Leadership & Governance

Safe Sport strategies

Over the past few years, national sport organizations have implemented several strategies to advance Safe Sport and optimize the sport experience for all. To create safe, welcoming and inclusive sport environments, top strategies include building and strengthening policy to align...

• Canadian Sport Policies
• Leadership and Governance
• Safe Sport

Ask the experts: Q&A with Chris Penrose about learning from and communicating evaluation findings

September 8, 2021

You’ve carefully planned your evaluation, collected data and compiled results. Now what? Brock University’s Corliss Bean and Caroline Hummell spoke with Chris Penrose of Lay-Up Youth Basketball for SIRC’s Experts in the House mini-series on Mastering the Art of Evaluation,...

• Leadership and Governance
• Program Design and Evaluation

Culture as a performance factor

In sport, organizational culture has a significant influence on an athlete’s ability to prepare for and perform at major international games. Elements of organizational stress, such as personal, team or leadership issues, are a source of strain for athletes. That...

• High Performance
• Leadership and Governance
• Major Games

A Games like no other

The master project plan for an event like the Olympic or Paralympic Games is approximately 20,000 lines long. The postponement of Tokyo 2020 created a unique set of challenges for the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee, who are...

• COVID-19
• Leadership and Governance
• Major Games
• Olympic Games
• Paralympic Games

Effective intersectional work

A common concern to starting effective intersectional work is not knowing leaders in the community(ies) affected. When this happens, organizers scramble to find a representational speaker, programmer, or athlete to diversify a particular project. In the SIRC blog, learn about...

• Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
• Leadership and Governance

Volunteer surveys

Surveying volunteers is a great way to elicit their input, understand their roles, and assess their needs. Feedback gathered through surveys can be used to improve volunteer experiences, which may in turn promote volunteer retention. Sport England’s guide to conducting volunteer...

• Leadership and Governance
• Volunteer Management

Collaborative sport delivery

At the Olympic Winter Games, there are 93 medals to be won across 31 events in Biathlon, Nordic Combined, Nordic Skiing, and Ski Jumping. Since 1924, Canadian athletes have won only six medals in these events—and none since 2006. Read...

• High Performance
• Leadership and Governance
• Participation

Rise of the athlete voice

“As athletes, we’re being taken more seriously and senior leaders are asking for our opinions – not because they feel they have to check a box, but because they believe we have something important to bring to the table.” –...

• High Performance
• Leadership and Governance
• Major Games
• Olympic Games

Summer 2021 SIRCuit

The Summer 2021 SIRCuit is now available!  The SIRCuit is designed to highlight important research and insights to advance the Canadian sport system. With the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo on the horizon and the winter Games in Beijing just...

• Athlete Development
• High Performance
• Leadership and Governance
• Major Games
• Olympic Games
• Paralympic Games
• Safe Sport
• Technology

The new normal? How digital innovation evolved the fan experience

July 19, 2021

Highlights Sports fans and spectators, from the grassroots to the professional level, have had to engage with their favourite teams and athletes in new ways during the pandemic.Canadian sport businesses, broadcasters, leagues and teams are driving fan engagement through digital...

• Capacity Building
• Leadership and Governance
• Major Games
• Olympic Games
• Paralympic Games
• Technology