Knowledge Nuggets Did You Know? Since Wheelchair Curling was included in the Paralympics as a full-medal sport, Canada is the only country to have won medals at four consecutive Paralympic events. Check out the action...
Knowledge Nuggets SIRCuit The Spring 2019 SIRCuit is now available! Check out our newest collection of articles, providing timely and relevant research and insights relating to leadership, athlete development, and high performance sport:...
Blog - SIRCuit Cannabis and Sport: Perspectives from a Seat in the Canadian Senate April 25, 2019 Canada’s Olympic history is a decorated one. There have been so many moments of note that we sometimes need reminding of what has transpired as the years pass as the...
Blog - SIRCuit Gender Equity is Good Governance – Lessons from the Sport Sector April 25, 2019 The gender makeup of sport, and sport leadership, is changing. In 2018, the Government of Canada made it clear that gender equity is a priority for all levels of sport,...
Blog - SIRCuit A Positive Environment for Volunteer Coaches: The Role of Psychological Contract April 25, 2019 Community sport organizations or clubs are the cornerstone of sport in Canada. A vast majority of these community sport clubs rely almost exclusively on volunteers for their management and program...
Knowledge Nuggets Safe Sport Whether relating to abuse and harassment, or systemic doping, you may wonder how some issues remain open secrets in organizations where multiple stakeholders know about a problem or a concern,...
Blog - SIRCuit Using app-based technology to influence the physical activity of Canadians April 24, 2019 Despite the plethora of positive health outcomes associated with regular physical activity, only 18% of Canadian adults currently meet national physical activity guidelines (Statistics Canada, 2017). To help buck this...
Blog Warmth or Competence: Do parents value one more than the other in competitive youth sport coaches? April 18, 2019 Competence and warmth are two of the fundamental dimensions which we often judge other people (Kervyn, Bergsieker, & Fiske, 2011). Traits such as friendliness, helpfulness, sincerity, trustworthiness, and morality, all...
Knowledge Nuggets Concussion For ringette, putting a values lens on the issue of concussions made decision-making simpler – preventing concussions as much as possible and ensuring athletes recover properly are priorities. When pressure...
Knowledge Nuggets Safe Sport To address abuse and harassment in sport, the Coaching Association of Canada is leading a consultation process to explore the creation of a pan Canadian code of conduct and associated...