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Breaking Ice: Connecting Indigenous Culture and Sport Through Blind Hockey 

In partnership with Canadian Blind Hockey  June is National Indigenous History Month, a time to reflect on the strength, resilience, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. It’s also a time to acknowledge the gaps that still exist, particularly in areas like sport, where Indigenous youth, especially those with disabilities, continue to face…

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Esports and Cycling: A Match to Stand the Test of Time
December 8, 2020
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Josh Peacock, Cycling Canada
On December 9, 2020, the inaugural UCI Cycling Esports World Championships will be hosted on Zwift. For more information on following the Canadian team at this event, and Cycling Canada’s multi-platform virtual cycling calendar for the 2020/2021 winter season (including...
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High Performance
Mental Health
Professional Development

Mental Health Considerations of the Athlete Transition out of Sport
October 21, 2020
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Lisa Hoffart, Game Plan Advisor, Canadian Sport Centre Saskatchewan
Eat, sleep, train, recover. It is a familiar pattern for elite athletes who dedicate days, years, and even decades to their sport and the pursuit of excellence. But at some point, no matter the successes and failures that have occurred,...
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Climate Change
High Performance
Leadership
Professional Sport
Sustainability
Weather

Impact of Climate Change on Professional Athletes: Q&A with Craig McMorris and Geneviève Lalonde
October 14, 2020
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Canada Games Council
In December 2019, the Canada Games Council (CGC) signed on to the UN’s Sports for Climate Action Framework and is now developing a new sustainability strategy. To better understand how climate change is impacting Canadian athletes, CGC reached out to...
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Abuse-Free Sport
Anti-Doping
High Performance
Leadership
Sport Integrity

Experts in the House – Q&A with Beckie Scott on Integrity in Sport
October 13, 2020
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SIRC and Beckie Scott
In this highly-anticipated SIRC webinar, Politics vs Principle: retaining integrity in sport, and why it matters, Beckie Scott discussed the importance of ethics and integrity in sport and safeguarding the rights of athletes in the face of increasing pressures to...
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COVID-19
High Performance
Olympic & Paralympic Games
Paralympic Games

Performing in a Pandemic: The Resilience and Leadership of Canadian Athletes
October 4, 2020
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SIRC with Derek Johnston
This article is the first in a special series that explores how Canadian sport leaders are adapting and innovating to safeguard the well-being of athletes preparing for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games and other major games during a global...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
High Performance
Mental Skills

Want to Win? Focus on Communication
September 2, 2020
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Andie MacPherson, Student, Queen's University
This blog is the third installment in a series in collaboration with Queen’s University. As an assignment to build knowledge mobilization skills, Dr. Luc Martin, Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, tasked students in his third year team...
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Athlete Development
High Performance
Nutrition and Hydration
Training Factors
Weather

Cooling Strategies to Improve Performance in the Heat
July 22, 2020
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Erica Gavel, Paralympian
Whether you are a high performance athlete training for the Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games in Tokyo, or a weekend warrior working on a personal best, learning to manage heat stress should be a priority. Heat stress and fatigue can...
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Coaching
Competition Manipulation
Data and Analytics
High Performance
Leadership
Sport Gambling
Sport Integrity
Technology

Match Manipulation and Gambling in Sport
July 15, 2020
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Jeremy Luke, Senior Director, Sport Integrity with CCES
The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) and McLaren Global Sport Solutions Inc. (MGSS) hosted the first-ever Symposium in Canada addressing the issues of match manipulation and gambling in sport in 2019. Following the Symposium, a White Paper was...
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COVID-19
High Performance
Leadership

Learnings from the COVID-19 Lockdown – Stories from Event Cancellations
July 13, 2020
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Sydney Millar, SIRC
For many Canadian sport administrators, a global pandemic seemed the stuff of history books or science fiction movies. However, in March 2020, with COVID-19 sweeping the globe, a number of major sport events were cancelled in Canada. This article shares...
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High Performance
SCRI Conference
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Culture of national sport organizations and participation in sport
June 15, 2020
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Bob Boucher, University of Windsor.
Project Summary This project examined the relationship between the culture of Canadian national sport organizations (NSOs) and participation in sport. The overall goal was to better understand and ultimately increase the effectiveness of policies aiming to promote sport activities such...
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