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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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Sport Integrity

Sport integrity: Why is it worth protecting?
May 13, 2024
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Megan Cumming
Sports fans are all intimately familiar with the rules of their favourite sports: what’s allowed, and what will get you penalized. Many are less familiar with the behind-the-scenes rules that protect athletes and the integrity of sport itself. Why protect...
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Athlete Development
High Performance
Sport Participation

Team Canada athletes share the best advice they’ve received
May 13, 2024
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Caela Fenton
All athletes know that participating in sport is a learning process, no matter what level you play at. We asked some of Team Canada’s top athletes across a variety of sports for the best advice they’d ever been given–and almost...
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Sleep and Recovery

The psychology of recovery among endurance athletes
May 1, 2024
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Stuart G. Wilson and Bradley W. Young
The development of sport performance takes a lot of hard training, and all that training also takes equal amounts of recovery. Recovery is about restoring performance capability after facing stress in various ways, mentally, physically, and socially (Kellmann et al.,...
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Program Design and Evaluation

Power Balance: The black box of the Canadian sport system
April 24, 2024
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Jennifer Walinga
Within the Canadian sport system lies a black box of power imbalance, a black box the Future of Sport in Canada Commission will need the key to address. Our research offers insights into:   cost benefits and savings to a power...
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Mental Health

Suffering in silence: Men’s and boys’ mental health are still overlooked in sport
April 17, 2024
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Michael Kehler and Gabriel Knott-Fayle
For men and boys, caring about sport typically conjures images of passionate competition and fighting for the win. This understanding of care leaves little room for self-care, health and safety, and emotional vulnerability — topics that are fraught with risks for boys...
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Children and Youth

Exercise is medicine: Sport contributes to Canadian student well-being and chances of academic success 
April 10, 2024
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Linda Pagani
Only 8% of school age Canadian students meet the recommended daily goal of more than 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. Youth mental health problems have doubled over the past 2 decades. As family life represents a primary vehicle for child...
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Athlete Development

Identification of “sleeping” talent in elite ice-hockey using psychological characteristics 
April 3, 2024
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Simon Grondin
In sports, some athletes currently under-perform compared to others, but end up excelling later in life, while some who currently perform well, end up under-performing later on. In other words, current performance is not necessarily a good predictor of potential...
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Athlete Development

Balancing Act: Navigating weight cutting in sports for athlete well-being  
March 27, 2024
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Kai Harada
Weight cutting in sport sounds harsh because it is. As a U19 national champion wrestler with international experience and a mixed martial artist, I have first-hand experience losing weight in a short amount of time to compete in my desired...
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Indigenous

Nature games: Traditional Indigenous games and environmental stewardship in Oceania 
March 25, 2024
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Tom Fabian, Gary Osmond and Murray G. Phillips
This project aimed to understand the development of environmental stewardship through gameplay in Indigenous societies. The South Pacific has many similarities to Canada in terms of Indigenous-settler relations, colonial histories and a resurgence in reconciliation efforts, and climate action. Indigenous...
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Indigenous

Settler colonial sport venues: An Edmonton/Amiskwaciy history
March 25, 2024
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Judy Davidson and Matt Ormandy
‘Settler Colonial Sport Venues’ explores the settler histories of sporting places, and the role settler athletic venues have played in colonization and carcerality. It aims to challenge the idea that building sports facilities is always positive, showing instead how these...
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