Knowledge Nuggets Major Games At the Pan and Parapan Am Games, the service environment an athlete experiences can influence their competitive performance. For event managers, creating a great games experience entails meeting athletes’ basic...
Knowledge Nuggets Gender Equity After Day 6 at the Pan American Games, Team Canada women have won 32 of Canada’s 55 medals (58%) plus 4 mixed team event medals. This success is in line...
Blog If you build it, those with vouchers will come July 31, 2019 In 2015, the Town of Milton, Ontario, constructed the $56 million Mattamy National Cycling Centre, which hosted the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games’ track cycling competitions. The Mattamy National Cycling...
Knowledge Nuggets Hosting New facilities are an important part of hosting national and international events. But how can host committees leverage the events to drive post-event community engagement? Research conducted at the Mattamy...
Knowledge Nuggets Pan American Games Go Canada Go! The Pan American Games kicks off today in Lima, Peru. Athletes from around the world will amaze and inspire. The SIRC team wishes all members of the...
Knowledge Nuggets Concussion Newsletter SIRC’s monthly concussion newsletter is the go-to source for best practices from Canadian and international sport organizations, practical tools, and recommended resources from Sport Canada and the Public Health Agency...
Knowledge Nuggets Did You Know? Delegations from 41 countries will gather in one week for the opening ceremonies of the Pan American Games. The Games, running from July 26 to August 11, will welcome 6,900...
Blog Innovative Research is Reducing Concussion Risks for Artistic Swimmers July 10, 2019 Most Canadians would not consider artistic swimming (formerly synchronized swimming) a contact sport. But ask an athlete or coach, and they will tell you it can get pretty intense. “Especially...
Knowledge Nuggets Did You Know? During Wimbledon, 53,000 tennis balls will be used. According to International Tennis Federation rules, every ball is hand-tested for its bounce, weight and compression, stored at 68°F, and replaced during...
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...