Game changer: Reaching top talent in the Canadian sport sector with SIRC’s job board
As the calendar turns to a new year, the doors of opportunity swing wide open, especially within the Canadian sport sector. Teams are actively seeking the right individuals to fuel their ambitious objectives, aiming to build momentum in the months ahead. The upcoming year is poised to be action-packed, with ongoing initiatives and the upcoming…
Jennifer Walinga ( jenniferwalinga@gmail.com ) @ 12/15/2023 9:07 pm
Using AI to aid Sport Organizations
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) tools have become increasingly popular and common. AI can be beneficial in improving work efficiency and reducing workload of staff. This SIRC blog outlines 3 different AI tools and how they can be used in order to aid sport organizations communications efforts.
Advancing an agenda for research partnerships in sport
Introduction and context The goal of this research was to create an agenda that will advance support and capacity for research partnerships in sport. Effective partnerships between academics (e.g., faculty, students, consultants) and sport sector members (e.g., organizations, coaches, athletes, government bodies) can bridge gaps between research and practice, leading to evidence-based sport policies and…
An investigation of innovation in community sport organizations
Project summary This research builds on a previous project exploring the incidence and nature of innovation in community sport organizations (CSOs). We uncovered that CSOs are turning to innovation, that is any organizational effort perceived as new by the organization, to meet member and societal demands, and to survive in a changing and challenging environment….
New Interactive E-Learning Course Guides Coaches Toward a True Sport Approach
Ottawa – September 18, 2023 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) is excited to introduce Values-Based Coaching: A True Sport Approach – an interactive, self-reflective e-learning course for coaches at all levels of sport. Interactions between coach and participant are important determinants of an individual’s sport experience: the values and practices modelled…
Can conflict be productive? An examination of conflict in non-profit sport boards
Project Summary Given the importance of board decisions on the development of sport programming in Canada, an investigation of the impact of conflict within these groups is essential for effective board functioning. Thus, the purpose of this project was to examine the nature, level, and impact of task, relationship, and process conflict in provincial sport…
Group Cohesion in Sport
Group cohesion in simple terms is ‘the glue that helps teammates to stick together’. Cohesion is important for not only group sports but individual sports as well. To help teams become more cohesive, coaches, sport psychologists, and athletes can use team building activities. Team building activities may include games played with teammates, puzzles the team…
Canadian sport system faces officiating crisis
“They’re not yelling at you. They’re yelling at your shirt,” is the refrain that Nicole Pagliaro, a Harassment Officer for the Huronia District Soccer Association, repeats to her young referees, so that they’re armed with mental defenses for dealing with abuse. But fewer officials young and old are feeling like the positives of the job…
Using life skills to promote social justice: Youth sport as a vehicle for social change
Sport can serve as a setting for addressing social justice. By expanding the meaning of life skills, seeing life skills through a sociopolitical lens, and teaching life skills that address youth’s social realities all stakeholders in the sport system can work together to progress the positive development of youth and evolve life skills. An important…