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Superstars or a super-team? Building capacity to play like a championship team

What makes a winning team? Is it raw talent, star power, or an overflowing budget? Think again. The most successful teams—on the field or in the office—don’t just rely on superstars. They thrive on balance, leadership, and a collective drive that turns a group of individuals into an unstoppable force. Take the 1972 Miami Dolphins,…

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Indigenous

50 years of Indigenous sport in Canada: An overview of 2 key advancements and challenges
November 27, 2023
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Janice Forsyth
‘Girls’ Pole Push Competition at the Dene Games Competitions’, Arctic Winter Games 2010, Grande Prairie Alberta, March 2010 (Photo: Michael Heine) Imagine what sport in Canada might look like had Indigenous peoples and their cultures not been colonized? Imagine how...
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Paralympic Games

The history of Para sport in Canada
November 27, 2023
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David Legg
Canada has long been a leader in sport and recreation for persons with disability, and it is astounding to consider the contributions made in the last century. This is found in every aspect of disability sport including those for persons...
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Sport Participation

Sport for Development and Peace in Canada over the last 50 years
November 27, 2023
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Simon C. Darnell, Russell Field, Bruce Kidd
Introduction  Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) refers to the organization and mobilization of sport to meet non-sport goals of international development, such as health promotion, gender empowerment, education, and peace building and conflict resolution. The overall field or sector...
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Sport Participation

SIRC at 50: A half-century of shaping Canadian sports through knowledge and collaboration
November 27, 2023
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Debra Gassewitz & Paula Baker
The Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) has been a pivotal organization in Canada’s sporting landscape for half a century. Founded with the vision to provide valuable research and knowledge to support the sport community, SIRC along with its partners have...
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Abuse-Free Sport

Elevating athlete voices: The path to safe sport in Canada
November 22, 2023
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Elana Liberman & Eric MacIntosh
Centralizing the voice of the athlete is a critical step in ensuring Safe Sport is realized. This was the primary theme of our talks on the panel “The future of safe sport: Hooked on hope not fishing for problems” at the...
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Sport Participation

Enhancing accountability and alignment within Canadian Basketball clubs through collaborative governance
November 8, 2023
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Daniel Wigfield & Sandy MacIntosh
State of basketball programming in Canada Beginning in 2022, Canada Basketball sought to innovate the way clubs are aligned to form the amateur basketball system in this country. Since 2015, the popularity of basketball has grown an unprecedented amount. As...
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SIRC Strengthens Leadership Team with New Board Members and Communications Specialist
November 2, 2023
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Canada’s most trusted partner in advancing sport knowledge has added industry expertise and new talent to key roles within the organization Ottawa – The Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) is proud to announce the appointment of two distinguished professionals to...
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Concussion Awareness Week 2023 reached Canadians from coast-to-coast-coast
November 1, 2023
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Together we reached over 5 million Canadians during this year’s Concussion Awareness Week. From coast-to-coast-to-coast, the activities spanned September 24 to September 30, 2023, including Ontario’s Rowan’s Law Day on September 27, and showcased the collective strength in our goal to encourage...
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Sport Participation

How to foster inclusive physical activity for immigrants in Canada
October 18, 2023
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El Zahraa Majed & Lucie Lévesque
One in 4 Canadians is an immigrant, and this number is expected to reach 30% by 2036 (Statistics Canada, 2017). When immigrants arrive in Canada, their health is often good to optimal. As time passes, they may experience the multiple...
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Sport Participation

Four strategies to support girls through sport-based mentorship
October 11, 2023
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Caroline Hummell & Dr. Corliss Bean
Sport has the potential to foster girls’ healthy development, leading to outcomes such as enhanced self-esteem, physical health, and mental well-being. Sport can reduce adverse health outcomes for girls, such as depression (Canadian Women & Sport, 2022; Eime et al.,...
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