SIRC Blog

Despite sport having endless benefits for your health, social well-being, and everyday life, many individuals are still hesitant to participate. In order to resolve this itching problem of how to get more people involved in sport, we must answer why. What is preventing them from participating? What are the barriers that youth, persons with disabilities, seniors, men and women, encounter when approaching sport? And what effect is this having?  What can we do to provide opportunities for sport participation? These are all questions that the 11^th annual Sport Canada Research Initiative Conference aims to tackle at its.