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Breaking Ice: Connecting Indigenous Culture and Sport Through Blind Hockey 

In partnership with Canadian Blind Hockey  June is National Indigenous History Month, a time to reflect on the strength, resilience, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. It’s also a time to acknowledge the gaps that still exist, particularly in areas like sport, where Indigenous youth, especially those with disabilities, continue to face…

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Team Norms and Playing Through Injury in Sport

June 17, 2020
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Halle Bailey, Student, Queen's University
This blog is the first in a series in collaboration with Queen’s University. As an assignment to build knowledge mobilization skills, Dr. Luc Martin, Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, tasked students in his third year...

Culture of national sport organizations and participation in sport

June 15, 2020
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Bob Boucher, University of Windsor.
Project Summary This project examined the relationship between the culture of Canadian national sport organizations (NSOs) and participation in sport. The overall goal was to better understand and ultimately increase the effectiveness of policies aiming to promote sport activities such...

Experts in the House – Q&A with Warren Weeks on Social Media

June 10, 2020
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Warren Weeks, Principal of Weeks Media
On May 13, SIRC hosted a webinar – Stop Pushing and Start Engaging! – led by social media expert Warren Weeks, designed to help participants rethink their social media engagement strategies. With audiences spending more time online due to the...

Finish… whatever it takes: Considering pain and pleasure in the Ironman Triathlon (a socio-cultural analysis)

June 8, 2020
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William Bridel
Project Summary Stemming from my own involvement in Ironman triathlons, I became interested in ideas of pain and pleasure as social constructs. How might ideas about these things in the Ironman context relate to ideas about pain and pleasure circulating...

Coaching Strategies to Maximize Long-Term Learning and Performance for Athletes

June 3, 2020
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Leanne Elliott & Nick Wattie
At a time when athletes and coaches have been inundated with pseudoscientific ideas about the importance of accumulating 10,000 hours of practice, the importance of practice quality often does not receive the attention it should. Contrary to popular belief, there...

Description of the first years of experiences of novice female coaches

June 1, 2020
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Demers Guylaine
Project Summary The objective of this study is to better understand the experiences of novice female coaches during their first two years of coaching. Conclusions of previous studies have shown an under-representation as well as a decreasing number of female...

Football Makes Bold Pivot

May 27, 2020
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SIRC with Derek Johnston
Football in Canada is enjoying a resurgence at a time when public angst over concussions in sport has never been greater. While most sports grapple with ever-more-worrisome trends – declining participation and increasing concerns over athlete safety – football is...

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...

Phsychological skills and factors related to ice hockey officials’ coping and performance

May 18, 2020
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Kim Dorsch
Project Summary Research focusing on the development of psychological skills in sport, has been conducted primarily with athletes and coaches. However, we know little on how to assist officials to enhance their performance. Thus, the general objective of this research...

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

May 18, 2020
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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...

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