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Temperature regulation for wheelchair basketball athletes

Research with elite women’s wheelchair basketball athletes has shown playing time can negatively impact body temperature regulation, increasing the risk of heat exhaustion, heat cramps, and heat stroke. Coaches are encouraged to monitor the cooling strategies of athletes with high...

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Creating quality sports programs for kids with intellectual and developmental disabilities

June 28, 2021

Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) can benefit physically and psychosocially when they take part in sport (Baran et al., 2009, 2013; Weiss & Bebko, 2008). Unfortunately, their needs are often neglected, which leads to various physical, social, communication...

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Prospective Examination of Special Olympics Sport Retention in Ontario

October 3, 2019

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A Framework for Creating a Campus Culture of Compassion: A Participatory Action Research Approach to Equality

October 15, 2009

A Framework for Creating a Campus Culture of Compassion: A Participatory Action Research Approach to Equality

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Policy and program considerations for increasing sport participation among members of underrepresented groups in Canada

December 12, 2016

Sport should be available and responsive to the needs of all Canadians who want to participate. However, members of a number of groups do not participate at the same rates as their mainstream counterparts. Some women and girls, Indigenous peoples,...

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Build It Up, Knock It Down: My Journey with Program Evaluation in a Para Sport Organization

May 25, 2021

This blog is part of a series in collaboration with Brock University. Written by a student in the ‘Program Evaluation in Professional Practice’ course, this blog details a student’s first-hand experience conducting a program evaluation during a placement with the...

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Community parasport

Female youth involved with community parasport programs identify four benefits of their participation – social development, physical development, self-perceptions (feeling more confident), and athlete development (a desire to continue with parasport). Learn more in the SIRC blog.

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Athlete Health

The 2020 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games start today in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The international Healthy Athletes program includes a range of screenings that support a holistic approach to health, reducing the risk of preventable secondary health condition such as...

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Is Accessibility Enough? How to Create Quality Experiences in Parasport

July 18, 2019

In 2006, the United Nations endorsed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) — a landmark convention that protects the right to participation in variety of social domains, including sport activities, venues, and services. The CRPD has...

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Inclusion in the Field(s) of Dreams?

October 3, 2017

The purpose of this project was to explore issues surrounding segregated sport for people with impairments and to address the question of whether or not segregated sport perpetuates inequity (Fay & Wolff, 2009). The specific objectives included: (1) Identifying the...