Leadership & Governance

Remote vs Onsite Employees: Challenging the notion that one size fits all

January 24, 2020

Workplaces have changed and provided more employee options over the last few year both in physical space design, the flexibility in hours employers provide, and the options to work from offsite or on. These changes are in response to employers...

• Finance and Budgeting
• Leadership and Governance
• Professional Development
• Technology
• Workplace Wellness

Scaling down the circus to scale up the benefits – A proposed future for international sport events

January 23, 2020

2018 is an exciting year with four major international sporting events on the calendar: the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Commonwealth Games, and the Arctic Winter Games. These events are embraced by those with a love for sport, including the...

• Finance and Budgeting
• Hosting
• Leadership and Governance
• Major Games
• Participation

Video

In the newest SIRCTalks episode, Dr. Nicole LaVoi, Director of The Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport, discusses the importance of using data and evidence to facilitate social change. Watch the episode here.

• Data and Analytics
• Gender Equity
• Knowledge Mobilization
• Leadership and Governance
• Technology
• Women and Girls

Concussion Education Reaches the Community Sport Level

January 15, 2020

As awareness of the management and prevention of concussions in sport increases, Canadians have more resources at their fingertips: tools to recognize signs and symptoms, medical assessment letters, sport-specific concussion protocols, and more. Yet even with the proper tools in...

• Community Sport
• Concussion
• Leadership and Governance

Participation

What’s one of the most significant barriers to tennis participation in Canada? Winter! Read the SIRCuit to learn how Tennis Canada is supporting municipalities to develop covered courts and increase access to the game.

• Community Sport
• Equipment
• Leadership and Governance
• Participation
• Weather

New Website

Notice our new look? SIRC is excited to launch our new website and the Canadian Sport Daily - delivering sport and physical activity-related knowledge, news, resources, and more...straight to your inbox. Check out our new website to access all SIRC...

• Athlete Development
• Canadian Sport Policies
• Coaching
• Concussion
• High Performance
• Leadership and Governance
• Safe Sport

Year in Review

Are you new to the SIRC Daily News or still sorting through email from 2018? Check out the top 5 SIRCuit articles and SIRC blogs from 2019 in our most recent blog!

• Athlete Development
• Canadian Sport Policies
• Coaching
• Concussion
• High Performance
• Leadership and Governance
• Major Games
• Safe Sport

2019 Year in Review

December 18, 2019

As we ease ourselves into the year ahead, here is a round-up of the most popular SIRCuit articles and SIRC blogs from 2019! Top 5 SIRCuit Articles Gender Equity is Good Governance - Lessons from the Sport Sector Cannabis and...

• Athlete Development
• Canadian Sport Policies
• Cannabis
• Coaching
• Concussion
• Gender Equity
• Leadership and Governance
• Major Games
• Safe Sport

Concussion

Policy change is one way Volleyball Canada is striving to improve athlete safety on the court. Changes include warm-up drill practices discouraging athletes from going under the net to retrieve the ball – an area with a high risk for...

• Athlete Development
• Coaching
• Concussion
• Injury
• Leadership and Governance
• Program Design and Evaluation
• Training Methods

New Resource

SIRCTalks is an exciting new series of SIRC videos and podcasts profiling innovative areas of sport research. Some of the latest episodes feature insight from Dr. Joe Baker (York University) on athlete development, Dr. Tara-Leigh McHugh (University of Alberta) on the...

• Athlete Development
• Knowledge Mobilization
• Leadership and Governance
• Technology