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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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Coaching
Program Design and Evaluation

Training for Effective Mentees: Supporting mentorship experiences for coaches
March 16, 2022
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Catalina Belalcazar, Andrea Johnson and Bettina Callary
Sport organizations are increasingly turning to mentorship programs as a powerful way for coaches to learn from their own experience by working with a mentor. To support the development of women in coaching, the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) has...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
Mental Health
School Sport

Opportunities for mental health promotion in Canadian university sport
January 24, 2022
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Kurtis Pankow, Tara-Leigh McHugh, Amber Mosewich and Nicholas Holt, University of Alberta
Highlights Evidence suggests that university student-athletes experience poor mental health at higher rates than the general population. To better understand and support mental health in the university sport setting, a research team at the University of Alberta studied how mentally...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
Leadership

Let them lead: The benefits of shared athlete leadership
January 5, 2022
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Emma Schotanus and Luc Martin, Queen’s University
In its inaugural season, the Las Vegas Golden Knights, a team of so-called “misfits” patched together from 30 other National Hockey League (NHL) teams, reached the Stanley Cup finals. One reason for their success was that they didn’t assign traditional on-ice...
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Athlete Development
Coaching

Understanding your role in sport and why it matters
December 1, 2021
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Julia DiMaio and Luc Martin, Queen’s University
When talented athletes come together to represent a nation, some must inevitably accept different roles than they have on their respective league teams. This was the case when Steve Yzerman, the architect of Canada’s 2014 Men’s Olympic Ice Hockey roster,...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
Program Design and Evaluation

A real-life Moneyball: How to identify, select and integrate members into your team
November 3, 2021
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Michelle Istead and Luc Martin, Queen’s University
Whether people are baseball fanatics or just Brad Pitt fans, they’ve most likely seen the film Moneyball. It’s based on the true story of Billy Beane, the former General Manager of the Oakland A’s in Major League Baseball (MLB). Beane changed...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
Mental Health

Unexpected, but not a surprise: Anticipating stressors in competition
October 27, 2021
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Benjamin Sereda, Nick L. Holt, and Amber Mosewich, University of Alberta
An athlete’s ability to cope with stress is crucial for performing well in competition. Many stressors can arise for athletes, including training demands, pressure to do well, conceding points, and discomfort. Most of the stress that athletes experience during competition...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
Girls and Women
Sport Participation

Making #HERstory: Girls who play on boys’ teams and supporting the lone girl in sport
October 20, 2021
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Jennifer Coletti, Queen’s University
On October 7, the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) kicked off its 2021-2022 season. After having a season cut short and another cancelled altogether, this season looks different for the OHL. And it isn’t because of the COVID‑19 pandemic. In June, Taya Currie...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Coaching
Program Design and Evaluation
Sport Participation

How 2 sports came together to enhance player development in the North
October 6, 2021
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Adam Steiner and Veronica Allan, SIRC
From February 23 to April 4, 2021, in Hay River, Northwest Territories, 7 minor hockey goalies traded in their hockey sticks for table tennis rackets. In an exciting collaboration between Table Tennis North, Table Tennis Canada, Hockey NWT, Hockey North, Hay River Minor...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
Data and Analytics
Technology

Is technology a coach’s ally or Achilles’ heel? 4 questions to ask
September 22, 2021
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Johann Windt and Ben Sporer, Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Over a coffee, we recently reminisced about different sporting environments we’ve worked in and how many times we’ve seen expensive technological solutions sit in a corner, collecting dust. Perhaps you can relate to the pattern. A new technology hits the...
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Abuse-Free Sport
Coaching
High Performance
Leadership
Mental Health
Team Culture

Building a culture of excellence in high performance sport
July 19, 2021
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SIRC with Own the Podium
Highlights In sport, culture can determine a team’s focus and how members communicate and deal with conflict. Culture also establishes norms of acceptable behaviour and directly influences functioning and performance. Own the Podium, alongside partners the Canadian Paralympic Committee and...
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