Grief and Loss Essentials
Our current culture is grief and mourning phobic, and does not invite people to recognize, honour, and express their grief. This mindset translates to different domains where we are too often encouraged to stay strong, be brave, and focus on the future. This leaves the bereaved person feeling disenfranchised and needlessly isolated and can lead…
Sport & The Environment: Mountain and Winter Sports Tourism in an Era of Climate Change
Climate change is, and will continue, to have profound implications for mountain and snow sports tourism. Highly dependent on climate-sensitive natural resources and landscapes, activities such as skiing, snowmobiling, and mountaineering face challenges, as observed temperature change (mean and extremes) in North America is projected to continue warming, along with strong declines in glaciers and snow…
Canadian Concussion Centre – Zoom Webinar Series –
Join us for the ongoing Canadian Concussion Centre 2022-23 Series for people with persisting concussion symptoms, their families and friends and their healthcare professionals. Sessions begin September 13 and run bi-weekly until December 6. Participants will join by Zoom Webinar and each session will be one hour with 30 minutes for presentation and 30 minutes…
Sport Governance in Canada: Challenges and Opportunities
What does good governance involve? What are the pitfalls unique to sport governance? Who is governing sport? And who governs a board of directors? These are some of the questions dominating the current discourse concerning issues of abuse in Canadian sport. In Episode 19 of Sport, Leadership and Social Change, we will be discussing Sport Governance…
Virtual Sport Leaders Retreat
Due to the demand for customized and sport specific leadership development training for sport leaders, Sport Law will be offering two Virtual Sport Leaders Retreats this fall. Since 2017, dozens of sport leaders have taken this leadership training and have expressed their appreciation for the transformative impact it has had on them personally and professionally….
The Evolution of Safe Sport in Canada – An Introduction to the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner
A review of the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner and the evolution of independent Safe Sport mechanisms in Canada. Webinar – Wednesday, September 7 at 12 NOON EST – Registration is free. This session will be offered in French on September 13 at 12 NOON EST. The creation of the Office of the Sport…
Diversity & Inclusion Discussion Series – Session 5: Anti-Racism in Sport
As a society we are recognizing that racism is imbedded in our systems and structures. Racism is prevalent in sport and this session will talk about what that means and what you need to think about to surface this topic in your sport. Panelists Ruke Okome:Â My name is Ruke Okome and I am the Social…
Virtual Sport Leaders Retreat: Information Session
Join Lauren Brett, for a free one-hour webinar to learn more about Sport Law’s Virtual Sport Leaders Retreat experience this fall and understand how you can get involved. Due to the demand for customized and sport specific leadership development training for sport leaders, Sport Law will be offering two Virtual Sport Leaders Retreats this fall. Since…
Building Quality Sport in Canada
In this webinar, we’ll be discussing the work being done to support quality sport experiences for all participants across the Canadian sport system. Join us for episode 18 of our Sport, Leadership and Social Change series. We’ll be focusing on High Performance Sport as there is a great deal of antagonism about what we DON’T…
Healing Survivors, Healing Sport
Sport is facing a reckoning as voices from all realms share experiences of maltreatment in its many forms – bullying, abuse, discrimination, and exploitation – and call for a reconciliation of current practice with the values sport upholds: excellence, respect, fairness, and community. In other episodes of our sport, leadership and social change series, we…