens and Sydney Millar
Highlights When we think of legacies from major games, often we think of new facilities, increased engagement in sport and physical activity, or heightened feelings of national pride. As a key partner in the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games, Brock University took...
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Abuse-Free Sport
Athlete Development
Coaching
Leadership
Maltreatment
Safe Sport

Next Steps in the Safe Sport Journey: From Prevention of Harm to Optimizing Experiences
April 19, 2021
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Gretchen Kerr, University of Toronto
Highlights This article addresses the next steps in the Safe Sport journey; specifically, how to move from a focus on prevention of harms to a focus on optimizing the sport experience for athletes and sport leaders alike. This journey involves...
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Climate Change
High Performance
Leadership
Sport Ecology
Sustainability
Weather

Sports at risk: Addressing climate change in the Canadian sport sector
April 19, 2021
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Madeleine Orr, The Sport Ecology Group
Highlights Both indoor and outdoor sports are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, from heat waves and diminishing amounts of snow to disruptions in supply chains.  As a first step to prepare for and adapt to the effects of...
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Anti-Doping
COVID-19
High Performance
Leadership
Maltreatment

Can you hear me now? The emergence of the athlete voice in Canadian Sport
April 19, 2021
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SIRC with Derek Johnston
This article is the third and final piece in a special series that explores how Canadian sport leaders are adapting and innovating to safeguard the well-being of athletes preparing for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games and other major games...
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Children and Youth
Reconciliation
SCRI Conference
Sport for Social Development
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Cultural relevancy and positive youth development: Exploring the sport and physical activity experiences of indigenous youth in Canada
April 19, 2021
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Leisha Strachan
Project summary The purpose of the study was to gain insight into how positive youth development (PYD) through sport and physical activity is understood for Indigenous youth in western, central, and eastern urban communities in Canada. The following research questions...
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