Policy and Program Considerations for Increasing Sport Participation Among Members of Underrepresented Groups in Canada
Adolescent Leisure Opportunities in a Changing Community
6B: Linking young Canadians to parks & recreational resources using geo-targeted messaging
Policy and Program Considerations for Increasing Sport Participation Among Members of Underrepresented Groups in Canada. 2nd Edition (2019) – Executive Summary
Sports and recreation concussion surveillance: data sources, trends, and challenges
Room 5– Identity & Culture in Canadian Hockey | Salle 5– Identité et culture dans le hockey canadien
ParkSeek: Linking young Canadians to parks and recreational resources using geo-targeted messaging in a smartphone application
Introduction and Context The ParkSeek study aimed to identify barriers to youth (aged 13-25) engagement with parks and recreational resources via a novel geographic ecological momentary assessment (GEMA). However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation, substantial challenges were encountered in the recruitment of youth to participate in the originally designed study. Therefore, a broader approach…
Transitioning to inclusive sport:  Understanding barriers to transgender Canadians’ participation in recreational and high-performance sport
Project summary How and where trans athletes participate in sport is highly contested and inconsistent due to the competing, and often contradictory, policies in force throughout the country in different sport disciplines at a different levels of competition. This study sought to seek out and amplify the voices of people impacted by trans eligibility policies…
What parents and guardians need to know to create positive youth sport experiences
Highlights Parental behaviour has the potential to either positively or negatively impact youth athletes Current sporting contexts that frequently foster negative parental behaviour include parents “living vicariously” through their kids, the rise of youth sport professionalization and the high financial cost of youth sport This SIRCuit article offers practical tips for both parents and youth…
The role of social capital in the organizational capacity of community sport
Project summary Social capital is the trust, reciprocity, and shared understanding that may be produced and reproduced in a social connection. When generated among individuals and within groups in an organization, this ‘social energy’ may be an important resource for goal achievement. The objectives of this project were to investigate the nature and development of…