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Move Her Mind: Creating Inclusive Spaces for Women and Girls

The more we move, the better we feel. In 2022 a global study commissioned by sportswear company ASICS, The State of Mind Index, studied people’s physical activity levels and mental wellbeing across the globe. In their first Move Every Mind Report, not only did ASICS learn that physical activity has a powerful impact on our…

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Crunching numbers: De-mystifying digital analytics for sport organizations
March 9, 2016
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Michelle Caron
We all seem to hear the words digital analytics and ‘big data’ tossed around a lot in our world of information sharing, but few people really understand what analytics are and how applying them can benefit a sport organization. Digital...
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Athlete Development
Physical Health
Sleep and Recovery

Sleep and Athletes: Is there a Magic Number?
March 2, 2016
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Jason Dunkerley
Although conventional wisdom suggests that athletes need at least eight hours of sleep each night, quantity is not the only parameter that promotes athletic success. Most of us believe that we need a set number of hours of sleep and...
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Disability
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Sport Participation

Addressing Barriers to Physical Activity
February 24, 2016
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Being physically active is such an important part of everyday life. Research has shown that being physically active goes a long way in helping prevent many different diseases, including Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, and depression. Despite this research, statistics...
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Leadership

Planning for the Future: Creating and implementing strategic plans
February 17, 2016
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Michelle Caron
A strategic plan is a essentially a road map that outlines who the organization is, what it stands for, its vision for the future, and how it’s going to get there. It communicates organizational goals, direction, strategies, and programs, as...
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Disability
High Performance
Para Sport
Program Design and Evaluation

The Paradox of Integration: Building a Panacea or Exacerbating a Partition?
February 10, 2016
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Jason Dunkerley
Canada prides itself for celebrating difference. In recent years, NSO’s too have embraced diversity by welcoming athletes with disabilities through a policy of integration intended to level the playing field and elicit podium success. Although this progressive approach aims to...
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Knowledge Mobilization
Leadership
Long-Term Development
Program Design and Evaluation

Management of Diversity and Cultural Safety Training for Instructors in Sport Programming
February 3, 2016
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SIRC is pleased to be working together with Sport Canada to share current research on topics informing policy and promoting quality sport programming. This week we are sharing highlights of a recent article examining MANAGEMENT OF DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL SAFETY...
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Children and Youth
Girls and Women
Life Skills
Sport Participation

Preparing for the Future – Building leadership skills in young women
January 20, 2016
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Young girls today have quite a few options to choose from when deciding which sport they wish to dedicate their time and effort to, particularly regarding sports that have traditionally been reserved for boys. While the number of girls in...
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Canadian Sport Policies
Knowledge Mobilization
Sport Participation

DETERMINANTS OF SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY DECISIONS IN CANADA
January 13, 2016
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SIRC is pleased to be working together with Sport Canada to share current research on topics informing policy and promoting quality sport programming. This week we are sharing highlights of a recent article examining DETERMINANTS OF SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY...
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Happy New Year from SIRC!
January 6, 2016
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2015 has been an exciting “Year of Sport”! We’ve been fortunate to see Canada and Canadian athletes excel on the sporting stage both at home and internationally. From hosting hugely successful international events like the FIFA Women’s World Cup to...
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Olympic & Paralympic Games
SCRI Conference
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Prospective Examination of Special Olympics Sport Retention in Ontario
January 4, 2016
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Jonathan Weiss
View the summary of this research here. The overall goal of the current research is to understand the factors that lead to sport participation for Canadian youth with intellectual disabilities (ID). We examined sport participation of youth with ID in...
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