Blog Leveraging Parasport Events for Sustainable Community Participation October 3, 2017 Community Sport Disability Games and Hosting Hosting Knowledge Mobilization Para Sport Sport Participation Policy Maker and Government Official Sport Organization The aim of this project was to examine how the hosting of different forms of sport events for persons with disabilities were being leveraged to create opportunities for community participation, and influence community attitudes towards disability. Research on events demonstrates...
Blog What I Wish I Knew Then – 5 Lessons Learned from a High Performance Athlete April 24, 2016 Athlete Development Coaching Games and Hosting High Performance Mental Skills Nutrition and Hydration Para Sport Sleep and Recovery Training Factors Athlete Coach Official Parent Sport teaches us innumerable lessons. When I reflect on my own sporting journey, I cringe at some of the mis-steps I took as a younger athlete. This is not to say that today I’m past the point of making mistakes....
Blog The 2017 North American Indigenous Games June 21, 2017 Games and Hosting Athlete Coach Parent The 2017 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) will be hosted by Toronto from July 16-23, with venues across the Greater Toronto Area. This will be the 10th NAIG to be staged, the first having taken place in 1990. Travelling from...
Blog Celebrating the Year of Sport with the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games! July 8, 2015 Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Games and Hosting Athlete Coach Official Parent Sport Organization Starting July 10-26 through to August 7-15, Toronto and its surrounding communities will be the proud hosts of the 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games. It's the world’s 3rd largest international multi-sport Games with over 10,000 athletes, 20,000 volunteers...
Blog Let the 2015 Winter Games Begin! February 12, 2015 Games and Hosting The Canada Winter Games, which run from February 13 to March 1, 2015, will be hosted in Prince George and Northern B.C. These multi-sport games are the largest games in Canada for young athletes and are held every 2 years,...
Blog Slopestyle Snowboarding February 6, 2014 Games and Hosting High Performance Olympic & Paralympic Games Athlete Coach Parent Sport Organization Slopestyle snowboarding will be making its debut as a Winter Olympic event in Sochi. Needless to say, Canada will be in full force with some of the best slopestyle snowboarders in the world. The goal of slopestyle snowboarding is to...
Publications Leveraging Parasport Events for Sustainable Community Participation October 3, 2019 Disability Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Games and Hosting Hosting Para Sport Program Design and Evaluation Sport Participation Policy Maker and Government Official Sport Organization Leveraging Parasport Events for Sustainable Community Participation
Knowledge Nuggets Did You Know? Games and Hosting High Performance Para Sport Athlete Coach Official Parent Policy Maker and Government Official Researcher Sport Organization Wheelchair Rugby, originally known as murderball, is a fast and furious full contact sport. A combination of elements from basketball, handball and ice hockey, the sport was invented in Winnipeg in 1976. Today, it is played in 40 countries and...
Knowledge Nuggets Did You Know? Equipment Games and Hosting High Performance Para Sport Athlete Coach Official Parent Sport Organization Para cyclists compete on bicycles (sometimes modified for prosthetics), tandem bicycles (for athletes with visual impairments), handcycles (used by amputee and paraplegic athletes), and tricycles (for athletes with impairments affecting their balance and coordination). Para cycling begins today at the...
