Articles

School Sport

Rwandan girls’ perspectives on their lived experiences of physical education and sport: Challenges and solutions to sport participation

October 5, 2020

Lysanne Rivard

Project Summary The objectives of this research were to: Though this research took place in Rwanda, the tools developed to gather girls’ perspectives and feedback and to integrate them into decision-making processes are relevant and can easily be adapted to...

Coaching

Life Skills

Sport for Social Development

Exploring the process of lifelong learning: The biographies of five Canadian women coaches

August 3, 2020

Bettina Callary

Project Summary The purpose of this dissertation was to explore the biographies of five Canadian women coaches using Jarvis’s theory of human learning to understand how the multitude of experiences throughout their lives have contributed to their learning and coaching...

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Sociocultural barriers to women’s participation in sport: The role of self-objectification and stereotype threat

May 18, 2020

Michelle Dionne

Project Summary Women and girls in sport have endured years of cynicism regarding their physical abilities, much of which is perpetuated via media portrayals that emphasize their appearance, femininity, and (hetero) sexuality rather than athletic competence. Although female athletes have...

SCRI Conference

Combating social exclusion in sport and recreation through participatory policy development

May 4, 2020

Wendy Frisby

Project Summary The purpose of this study was to examine how experiences with physical activity for recent immigrant Chinese women living in Vancouver can inform Canadian sport and recreation policy at the local, provincial, and national levels to increase their...

Gender Equity

They always remain girls: The re/production of gender relations in women’s sports in Quebec, 1919-1961

March 10, 2020

Élise Detellier, University of Montreal

Project Summary This doctoral thesis examines how multiple factors influenced women’s participation in sports in Quebec between 1919 and 1961. It shows that gender, class, age, religious and ethno-linguistic affiliation, as well as whether a facility was co-ed or not,...

Women’s World Cup 2019 – About More than Just Soccer

June 27, 2019

Sabrina Razack, University of Toronto

Since June 7, 2019, televisions, radios and mobile phones around the world have been tuned in to the Women’s World Cup. And while the play on the field has amazed, inspired and delighted us, the Women’s World Cup has also...

Coaching

Gender Equity

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Professional Development

The Role of Sport Administrators in Advancing Women in Coaching through Mentorship

April 17, 2018

Gretchen Kerr (PhD), Jenessa Banwell (PhD Candidate), and Ashley Stirling (PhD), University of Toronto

The rise of girls’ and women’s participation in physical activity and sport, including at the high performance sport level in Canada, has been encouraging. Unfortunately, this increase in participation rates of females has not been matched by an increase in...

Preparing for the Future – Building leadership skills in young women

January 20, 2016

Young girls today have quite a few options to choose from when deciding which sport they wish to dedicate their time and effort to, particularly regarding sports that have traditionally been reserved for boys. While the number of girls in...