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Let’s begin with a familiar image. A woman, newly postpartum, stands in her living room. Her baby is nestled in a sling across her chest, and she’s attempting something between a squat and a stretch while simultaneously rescuing a plush giraffe from under the couch. She is not wearing Lululemon. She has not “bounced back.”…

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Children and Youth
Coaching
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

The Effect of Coaching in Youth Sport in Canada
February 10, 2020
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Philip Sullivan
Project Summary This project was designed to examine the impact of coaching on athlete outcomes in youth sport. The research focused on both the perceptions and behaviors of the coach, and assessed sporting and non-sporting (i.e., positive youth development) outcomes...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
High Performance
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Examining Positive Youth Development in Elite Sport Contexts Using Photo Elicitation
February 3, 2020
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Leisha Strachan
Project Summary Previous research in the field of positive youth development has highlighted the importance of extracurricular activities, such as sport, in developing healthy youth (Larson, 2000, Petitpas et al., 2005). Further, the National Research Council Institute of Medicine (NRIM,...
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Children and Youth
Health and Wellbeing
Mental Skills
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Understanding and coping among adolescent athletes
January 27, 2020
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Katherine Tamminen
View the summary of this research here. Project summary Research Objectives: Participation in youth sport is associated with a variety of positive developmental outcomes among adolescents, however studies of recreational and competitive youth sport contexts have revealed stressors which include...
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Children and Youth
Life Skills
School Sport
Sport Participation Research Initiative

An Analysis of High School Sport
January 13, 2020
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Pierre Trudel
Project Summary Among the various opportunities young people have to practise sports, school sports are of particular interest because the ultimate goal of schools is to shape our future citizens. Although school sport has become increasingly popular in Canada, there...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Recreation
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Relative Age, Recreation Sport Participation and Youth Development
January 6, 2020
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Nick Wattie
Project Summary In both youth sport and education, children and adolescents are grouped into cohorts by using annual age grouping policies, whereby a child must be a certain age by a specified selection date (e.g., December 315). Relative age describes...
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Children and Youth
Sport for Social Development
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Organized youth sport, parenthood ideologies and gender relations: Parents’ and children’s experiences and the construction of “team family”
January 6, 2020
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Dawn Trussell
Project Summary This study sought to understand how family relationships, interactions, and values are shaped by children’s sport involvement, and the social and cultural context in which their sport participation occurs. The themes that emerged from this study reflect the...
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Children and Youth
Disability
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Mothers
Physical Health
Sleep and Recovery
Sport Participation

Including Children and Youth with Disabilities in the 24-Hour Movement Guidelines
December 3, 2019
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Veronica Allan, York University
Engaging in regular physical activity, getting enough sleep, and limiting time spent inactive are well known and evidence-based prescriptions for the promotion of overall health and well-being(Tremblay et al., 2016). In fact, the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth (ages 5-17) — which...
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Children and Youth
Data and Analytics
Knowledge Mobilization
Physical Health
Sleep and Recovery
Sport Participation

MATCH: Spotlight on a Canadian Study on Sport Participation
November 6, 2019
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Julie Goguen Carpenter & Mathieu Bélanger
In this day and age, everything is at our fingertips. However, the investigation of complex behaviours is still a process that takes time. The intricate nature of sport and physical activity behaviour, especially amongst children and adolescents, is an area...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Coaching
Physical Health
Sport Participation
Training Factors

Is There a Role for Weight Training in the Physical Development of Children?
November 6, 2019
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Loren Chiu
Once considered a fringe activity, weight training has grown in popularity in the last 20 years due to its benefits for improving health, physical fitness, and performance.  Weight training is often included in high school physical education classes and promoted...
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Children and Youth
Life Skills
Physical Health
Physical Literacy
Sport Participation

Parents and Teachers – Allies in Physical Literacy
October 4, 2019
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Ian Robertson, Coquitlam School District
With students settled into new classes with new teachers, many families find themselves considering how to best support student success across the school day. Physical literacy is becoming an integral facet of Physical and Health Education curricula across the country,...
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