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Beyond the Stats: Understanding Sleeper Athletes with Dr. Joe Baker

In a sports culture obsessed with early success, Canada may be missing out on some of the best athletes, sleepers, those who develop later, defying the traditional timelines of talent. Dr. Joe Baker, a leading expert on talent development and professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Toronto, says…

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COVID-19
Mental Health
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Physical Health

Mind over COVID? Mental health tips for coaches, athletes, and sport administrators
November 10, 2020
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Chantale Lussier, Mental Performance Consultant
During epidemics, the number of people whose mental health is affected tends to be greater than the number of people affected by the infection. Past tragedies have shown that the mental health implications can last longer and have greater prevalence...
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High Performance
Mental Health
Professional Development

Mental Health Considerations of the Athlete Transition out of Sport
October 21, 2020
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Lisa Hoffart, Game Plan Advisor, Canadian Sport Centre Saskatchewan
Eat, sleep, train, recover. It is a familiar pattern for elite athletes who dedicate days, years, and even decades to their sport and the pursuit of excellence. But at some point, no matter the successes and failures that have occurred,...
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Children and Youth
Mental Health
Physical Health
Sport Participation

Bringing a Trauma-Sensitive Focus into Children’s Active Play
September 3, 2020
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Maji Shaikh, Corliss Bean, and Lou Bergholz
It’s September – a traditional time of transition. This year, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, children are confronting significant change and uncertainty. Children are at elevated risks of negative physical and mental health consequences for several reasons (Chanchlani et al.,...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
COVID-19
Mental Health
Physical Health
Sport Participation

The Psychological Implications of Returning to Sport Post-Isolation
July 8, 2020
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Lori Dithurbide, CSC Atlantic and Amelie Soulard, INS Québec
As public health restrictions begin to lift across the country, the return to some form of sport participation will require adjustment and adaptation. As athletes return to sport, the virus is still present, and so is the uncertainty. The cancellation...
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Leadership
Mental Health
Physical Health
Technology
Workplace Wellness

COVID Communication Fatigue: Before you add another online meeting, stop and reconsider
May 20, 2020
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Claire Carver-Dias, PhD, MA, OLY, ACC
As the COVID-19 crisis continues, complaints of meeting fatigue are on the rise.  Have you found your day filled with back-to-back Zoom calls, where you stare blankly at the poorly lit face of a colleague on the computer screen, as...
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COVID-19
Mental Health
Physical Health
Sport Participation

Life in Lockdown: Researching the impact of COVID-19 on the physical activity and wellbeing of Canadians
May 6, 2020
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Iris Lesser and Carl Nienhuis, University of the Fraser Valley
When the COVID-19 pandemic spread to Canada and protective public health restrictions were implemented across the country, the need to understand how these measures would impact Canadian wellbeing and physical activity behavior emerged. For instance, the closure of recreation facilities,...
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COVID-19
Leadership
Mental Health
Physical Health
Sport Participation
Workplace Wellness

What SIRC learned in our first month of working from home
April 15, 2020
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Sydney Millar, SIRC
Across Canada, the spread of COVID-19 is forcing us to navigate new ways of working, relaxing, and spending time with family and friends. SIRC had been closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation. On March 13, 2020, CEO Debra Gassewitz implemented SIRC’s...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
COVID-19
High Performance
Mental Health
Physical Health

Supporting the Psychological Wellbeing of Athletes: What Can Coaches do?
March 31, 2020
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Jamie Bissett, University of Toronto
There has recently been an increasing number of athletes bravely coming forward to share their stories about the psychological distress and associated mental health challenges they experienced during their athletic careers (e.g., Michael Phelps, Gracie Gold, and Demar Derozan). Athletes...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Coaching
Mental Health
Program Design and Evaluation
Training Factors
Varsity Sport

Managing the Risk of Athlete Burnout With or Without Early Specialization
April 25, 2019
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Dr. Heather Larson
Parents who dream of their children becoming professional athletes, and coaches who believe that single-minded dedication is the only way to reach the top of their sport, have contributed to an increase in early sport specialization. However, there are many...
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Athlete Development
High Performance
Mental Health
Physical Health

We Need to Talk about Mental Health
January 30, 2019
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Audrey Lacroix, Game Plan
Life as a high-level athlete has its ups and downs. There is success and failure, stress, pressure, endless doubts, injuries, days where you are surrounded by people and others where you are completely by yourself. It’s a train of emotions,...
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