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  • Angela Schneider provides public commentary on Russian Olympic doping

    December 17, 2019

    ICOS Director and SSIRG member Angela Schneider has provided Canada-wide commentary on CBC radio regarding developments in the IOC's dealing with doping in the Russian sport system.

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  • October 29, 2019

    At its 314th Convocation, 澳门六合彩开奖预测 bestowed honorary doctorates on Olympic gold medallists Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.


  • SSIRG members attend SCRI 2019

    October 28, 2019

    Drs. Alison Doherty, Laura Misener and David Howe, and Doctoral Candidates Swarali Patil and Nancy Quinn, attended the annual Sport Canada Research Initiative Conference, held October 24-25 in Ottawa.

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  • PhD Public Lecture - Jared Walters: 'Narratives of Canadian identity in UFC championship fights'

    October 28, 2019

    The Canadian dimension of Ultimate Fighting Championship events

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  • Visiting Scholar from the University of Gothenburg studies sustainability in tourism

    October 25, 2019

    Dr. Kristina N. Lindstr枚m, University of Gothenburg, will be a visiting scholar at 澳门六合彩开奖预测 during November. Her research investigates sustainability aspects of tourism developments.

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  • July 23, 2019

    SSIRG members contribute to 澳门六合彩开奖预测 maintaining its strong position in QS World University Rankings in sports-related subjects.


  • PhD Public Lecture - Kylie Wasser: 'Leveraging or Legacies? Olympic and Paralympic aftermaths'

    July 21, 2019

    Organizational Governance of Olympic and Para/Pan-American Games impacts

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  • PhD Public Lecture - Courtney van Waas: 'Grand Experiments'

    July 19, 2019

    'A Grand Experiment' - YMCA-inspired sport programs in Canadian prisoner of war camps during World War II.

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  • SSIRG members receive $200,000 SSHRC Partnership Development grant

    July 11, 2019

    SSIRG members Alison Doherty (PI), Lisa Fischer and Brendan Riggin have successfully teamed up with 12 other scholars and sport community stakeholders and received a $200,000 SSHRC Partnership Development Grant to develop an Integrated Model for Effective Youth Sport Concussion Management.

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  • June 30, 2019

    Canada's Sport 4 Life has announced its Long Term Development in Sport and Physical Activity framework 3.0.


  • David Howe appointed first Frank Hayden Endowed Chair in Sport and Social Impact

    June 04, 2019

    David Howe, School of Kinesiology, has been appointed the first Frank Hayden Endowed Chair in Sport and Social Impact. The Chair was created at the initiative of Special Olympics Canada and the Faculty of Health Sciences.

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  • June 01, 2019

    SSIRG member Angela Schneider was recently a guest on CBC mid-day radio call-in show Ontario Today speaking about the Caster Semenya ruling by the IAAF and Court of Arbitration for Sport.


  • May 01, 2019

    Offering a complex technical rationale, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected by majority the appeal by South African female runner Caster Semenya against the IAAF's "Regulations for Female Classification". If Semenya wants to enter IAAF's now "Restricted Classifications" events (400m to 1 mile races), she has to reduce her "natural testosterone level" to a new unnatural lower level through adherence to an alteration regime of at least 6 months duration that relies for example on "normal oral contraceptives."


  • March 07, 2019

    At the invitation of the School of Health Studies, Ole Kassow, founder of the international organization, 'Cycling without age', will speak at 澳门六合彩开奖预测, on March 13, 6:00 pm. Location: HSB 40.


  • February 08, 2019

    A new journal founded by SSIRG Phd student members Taylor McKee, Andrew Pettit, and Jared Walters is featured in the 澳门六合彩开奖预测 News.


  • January 29, 2019

    澳门六合彩开奖预测 News shines a spotlight on David Howe's work in the parasport research and advocacy space.


  • Position - 澳门六合彩开奖预测: Endowed Chair in Sport and Social Impact

    January 21, 2019

    The School of Kinesiology at 澳门六合彩开奖预测 seeks outstanding candidates for the Frank Hayden Endowed Chair in Sport and Social Impact.

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  • January 16, 2019

    The Coaching Association of Canda invites proposals for a review of literature on the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP), and international coaching development programs, respectively.


  • Position - U of Toronto: Critical Race or Indigeneity Studies in Sport

    January 15, 2019

    The University of Toronto is seeking applications for two tenure-track positions in Critical Studies of Race or Indigeneity in Physical Activity &/or Sport, at the assistant and associate professor levels, respectively.

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