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On the sidelines but central: The powerful role parents play in youth sport

Anyone who has ever sat through a rainy Saturday soccer match or juggled dinner schedules to accommodate volleyball practice knows that youth sport doesn’t happen without parents. They are the chauffeurs, cheerleaders, fundraisers, and sometimes, the most vocal critics on the sidelines. But as Dr. Nick Holt knows all too well, parents aren’t just a…

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Gender Equity
Girls and Women
Mental Health
SCRI Conference
Sport for Social Development
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

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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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Leadership
LGBTQI2S

Egale’s Guide to International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia for Sport Organizations
May 13, 2020
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Egale Canada
As Canada continues to adapt to new ways of connecting while practicing physical isolation, we must not forget the importance of days like the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOTB), a worldwide celebration of sexual and gender diversities...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Life Skills
Mental Skills
SCRI Conference
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Understanding adolescents’ positive and negative developmental experiences in sport
May 11, 2020
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Jessica Fraser-Thomas
Project Summary Currently, there is considerable public concern about youths’ healthy physical and psychosocial development. As such, researchers in both developmental and sport psychology highlight a need to better understand how organized sporting activities may be contributing to youths’ positive...
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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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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Girls and Women
SCRI Conference
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Combating social exclusion in sport and recreation through participatory policy development
May 4, 2020
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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...
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Communications
Leadership
Technology

Building a pandemic communications strategy must start with this one-word question
April 29, 2020
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Derek Johnston
Sport organizations around the world are in crisis communications mode, trying to figure out the best ways to use new technologies and compelling content to get through the COVID-19 pandemic. While many scramble to react to the latest development, and...
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Health and Wellbeing
School Sport
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Strategies used by physical educators to implement a program that encourages their students to “adopt a healthy and active lifestyle”
April 27, 2020
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Jocelyn Gagnon
Project Summary Essentially, the purpose of this research project is to implement a program, such as Team Pentathlon, in primary and secondary schools to encourage physical activity and study various aspects of the program implementation process. More specifically, we: The...
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Climate Change
Communications
Leadership
Weather

A Race We Can Win: The Sports for Climate Action Framework
April 22, 2020
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Dan Wilcock, Canada Games Council
We all have an understandable desire to protect the things we love. I happen to love sport – and winter sports in particular. Thirty years ago I remember poring over snow depth charts from the national park where I spent...
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Disability
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Program Design and Evaluation
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

A framework for creating a campus culture of compassion: A participatory action research approach to equality
April 20, 2020
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Jennifer Giles
Project Summary This dissertation united key stakeholders from the University of Guelph community in order to examine issues around accessibility and inclusion of students with disabilities in campus recreation and sport opportunities. The research team included representatives from the University...
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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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