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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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Leadership
Mental Skills
Professional Development

Self-awareness – a key driver in developing well-rounded leaders
September 12, 2018
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Dina Bell-Laroche, Sport Law & Strategy Group
“First, know thyself.” -Socrates Self-awareness is the ability to recognize, understand and manage one’s feelings, thoughts and behaviours. To better manage the complexities of the current sport and social landscape, self-awareness is a foundational skill that is being increasingly recognized...
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Children and Youth
Coaching
Quality Sport
Sport Participation

Tips on How to Deliver a Quality Youth Sport Program
September 5, 2018
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Corliss Bean, University of British Columbia Okanagan
This is the first blog in a series on positive youth development in sport. If this is your first visit to this series, considering taking a few minutes to read the other two posts: Teaching Life Skills Through Sport and...
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Sport Participation
Technology

Introduction to eSports
August 22, 2018
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Larena Hoeber & Orland Hoeber, University of Regina
Whether or not you believe that eSports, or competitive video gaming, is a real sport or that gamers are athletes, its popularity and how it is being developed within the sport industry can not be ignored. For some amateur sport...
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Children and Youth
Physical Literacy
Sport Participation

Pushing for a multi-sport approach to kids’ sport and activity
August 15, 2018
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Jim Grove, Active for Life
We know that today’s kids face a myriad of obstacles to getting active and developing physical literacy. From obsession with smartphones and video games, to increasing confinement in urban spaces, kids today are facing challenges that most of their parents...
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Abuse-Free Sport
Coaching
Professional Development

Creating a Safer Sport Environment with Ethics and Respect Training
August 8, 2018
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Michel Hachey, Coaching Association of Canada
This is the final blog of a 3-part series providing tools and resources to strengthen safety and ethical values in sport by introducing the Responsible Coaching Movement. If this is your first visit to this blog series, considering taking a...
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Athlete Development
Life Skills
Professional Development

Lessons from the Start Line – Applying Sport Experiences to a Future Career as a First Responder
August 1, 2018
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Noah Marion, 2018 SIRC Intern
I was born in 1995 which means I fall under the very prestigious title of a millennial. Not only are we known for the extensive technological integration into our lives, but also for our high unemployment rates and decreased job...
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Leadership
Revenue Generation
Volunteer Management

Engaging Alumni
July 25, 2018
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Samantha Rogers
Alumni are the heart of any sport organization and have the passion, experience and drive to champion the growth of the sport they love – if they are authentically engaged. It is not uncommon for former athletes to feel disenfranchised...
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Abuse-Free Sport
Coaching
Volunteer Management

Creating a Safer Sport Environment with Background Screening
July 15, 2018
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Michel Hachey – Coaching Association of Canada
This is the second installment of a 3-part blog series providing tools and resources to strengthen safety and ethical values in sport by introducing the Responsible Coaching Movement.  In Blog #1, we focused on the importance of the Rule of...
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Communications
High Performance
Leadership
Professional Development

Mission Impossible? Not for these 2018 Chefs de Mission
July 11, 2018
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Sydney Millar, Content Manager, SIRC
2018 has already been an exciting year, with four major international games – the Arctic Winter Games hosted in the South Slave region of the Northwest Territories, Canada (March 18-24, 2018); the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games hosted in PyeongChang,...
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Athlete Development
Data and Analytics
High Performance
Leadership
Mental Health
Program Design and Evaluation

Marginal Gains Reconsidered: How Sport Organizations Hold the Key to Boosting Sport Performance
July 11, 2018
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Andrea Wooles, Cycling Canada
The “aggregation of marginal gains” has become such a catchphrase that people have stopped questioning what it means. Science is meant to question, not to follow, and to look for the truth where it otherwise might be missed. What are...
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