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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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Newcomers to Canada
Program Design and Evaluation
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Immigration, integration, and intersectoral partnership: A critical examination of introductory winter sport programmes for newcomers to Canada
March 20, 2023
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Simon Barrick
View the summary of this research here. Project summary The objectives of this project were threefold: This project was based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I co-designed the WNP with intersectoral community partners from WinSport (a community-based sport facility) and Center...
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Children and Youth
Recreation
Sport Participation

What parents and guardians need to know to create positive youth sport experiences
March 13, 2023
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Alex Murata
Highlights Parental behaviour has the potential to either positively or negatively impact youth athletes Current sporting contexts that frequently foster negative parental behaviour include parents “living vicariously” through their kids, the rise of youth sport professionalization and the high financial...
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Anti-Racism
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
Newcomers to Canada
Sport Participation

Creating welcoming, equitable spaces for new Canadians in sport
March 13, 2023
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Veronica Allan
Highlights: Sport can help to promote physical and mental health, build social connections and support integration into Canadian communities among newcomers to Canada Research shows that newcomers face unique barriers to sport participation, including cost, transportation, language, access to information,...
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Health & Lifestyle
Masters Sport
Sport Participation

How the sport system can best support lifelong participation in sport
March 13, 2023
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Bettina Callary and Bradley Young
Highlights The engagement and retention of adult sport participants is often overlooked within sport systems and organizations that focus predominantly on youth Despite coaches playing a key role in Masters sport, there are no clearly identified pathways into Masters coaching...
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Accessibility
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Financial Management
Life Skills
Sport Participation

The intersectional cost of youth sport participation
March 1, 2023
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Bryan Heal, Marika Warner, Quazance Boissoneau and Kendra Kerr
The increasing cost of youth sport participation has long been a concern for parents and policymakers alike. How issues of affordability show up varies depending upon intersectional realities of income, geography, ability, accessibility of appropriate spaces and more. The Maple...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Long-Term Development
Sport Participation

Supporting positive parental decision-making in youth sport
February 8, 2023
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Heather Larson
Parents and guardians have significant influence on their children’s sporting experiences, as well as broader sport culture. They serve as interpreters, role models, and providers of childhood sport experiences (Fredricks & Eccles, 2004). As such, their decisions can have long-lasting...
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Para Sport
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

A sociocultural analysis of adaptive skateboarding and wheelchair motocross
February 6, 2023
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Nikolaus Dean
View the summary of this research here. This study explored physically disabled skateboarders and wheelchair motocross (WCMX) riders’ experiences with the skateboarding community, online (on Instagram), and within skatepark settings. It aims to add to the growing research on physically...
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Program Design and Evaluation
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Promoting health through physical activity and inter-organizational partnerships: the Montreal case
January 16, 2023
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Benjamin Branget
Introduction and context  The leading preventable causes of death worldwide (chronic diseases) are usually brought on by a lack of regular physical activity, which can lead to significant health and financial challenges for the individuals and communities. Many municipalities are...
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Sport Participation

The importance of remaining physically active while aging to reduce the risk of falls
January 4, 2023
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Katelyn Henderson
As we age, our risk of falling increases (World Health Organization, 2021). Our risk of serious injury as the result of a fall also increases (World Health Organization, 2021). Falls can diminish physical function and mobility, particularly among older adults...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Sport participation through the transition from adolescence to adulthood
January 2, 2023
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Mathieu Bélanger
View the summary of this research here. Introduction and context Studying factors that contribute to sport participation maintenance in a context where so many people drop out of sports will help develop better strategies and interventions aimed at increasing the...
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