Blog Scaling down the circus to scale up the benefits – A proposed future for international sport events April 17, 2018 Games and Hosting Hosting Leadership and Governance Sport Participation Policy Maker and Government Official Researcher Sport Organization 2018 is an exciting year with four major international sporting events on the calendar: the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Commonwealth Games, and the Arctic Winter Games. These events are embraced by those with a love for sport, including the...
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...
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
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...
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 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 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...
Knowledge Nuggets Promising practice Games and Hosting Hosting Sport Participation Policy Maker and Government Official Researcher Sport Organization A partnership between Brock University and the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games is raising the bar for legacies from major games. In addition to infrastructure and operations legacies, the university has invested in a number of academic legacies – research,...
Knowledge Nuggets Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Games and Hosting Olympic & Paralympic Games Athlete Coach Official Parent Policy Maker and Government Official Researcher Sport Organization The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games officially open today and continue through Sunday, August 8. With 370 athletes and 131 coaches attending, this is the largest contingent of Canadian athletes at an Olympic Games since Los Angeles 1984.
Knowledge Nuggets Rise of the athlete voice Games and Hosting High Performance Leadership and Governance Olympic & Paralympic Games Athlete “As athletes, we’re being taken more seriously and senior leaders are asking for our opinions – not because they feel they have to check a box, but because they believe we have something important to bring to the table.” –...
