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Technology

• Data and Analytics
• Leadership and Governance
• Technology
• Sport Organization

Today is Data Privacy Day, an international effort to create awareness about the importance of respecting privacy and safeguarding data. In this SIRC blog, Natasha Johnstone, Executive Director of Ringette Canada, shares her organization’s ransomware experience, and provides tips for...

Video

• Data and Analytics
• Gender Equity
• Knowledge Mobilization
• Leadership and Governance
• Technology
• Women and Girls
• Researcher
• Sport Organization

In the newest SIRCTalks episode, Dr. Nicole LaVoi, Director of The Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport, discusses the importance of using data and evidence to facilitate social change. Watch the episode here.

Coaching

• Coaching
• Social Media
• Technology
• Youth
• Athlete
• Coach
• Parent

As a coach, establishing social media boundaries with your athletes requires an intentional approach. Coaches should consider the age of their athletes, their personal coaching pedagogy, and the purpose for interacting on social media. Learn more in the Coaches Association of Ontario’s...

Volleyball Aerodynamics

• Equipment
• Technology
• Athlete

New research in aerodynamics is shedding light on the key to those sneaky float serves in volleyball. Using a wind tunnel and hitting robot, researchers noted the pattern of panels on the ball presents an asymmetric surface to the flow...

Communication

• Leadership and Governance
• Marketing and Communications
• Technology
• Sport Organization

Looking to refine your communication strategy in the current circumstances? Keep in mind four principles for crisis communication: 1. Empathize; 2. Focus on action; 3, Keep it simple; and 4. The medium is the message. Learn more in the SIRC...

Digital Program Admin

• Program Design and Evaluation
• Technology
• Youth
• Sport Organization

Thinking about taking your program registration and evaluation tasks online? In the SIRCuit, MLSE LaunchPad shares insights and best practices from the development of their Scoreboard™ digital platform.

COVID Communication Fatigue: Before you add another online meeting, stop and reconsider

May 20, 2020

• Health and Wellness
• Leadership and Governance
• Mental Health
• Technology
• Workplace Wellness
• Sport Organization

As the COVID-19 crisis continues, complaints of meeting fatigue are on the rise.  Have you found your day filled with back-to-back Zoom calls, where you stare blankly at the poorly lit face of a colleague on the computer screen, as...

Did You Know?

• High Performance
• Participation
• Technology
• Athlete

Even the most solitary of sports — distance running — is not immune to the COVID-19 lockdown. Using a combination of live-streaming and the honor code, 2,400 participants from 56 countries took part in the Quarantine Backyard Ultra. For 63...

Podium Performance Webinars

• Athlete Development
• Coaching
• Mental Skills
• Professional Development
• Technology
• Coach

In partnership with CoachNB, CoachingNL and CoachingPEI, the Canadian Sport Institute Atlantic’s Podium Performance Webinars offer a virtual platform for coaches to connect and learn. The Coach Socialization Series consists of 3-4 sessions a week covering a variety of topics...

Technology

• Leadership and Governance
• Technology
• Sport Organization

Think ransomware attacks only happen to international corporations? In today's SIRC blog, Natasha Johnstone, Executive Director of Ringette Canada, shares her organization's experience, and provides tips for how to prevent an attack and how to manage if your computer network...