Leadership & Governance

The mental health strategy for high performance sport in Canada: What national sport organization leaders and staff should know

January 24, 2022

Highlights The Mental Health Strategy for High Performance Sport in Canada aims to improve the mental health outcomes for all Canadian high performance athletes, coaches, and staff. The strategy was developed by Canadian experts in mental health and sport based...

• High Performance
• Leadership and Governance
• Mental Health

A new environmental normal in sport

Did you know that travel to-and-from practices and competitions accounts for more than 80% of emissions in sport? The COVID-19 pandemic presents an opportunity for the sport sector to work towards a new ‘environmental normal’ that limits its climate impact....

• High Performance
• Leadership and Governance

Building capacity for evaluation

While often overlooked, students and volunteers can be great human resources for conducting evaluations in sport. To harness these resources, partnerships between sport organizations and researchers in university-based settings are a good place to start. Researchers can collaborate with sport...

• Leadership and Governance
• Program Design and Evaluation

Let them lead: The benefits of shared athlete leadership

January 5, 2022

In its inaugural season, the Las Vegas Golden Knights, a team of so-called “misfits” patched together from 30 other National Hockey League (NHL) teams, reached the Stanley Cup finals. One reason for their success was that they didn’t assign traditional on-ice...

• Athlete Development
• Coaching
• Leadership and Governance

COVID-19 program adaptations

Sport organizations were challenged to adapt their programming during the COVID-19 pandemic, offering unique opportunities for program evaluation. While organizations that paused their programs had a chance to step back and formulate new evaluation questions, organizations that changed their programming...

• COVID-19
• Leadership and Governance
• Program Design and Evaluation

How fraud occurs

Did you know that today is International Anti-Corruption Day? Protect your sport organization from financial fraud by proactively addressing the risk factors. This infographic presents four common indicators to help organizations understand how and why fraud occurs: pressure, rationalization, capability,...

• Fair Play
• Leadership and Governance

Thin Ice

Due to warming temperatures and diminishing amounts of snow, winter sports are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Research from the University of Waterloo suggests ski resorts in Ontario and Quebec could be faced with winters too short...

• High Performance
• Leadership and Governance

Student-led evaluation

Partnerships between universities and sport organizations are a great way to build capacity for activities such as evaluation. For instance, under the mentorship of academic and community leaders, students can put their knowledge and skills into practice to support evaluation...

• Leadership and Governance
• Program Design and Evaluation

Athletes as stakeholders

“Engaging (athletes) and treating them as the important stakeholders that they are will not only be good for the athletes but also good for the viability and the long-term longevity of sport.” Beckie Scott, 2002 Olympic gold medalist in cross-country...

• COVID-19
• High Performance
• Leadership and Governance
• Major Games

Evaluation through storytelling

Engaging stakeholders in the communication of evaluation data can offer a relatable and culturally relevant lens to ensure that the findings are meaningful for diverse audiences. One way to do this is through storytelling. Learn more about how to share...

• Children and Youth
• Leadership and Governance
• Program Design and Evaluation