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The illusion of equality: Why gender parity in Canadian sport remains a distant goal 

When Dr. Guylaine Demers talks about gender equality in Canadian sport, she does so with the precision of an academic, the passion of an advocate, and the realism of someone who has spent more than 3 decades inside the system.  Demers, a professor at Laval University and one of Canada’s leading researchers on equity in…

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Children and Youth
Program Design and Evaluation
Quality Sport
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Mobilizing knowledge into action:  Exploring sport administrators’ and parents’ perceptions  of the quality of youth sport programs
January 23, 2023
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Jean Côté
Introduction and context Although young athletes represent the users of youth sports programs, parents are intricately involved in the decision-making process related to their children’s enrollment and registration in such programs. As such, sport administrators must grasp the elements that...
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Program Design and Evaluation
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Promoting health through physical activity and inter-organizational partnerships: the Montreal case
January 16, 2023
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Benjamin Branget
Introduction and context  The leading preventable causes of death worldwide (chronic diseases) are usually brought on by a lack of regular physical activity, which can lead to significant health and financial challenges for the individuals and communities. Many municipalities are...
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Program Design and Evaluation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Promoting health through physical activity and inter-organizational partnerships: the Montreal case
January 16, 2023
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Benjamin Branget
Introduction and context The leading preventable causes of death worldwide (chronic diseases) are usually induced by a lack of regular physical activity, which leads to significant health and financial challenges for the individuals and communities they afflict. In this regard,...
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Coaching
Para Sport
Professional Development
Sport Participation Research Initiative

The development and implementation of a mentoring program for parasport coaches
January 9, 2023
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Gordon Bloom
View the summary of this research here. Introduction and context Partnering with a provincial coaching association in Canada, we explored the experiences and perceptions of 15 mentor and 29 mentee coaches who participated in a formal virtual parasport coach mentorship...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Sport participation through the transition from adolescence to adulthood
January 2, 2023
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Mathieu Bélanger
View the summary of this research here. Introduction and context Studying factors that contribute to sport participation maintenance in a context where so many people drop out of sports will help develop better strategies and interventions aimed at increasing the...
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Disability
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Supporting adaptive Snowsports Leisure Opportunities for People with disabilities (SSLOPE)
May 17, 2021
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William Miller
Introduction and context Participating in leisure-time physical activities (LTPA) contributes to the well-being of people with disabilities. Unfortunately, they are typically less engaged in LTPA compared to the general population. Especially during winter due to environmental barriers and limited programs....
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Children and Youth
Governance
Newcomers to Canada
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Soccer and Christianity in greater Vancouver: Bodies, relations, and formations in Canadian settler-colonialism
May 10, 2021
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Nicholas Howe Bukowski
Introduction and context The focus of the research is the relationship between sport and Christianity (evangelical and Pentecostal) in Greater Vancouver. In a world of increasingly individualism, and disintegrating mass institutions (mass political parties, civil services organisations, mainline Protestant churches)...
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Community Sport
Recreation
Sport Participation Research Initiative
Volunteer Management

The role of social capital in the organizational capacity of community sport
May 3, 2021
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Alison Doherty
Project summary  Social capital is the trust, reciprocity, and shared understanding that may be produced and reproduced in a social connection. When generated among individuals and within groups in an organization, this ‘social energy’ may be an important resource for...
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Major Games and Hosting
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Economies of deviance: Sex work and sport mega-event
April 26, 2021
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Amanda De Lisio
Project summary In proposing a dissertation topic, I built from the sport for development literature to argued that (sport) event-led urban development could not be contained within or used to solely advance the socio-politicaleconomic agenda of the bourgeois, cosmopolitan class....
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Children and Youth
Reconciliation
SCRI Conference
Sport for Social Development
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Cultural relevancy and positive youth development: Exploring the sport and physical activity experiences of indigenous youth in Canada
April 19, 2021
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Leisha Strachan
Project summary The purpose of the study was to gain insight into how positive youth development (PYD) through sport and physical activity is understood for Indigenous youth in western, central, and eastern urban communities in Canada. The following research questions...
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