Knowledge Nuggets Did You Know? The first Arctic Winter Games was hosted in 1970 engaging 500 athletes from Alaska, Northwest Territories, and Yukon. In March of 2020, an estimated 2,000 athletes from across the Circumpolar...
Knowledge Nuggets Technology Listening to your friends boasting about their carbon fibre bikes, and wondering what all the fuss is about? Carbon fibre has revolutionized bike frame design, enabling the manufacturing of frames...
Knowledge Nuggets Did You Know? In an Olympic or Paralympic quadrennial, year three is often considered the most important – and with the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo on the horizon, 2019 promises...
Knowledge Nuggets Funding Opportunity The Government of Canada recently announced investments to expand the use of sport and physical activity programming as a means to improve social development in Indigenous communities. The application process...
Blog Women’s World Cup 2019 – About More than Just Soccer June 27, 2019 Since June 7, 2019, televisions, radios and mobile phones around the world have been tuned in to the Women’s World Cup. And while the play on the field has amazed,...
Knowledge Nuggets Sport and Social Change The Women’s World Cup has amazed, inspired and delighted us…while also providing a platform for players to draw attention to persisting inequities in the sport. Today’s SIRC blog provides an...
Knowledge Nuggets Concussion Newsletter There is a lot of news and noise around concussions in sport. If you’re looking for one consistent place to find Canadian and international research and resources, the SIRC Concussion...
Page For Athletes and Parents June 25, 2019 Have you, your child or someone you know showed signs or symptoms of a concussion? Follow the 4 R’s to ensure you’re making the proper steps toward recovery. Athletes have...
Knowledge Nuggets Nutrition Wondering what role nutrition played in the Raptors’ NBA Championship? This interview with Jennifer Sygo, registered dietitian and performance nutritionist with the Toronto Raptors, Athletics Canada and Swimming Canada, talks...
Blog 2020 Arctic Winter Games: How Uneven Competition Led to Significant Change in Northern Sport Development June 21, 2019 This is the first blog in a series leading up to the 2020 Arctic Winter Games that will be hosted by Whitehorse, YT March 15-21, 2020. Subsequent blogs will focus...