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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…

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Coaching
Professional Development

To Teach or to Do: Do the Best Players Make the Best Coaches?
March 23, 2016
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Jason Dunkerley
As the old adage says, there are those who teach and those who do. In the world of sports, there are both great athletes and great coaches. But is it possible to be good at both? Do the best athletes...
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Children and Youth
Knowledge Mobilization
Physical Literacy
Sport Participation

IMPACTS ON CHILDREN’S PARTICIPATION IN ORGANIZED SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND ACTIVE FREE PLAY
March 16, 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 IMPACTS ON CHILDREN’S PARTICIPATION IN ORGANIZED...
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Communications
Data and Analytics
Leadership
Technology

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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Imagining Community: Women’s Ice Hockey, High Performance Sport and Rural Survival in Southern Alberta
March 7, 2016
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Carly Adams
Project Summary Statistics Canada data indicate that by 1931, more citizens (54%) lived in urban centres than rural communities. By 2006, this percentage had reached 80%. This demographic shift has serious ramifications for rural communities. For Warner, a Southern Alberta...
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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
Strategic Planning

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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