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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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Children and Youth
Girls and Women
High Performance
Olympic & Paralympic Games
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Understanding deselection in competitive female youth sport
February 22, 2021
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Kacey Neely
View the summary of this research here. Project summary Deselection (or being “cut”) is the elimination of an athlete from a competitive sport team based on the decisions of a coach. Given the competitive sport structure in Canada, it is...
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Leadership
Strategic Planning

Strategic Foresight: An Essential Skill for All Boards
February 16, 2021
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Rose Mercier, The Governance Coach
This blog focuses on “setting direction,” a key aspect of “gold medal governance.” It is part of a series designed to increase the capacity of sport organizations to effectively govern in an increasingly complex world. Read the first blog, providing...
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Sport Participation Research Initiative
Training Factors

Goal conflict as a barrier to regular physical activity
February 15, 2021
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Daniel Bailis
Project summary Many people who adopt the goal of improving physical activity do not succeed. The aim of this research was to examine goal conflict as a uniquely contributing factor to the low rate of success. Our experiments showed that...
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COVID-19
High Performance
Mental Health
Olympic & Paralympic Games
Paralympic Games

The Ripple Effect of the Pandemic: Supporting Athletes With a Holistic Approach
February 9, 2021
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Sophie Brassard, Game Plan Advisor, INS Québec/FAEQ
“Athlete career excellence” is a concept from sport psychology concerned with an athlete’s ability to sustain a healthy, successful, and long-lasting career in sport and life. It means the athlete is striving to achieve meaningful goals in sport and life...
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Coaching
Sport for Social Development
Sport Participation Research Initiative
Training Factors

Examining the use of socialization tactics in team sports
February 8, 2021
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Alex Benson
Project summary Sport team membership provides people with opportunities to work together toward a common goal and build supportive social relationships. Quite simply, being a member of a sport team is associated with a host of psychosocial benefits. However, joining...
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Community Sport
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Newcomers to Canada

Five Recommendations to Authentically Engage Newcomers in Sport
February 2, 2021
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Simon Barrick, Cape Breton University
Events of 2020 provided a catalyst for sport administrators and community leaders to more directly consider how to create inclusive sport and physical activity opportunities for underrepresented communities (e.g., ethno-racial minorities, LGBTQ2S communities, persons with disabilities). One community receiving increasing...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Gender Equity
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Extracurricular activity involvement in Canada: Relationships with youth development and variations by age, gender and context
February 1, 2021
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Anne Bowker
Project summary The purpose of this research was to study extra-curricular activity (ECA) involvement in a broad range of Canadian youth, and to examine how this might vary by age, gender and geographical context (e.g. rural vs. urban settings). Of...
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Data and Analytics
Leadership
Technology

Strengthening data protection practices through education
January 26, 2021
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George Al Koura, ADGA Group Inc.
Data Privacy Day is an international effort held annually on Jan. 28. The purpose is to create awareness about the importance of privacy and protecting personal information and encourages dialogue for organizations about which best practices should be implemented. The...
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Children and Youth
Mental Health
Physical Literacy
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Imagery use in children’s leisure time physical activities
January 25, 2021
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Krista Chandler
Project summary Given the rate of children’s physical inactivity, it is important to identify strategies that assist individuals in self-regulating their physical activity behaviors. Imagery is one such strategy. Children’s use of imagery has been investigated in sport, but not...
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“They believe I can do it!… Maybe I can!”: The effects of interpersonal feedback on relation-inferred self-efficacy, self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation in children’s sport
January 25, 2021
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Bray, Steven R. McMaster University
Project summary Most children begin their formal involvement in sport around 8-10 years of age with the main reasons for participation being “having fun” and “learning and improving skills”. Yet, many children disengage from sport after only a short time...
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