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Beyond the game: The power of positive psychology in sport

In the world of elite sports, the focus has traditionally been on performance metrics, rigorous training regimens, and strategies for winning. But what if the secret to sustained success lies not just in physical prowess, but in the mind? Enter positive psychology, a field that seeks to unlock human potential by fostering mental resilience, well-being,…

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Climate Change
Indigenous

Nature games: Traditional Indigenous games and environmental stewardship in Oceania 
March 25, 2024
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Tom Fabian, Gary Osmond and Murray G. Phillips
View the summary of this research here. This project aimed to understand the development of environmental stewardship through gameplay in Indigenous societies. The South Pacific has many similarities to Canada in terms of Indigenous-settler relations, colonial histories and a resurgence...
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Accessibility
Classification
Coaching
Para Sport
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Mentorship in Para sport: The value of experiential coach learning
March 18, 2024
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Danielle Alexander-Urquhart & Gordon A. Bloom
Coach mentoring in Para sport  In many ways, coaching athletes with and without disabilities is comparable as their training, dedication, and motivation to succeed are the same. However, there are contextual differences that make coaching in the Para sport setting...
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Capacity Building
Gender Equity
Long-Term Development
Strategic Planning

Understanding the capacity of national sport organizations (NSOs) for gender equity: Recommendations for NSO Leaders and Policy Directors
March 18, 2024
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Swarali Patil and Alison Doherty
As leaders of amateur sport in Canada, national sport organizations (NSOs) are tasked with addressing gender equity and increased engagement of women and girls. NSO leaders may focus their efforts through new policies, initiatives or programs, but their ability to...
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Children and Youth

Shifting the narrative: Empowering parents and fostering understanding of their roles in the youth sport system
March 18, 2024
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By Jean Côté, Mia KurtzFavero, Haley Hunter Smith, Stuart Wilson, and Alex Murata
Parents as promoters of positive youth sport experiences  One of the key social agents within the youth sport environment is the parent. They are commonly called upon to facilitate critical components of youth sport participation, such as providing material (registration...
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Athlete Development
Gender Equity
Girls and Women
Sport Participation

Ski like a girl: Researchers reveal hidden histories of women in Nordic sport
March 18, 2024
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Oumar Salifou
From a U of A varsity ski club to the Canadian Birkebeiner and the Olympics, women have always been part of the landscape of winter sport. When Lyndsay Conrad dove into her archival research on early 20th-century ski history in...
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Abuse-Free Sport
Maltreatment
Safe Sport
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Embracing Excellence: Cultivating Success Through Positive Sport
March 14, 2024
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Erin Willson
Introduction and Context Safe Sport continues to be a top concern in Canada, with continued efforts to address maltreatment at all levels of sport. While sexual violence is discussed most frequently in research and practice, with the rhetoric being that...
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Concussion

Follow-up visits after a concussion: time to take preventive measures
March 13, 2024
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Scott Ramsay
Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey legend, is famous for the quote “Skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been.” Behind this saying is the thought of instead of chasing what’s already happened, try to get a...
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Coaching
Gender Equity
Women and Girls

Addressing gender inequities in Canadian university coaching
March 8, 2024
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Hayley Baker
Over the last 50 years, significant progress has been made in access and opportunities for girls and women to participate at all levels of sport in Canada. Despite this progress, the number of women in coaching remains alarmingly low (Banwell...
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Mental Health

Bullying does not provide a competitive advantage, it just harms brains
February 28, 2024
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Jennifer Fraser
Too often we hear older generations, especially in sports, use put downs like “snowflake,” “entitled,” “soft,” sometimes accompanied by swear words and homophobic slurs. All forms of bullying. What many coaches and parents do not realize is that from a...
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Disability

How organized sport can foster and support finding belonging for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
February 21, 2024
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Francis Routledge, Runqun (Helen) Zheng, Callum Denault, and Rebecca Renwick
Belonging has been understood in many ways across lived experiences and fields of study. The sense of belonging, or lack thereof, can feel different for everyone. Carter (2021) explored 10 dimensions of belonging described by people with intellectual and developmental...
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