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Superstars or a super-team? Building capacity to play like a championship team

What makes a winning team? Is it raw talent, star power, or an overflowing budget? Think again. The most successful teams—on the field or in the office—don’t just rely on superstars. They thrive on balance, leadership, and a collective drive that turns a group of individuals into an unstoppable force. Take the 1972 Miami Dolphins,…

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Abuse-Free Sport
Athlete Development
Canadian Sport Policies
Coaching
High Performance

Athlete Perspective: My reality as a clean athlete in a not so clean sport
January 22, 2019
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Christine Girard
SIRC’s Athlete Perspective series provides insight and recommendations on key issues from an athlete’s perspective. The collection of blogs and SIRCuit articles profiles Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes and taps into their lived experience. I started weightlifting in a small,...
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Children and Youth
Community Sport
Leadership
Physical Health
Sport Participation

Putting Multi-sport into Practice
January 15, 2019
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Jim Grove, Active for Life
The Coaching Association of Canada’s 2018 Petro-Canada Sport Leadership Conference focused on fostering positive change in the sport system through influence. One panel discussion attracted attention with the simple question: Is there a future for multi-sport in Canada? Led by...
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Athlete Development
Canadian Sport Policies
Coaching
High Performance
Leadership
Sport Participation

2018 Year in Review
January 8, 2019
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Sydney Millar, SIRC Content Manager
As we ease ourselves into the year ahead, here is a round-up of the most popular SIRCuit articles and SIRC blogs from 2018! Top 5 SIRCuit articles The implications of cannabis legalization for athletes Issues in athlete identification and selection:...
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Athlete Development
Training Factors

Athlete Perspective: The Value of Mentorship
December 19, 2018
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Erica Gavel, Paralympian
SIRC’s Athlete Perspective series provides insight and recommendations on key issues from an athlete’s perspective. The collection of blogs and SIRCuit articles profiles Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes and taps into their lived experience. Success isn’t accomplished alone. It takes...
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Anti-Doping
Canadian Sport Policies
Leadership

The Legalization of Cannabis: Insights for Sport Organizations
December 13, 2018
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Sydney Millar, SIRC
The legalization of cannabis in October 2018 has significant implications on the Canadian sport system, ranging from anti-doping policy, to athlete and staff safety and wellbeing, to risk management for organizations. In November, Julia Dales, Associate Lawyer with Dentons, joined SIRC...
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Disability
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Physical Health
Program Design and Evaluation
Sport Participation

Tips for Inclusive Programs for Persons with Disabilities
December 3, 2018
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Jane Arkell, Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability
December 3, 2018 is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This year’s theme is “Empowering People with Disabilities and Ensuring Inclusiveness and Equality”. Here in Canada, we have reason to celebrate. The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Public Services and...
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Communications
Community Sport
High Performance
Leadership
Revenue Generation

Powered by the People: the Magic of Crowdfunding in Sport
November 28, 2018
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Samantha Rogers
Funding for sport is changing and government support is increasingly more difficult to obtain, but the money is out there – it just needs to be found. A relatively new fund development tool is crowdfunding. Think about it, a crowdfunding...
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Children and Youth
Mental Health
Sport Participation

Cut from the team: How parents can help their kids cope
November 21, 2018
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Kacey Neely, University of Stirling
Deselection (or being cut) from a sports team can be a crushing experience for young athletes. After being cut, athletes often experience a range of negative psychosocial and emotional consequences such as a loss of athletic identity, sense of self, friendships, connectedness...
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Coaching
Leadership
Professional Development
Volunteer Management

Building a genuine feedback culture within your sport starts at the top
November 7, 2018
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Claire Carver-Dias, Clearday Communications
Sport is often held aloft as an example of an environment where feedback flows easily. As a communications coach and management consultant working with business leaders across North America, I often publicly herald the virtues of the feedback culture I...
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Canadian Sport Policies
Knowledge Mobilization
Leadership
Sport Participation

Tapping into the evidence: The Sport Canada Research Initiative Conference
October 31, 2018
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This year marks the 12th Sport Canada Research Initiative (SCRI) Conference, hosted by SIRC. First held in 2005, the SCRI Conference provides an opportunity for the Canadian sport sector to connect with sport-related researchers. The conference program is designed to...
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