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The lasting social impact of mega sporting events: Creating accessible, inclusive legacies

Mega sporting events, such as the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and FIFA World Cup, have long been seen as catalysts for national pride, global recognition, and economic growth. While these events bring undeniable excitement and spectacle, their long-term impact on host communities is often a matter of ongoing debate. In particular, the question of how…

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Children and Youth
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Urban Youth Engagement in Sport: Process, Access and Participation
March 2, 2020
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Norm O'Reilly
Project Summary This research examines participation and engagement with sport among Canadian urban youth and the resulting impact on athlete development, sport organizations, businesses, sponsors and Canadian society. Particular emphasis is put on the city of Toronto and pool and...
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Athlete Development
Para Sport
Program Design and Evaluation

Bringing Research to Life: Lessons from the Canadian Paralympic Committee
February 26, 2020
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Jenn Bruce and Jenny Davey, Canadian Paralympic Committee
Data driven. Evidence informed. Research to practice. No matter how you say it, a lot of us in the sport system are trying to figure out how to ensure the decisions we make are consistently based on the best possible...
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Health and Wellbeing
High Performance
Sport Participation Research Initiative

The Social Determinants of Athletes’ Health: Understanding the Relationship Between Health and High Performance Sport
February 24, 2020
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Parissa Safai
Project Summary Researchers are beginning to pay greater attention to the connections and contradictions between sport, health and healthcare. Despite the conventional wisdom that greater participation in sport and physical activity enhances health and the quality of life, more and...
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
First Nations
Games and Hosting
Indigenous
Volunteer Management

2020 Arctic Winter Games: Cultural Program & Gala – A Circumpolar Approach
February 19, 2020
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Echo Ross, 2020 Arctic Winter Games
This is the fourth blog of a series leading up to the 2020 Arctic Winter Games that will be hosted by Whitehorse, YT March 15-21, 2020. Check out the previous blogs about the development of the Games, volunteer recruitment, and...
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Children and Youth
Recreation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Understanding Parents’ Experiences in Facilitating Physically Active Leisure for their Children who are Overweight or Obese
February 17, 2020
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Charlene Shannon-McCallum
Project Summary Parents are key influencers of their children’s leisure behaviours. They identify and create opportunities for their child’s continued participation in leisure activities including sport. There are a number of factors that affect a parent’s ability to support his/her...
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Children and Youth
Coaching
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

The Effect of Coaching in Youth Sport in Canada
February 10, 2020
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Philip Sullivan
Project Summary This project was designed to examine the impact of coaching on athlete outcomes in youth sport. The research focused on both the perceptions and behaviors of the coach, and assessed sporting and non-sporting (i.e., positive youth development) outcomes...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
High Performance
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Examining Positive Youth Development in Elite Sport Contexts Using Photo Elicitation
February 3, 2020
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Leisha Strachan
Project Summary Previous research in the field of positive youth development has highlighted the importance of extracurricular activities, such as sport, in developing healthy youth (Larson, 2000, Petitpas et al., 2005). Further, the National Research Council Institute of Medicine (NRIM,...
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Children and Youth
Health and Wellbeing
Mental Skills
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Understanding and coping among adolescent athletes
January 27, 2020
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Katherine Tamminen
View the summary of this research here. Project summary Research Objectives: Participation in youth sport is associated with a variety of positive developmental outcomes among adolescents, however studies of recreational and competitive youth sport contexts have revealed stressors which include...
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Communications
Community Sport
Older Adults
Physical Health
Sport Participation

Aging, Physical Activity and Men’s Health
January 22, 2020
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Jordan Deneau, Paula van Wyk, and Sean Horton
Regular, meaningful physical activity provides many benefits for older adults (Bangsbo et al., 2019). However, older men can be a particularly hard-to-reach group when it comes to public health promotion and disease prevention initiatives (Bottorff et al., 2015; Carroll et...
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Athlete Development
Long-Term Development
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Factors in Adopting Long-term Athlete Development
January 20, 2020
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François Trudeau
Project Summary Purpose: Several studies have reported an age-related decline of physical activity (PA). We examined the impact of four transitional periods—adolescence, the beginning of post-secondary education, entry into the labour market, and parenthood—on the PA of participants in the...
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