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April 24, 2023

Cannabis and sport: What athletes and sport organizations need to know

Highlights With the exception of CBD, cannabinoids remain prohibited by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport during the competition phase of the athletic season and therefore are not to be used by athletes Although some cannabis and CBD products may be suggested to have the potential to aid with recovery or sports performance, very little, if any research exists to support these claims The risks of using CBD products to enhance performance or recovery largely outweigh the potential benefits, […]

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Why Transgender Eligibility Policies Aren’t Enough

January 22, 2019

In releasing its transgender inclusion policy in September 2018, U Sports joined an ever-increasing list of organizations, from the community to international levels, that have implemented policies to regulate the...

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Changing the Culture of Hazing in Canada

January 22, 2019

Allegations emerging in media reports from Toronto’s St. Michael’s College in the fall of 2018 have made hazing top of mind for athletic staff at Canada’s secondary and post-secondary education...

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Balancing Psychological Load: New Perspectives on Recovery

January 22, 2019

Current views on recovery Recent research by Nash and Sproule (2018) asked coaches for their views on recovery in training. While recovery was widely understood as crucially important, results revealed...

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Coming of Age With Relative Age Research: Origins, Consequences, and Potential Solutions

January 22, 2019

On October 17, 2018, Relative Age Effects: An International Conference was hosted at York University where leading international scholars gathered to discuss the implications of athletes’ dates of birth on...

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The Implications of Cannabis Legalization for Athletes

October 10, 2018

The legalization of cannabis in Canada will have significant implications on the Canadian sport system, ranging from anti-doping policy, to athlete and staff safety and wellbeing, to risk management for...

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The Development of Executive Functions and Social and Emotional Learning Skills Through Sport

October 10, 2018

One of the biggest stories coming out of the 2018 Winter Olympics was the success of the Norwegian Team, who topped the overall medal count with 39 medals (7.33 medals/million...

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Increasing engagement by addressing de-selection practices in youth sport

October 10, 2018

As researchers and educators who have been (and still are!) extensively involved in sport, back to school time also means back to school SPORT time! Through our personal experience and...

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Issues in Athlete Identification and Selection: Are We Compromising Talent?

October 10, 2018

Despite some important ethical and developmental concerns, early identification and selection is the modus operandi of high performance sport. Most sport systems internationally have limited resources for high performance athlete...

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A Year in the Making – Reflections on Canada Artistic Swimming’s new name, new brand and commitment to excellence

October 10, 2018

When FINA, the international body that governs aquatics, changed the name of the synchronized swimming discipline to artistic swimming, it sent more than a wave across the sport in Canada....

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Marginal Gains Reconsidered: How Sport Organizations Hold the Key to Boosting Sport Performance

July 11, 2018

The “aggregation of marginal gains” has become such a catchphrase that people have stopped questioning what it means. Science is meant to question, not to follow, and to look for...