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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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Children with ADHD and physical activity behaviours: What happens when the village turns its back on you

April 13, 2020
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William Harvey
Project Summary The three main objectives for this research project were to: (a) describe the physical activity (PA) behaviours of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), (b) explore the feelings and attitudes that children with ADHD and their parent(s) had...

Creating Inclusive Workplaces in Sport and Physical Activity

April 9, 2020
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Peter Morrow, SIRC
According to the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability, one in five Canadians (6.2 million) aged 15 years and older experience one or more disabilities that limited them in their daily activities. The Survey also reported that while 59% of working...

Transitioning students’ sport and physical activity participation

April 6, 2020
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Matthew Kwan
Project Summary The transition from late adolescence to young adulthood represents a time of profound changes, including a period for which substantial declines in physical activity levels occur. As the late adolescent population transitions into early adulthood, a number of...

The Role of Nutrition in Sub-Concussion Injury Protection

April 2, 2020
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Ashley Armstrong, MExSpSc., RD, CSSD
This is the second article in a two-part series about the links between nutrition and sport-related concussion. The first article focused on the role of nutrition in concussion recovery. This article focuses on the potential for nutrition to contribute to...

An Official’s Journey to the FIFA Women’s World Cup

April 1, 2020
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Sydney Millar, SIRC
Officials are considered by some to be the unsung heroes of sport, responsible for upholding the rules and intentions of sport. SIRC sat down with Marie-Soleil Beaudoin – Canadian soccer referee and instructor of physiology and biophysics at Dalhousie University...

Engaging Youth in Evaluation Processes

March 31, 2020
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Marika Warner and Bryan Heal, MLSE LaunchPad
Picture this: it’s the first session of a popular youth sport program at a busy community facility. Dozens of youth are greeting each other, checking out the space, and mingling with coaches on the bleachers. The excitement is palpable as...

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...

The Benefits of Masters Sport to Healthy Aging

March 31, 2020
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Jordan Deneau, Rylee Dionigi and Sean Horton
Carol LaFayette-Boyd is one of Canada’s rising athletics stars. Notably, LaFayette-Boyd is “rising” to exceptional athletic status at the age of 77 years. Setting a new world age-group record in the W75 200-meter race at the 2019 Canadian Masters Indoor...

Infrastructure & expertise: A model to investigate effective training through long-term athlete development

March 30, 2020
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Kelly Lockwood
Project Summary A Hockey Intervention Program (HIP) was established as an innovative vehicle to evaluate the infrastructure-athlete relationship for training athletes in the sport of ice hockey. This research examined both system level and athlete level factors that influence stakeholders’...

Innovative Strategies Making Concussion Safety the New Normal

March 25, 2020
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Peter Morrow, SIRC
When Canada works in harmony towards the same goal, much can happen in a short time. In March 2018, SIRC launched the “We Are Headstrong” campaign. Since that time we’ve seen signs of progress in the attitudes of Canadians toward...

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