Articles

Sport Participation Research Initiative

Sport Participation Research Initiative: 10 years in review

October 3, 2017

Katherine Tinkler, Senior Advisor, Policy and Planning – Insight, Sport Canada

The purpose of this presentation by Sport Canada was to provide an overview of the retrospective analysis of the first 10 years of the program encouraging sport participation research in Canada. The review was intended to understand: Amount of research...

Data and Analytics

High Performance

Leadership

Para Sport

Canadian Paralympic Committee Pathway Research Strategy

October 3, 2017

Jenny Davey and Jenn Bruce

In today’s rapidly changing sport landscape, it’s critical to make every decision count – and make sure every dollar has impact. Many organizations are seeking ways to use data to inform decisions and assess outcomes. But how exactly do you...

Communications

Concussion

Data and Analytics

Technology

Concussions … Together We Can Make a Difference

October 3, 2017

Debra Gassewitz, CEO, SIRC and Dr. Ann Pegararo, Laurentian University

This article presents a case study of how stakeholder collaborations can maximize engagement. The case is based off of a collaboration between the Sport Information Resource Centre and Dr. Ann Pegararo from Laurentian University exploring an analysis of social media...

Abuse-Free Sport

Athlete Development

Sport Participation Research Initiative

Varsity Sport

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Changing? The Culture of Sport Hazing in the 21st Century-January 2018

October 3, 2017

Hazing is a complex issue that is entangled in the culture and tradition of Canadian University sport. Hazing is defined as an event created to establish a team’s social hierarchy by humiliating, degrading, abusing and/or endangering newcomers regardless of a...

Athlete Development

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

LGBTQI2S

Mental Health

Sports Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Athletes

October 3, 2017

This study aims to gain a better understanding of the sports experience of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) athletes. There is very little Canadian data so far on the reality of LGBT athletes. However, all existing studies on the...

Accessibility

Community Sport

Disability

Para Sport

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Leveraging parasport events for sustainable community participation

October 3, 2017

View the summary of this research here. The aim of this project was to examine how the hosting of different forms of sport events for persons with disabilities were being leveraged to create opportunities for community participation, and influence community...

Disability

Sport Participation Research Initiative

Inclusion in the Field(s) of Dreams?

October 3, 2017

Nancy Spencer-Cavaliere

The purpose of this project was to explore issues surrounding segregated sport for people with impairments and to address the question of whether or not segregated sport perpetuates inequity (Fay & Wolff, 2009). The specific objectives included: (1) Identifying the...

Athlete Development

Children and Youth

Life Skills

Talent Identification

Exploring Developmental Factors for Overcoming Relative Age Effects in Ice Hockey

October 3, 2017

Relative age effects (RAEs) are developmental advantages experienced by those born in the early months of the year relative to an age-defined cut-off date (Barnsley et al., 1985). In sport and educational settings, RAEs tend to endure, resulting in an...