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Concussions in Sport: What Parents Need to Know About the Youngest Athletes 

Each year in Canada, more than 200,000 athletes experience a concussion. The numbers are striking, and so is the fact that until recently, the youngest athletes were almost absent from research and public conversation about these injuries.  Dr. Miriam Beauchamp is a professor at the University of Montreal, a researcher at Sainte-Justine Hospital, and Canada…

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Introduction to eSports

August 22, 2018
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Larena Hoeber & Orland Hoeber, University of Regina
Whether or not you believe that eSports, or competitive video gaming, is a real sport or that gamers are athletes, its popularity and how it is being developed within the sport industry can not be ignored. For some amateur sport...

Pushing for a multi-sport approach to kids’ sport and activity

August 15, 2018
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Jim Grove, Active for Life
We know that today’s kids face a myriad of obstacles to getting active and developing physical literacy. From obsession with smartphones and video games, to increasing confinement in urban spaces, kids today are facing challenges that most of their parents...

Creating a Safer Sport Environment with Ethics and Respect Training

August 8, 2018
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Michel Hachey, Coaching Association of Canada
This is the final blog of a 3-part series providing tools and resources to strengthen safety and ethical values in sport by introducing the Responsible Coaching Movement. If this is your first visit to this blog series, considering taking a...

Lessons from the Start Line – Applying Sport Experiences to a Future Career as a First Responder

August 1, 2018
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Noah Marion, 2018 SIRC Intern
I was born in 1995 which means I fall under the very prestigious title of a millennial. Not only are we known for the extensive technological integration into our lives, but also for our high unemployment rates and decreased job...

Engaging Alumni

July 25, 2018
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Samantha Rogers
Alumni are the heart of any sport organization and have the passion, experience and drive to champion the growth of the sport they love – if they are authentically engaged. It is not uncommon for former athletes to feel disenfranchised...

Creating a Safer Sport Environment with Background Screening

July 15, 2018
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Michel Hachey – Coaching Association of Canada
This is the second installment of a 3-part blog series providing tools and resources to strengthen safety and ethical values in sport by introducing the Responsible Coaching Movement.  In Blog #1, we focused on the importance of the Rule of...

Mission Impossible? Not for these 2018 Chefs de Mission

July 11, 2018
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Sydney Millar, Content Manager, SIRC
2018 has already been an exciting year, with four major international games – the Arctic Winter Games hosted in the South Slave region of the Northwest Territories, Canada (March 18-24, 2018); the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games hosted in PyeongChang,...

Marginal Gains Reconsidered: How Sport Organizations Hold the Key to Boosting Sport Performance

July 11, 2018
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Andrea Wooles, Cycling Canada
The “aggregation of marginal gains” has become such a catchphrase that people have stopped questioning what it means. Science is meant to question, not to follow, and to look for the truth where it otherwise might be missed. What are...

Fostering Leadership in Youth Sport through a Tri-Level Mentoring Model

July 11, 2018
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Maji Shaikh, University of Ottawa
Many coaches in youth sport understand the positive benefits of sport participation, in helping youth adopt social relationships, perseverance, and building life skills. However, it isn’t enough to simply thrust a child into sport and hope they develop character. It...

There is no “I” in IST – An insider look at providing health and performance support to the 2018 Men’s Olympic Hockey Team

July 11, 2018
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Jeff Thorburn, UBC-Okanagan
To the average fan watching international competitions, the finished product delivered to your television or computer screen does not always reveal the enormity of action that happens behind the scenes. Stepping off the ice at the Gangneung Hockey Centre, the...

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