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  • ICOS Direct Angela Schneider on Olympic cancellations and athlete finances

    October 08, 2020

    ICOS Director Angela Schneider on CBC Radio: Impact of Tokoy 2020's cancellation on athlete finances severe

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  • PhD Public Presentation and Defense: Taylor McKee - "Born of a spirit that knows no conquering"

    August 21, 2020

    Taylor McKee defends his phd dissertation, an historical investigation of narratives of violence in Pacific Coast League hockey

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  • June 24, 2020

    Kinesiology rose from 37th to 32nd rank in the QS World University Rankings. This makes Kinesiology 澳门六合彩开奖预测鈥檚 second-highest ranked discipline in the QS evaluation.


  • June 21, 2020

    Nancy Quinn, Laura Misener and David Howe have published a study on the spatiality of the athletes' village at the 21st Commonwealth Games, in the Sociology of Sport Journal.


  • Call for Presentations: Journal of Emerging Sport Studies 2020 Digital Symposium

    May 21, 2020

    JESS, the Journal of Emerging Sport Studies, announces its first Digital Symposium, 'Power at Play,' October 16-18, 2020. The deadline for abstract submission is June 30, 2020.

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  • May 17, 2020

    In a new paper in the Journal of Sport and Social issues, SSIRG members Mac Ross and Janice Forsyth investigate how indigenous female boxers approach their sport as a mechanism for social change.


  • April 13, 2020

    Alison Doherty has joined the board of the newly established Canadian Women & Sport Research Committee, formerly the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sport.


  • April 12, 2020

    Laura Misener and colleagues from Mount Royal University and the University of the West of Scotland have launched 'Project Echo' which assesses the after-effects of parasports events on disabled peoples lives in host locations.


  • April 10, 2020

    Maxwell Smith and Laura Misener examine the ethical imperative that exists to protect the well-being of Olympic athletes and sports spectators during the unprecedented CoVid-19 crisis.


  • January 23, 2020

    In a sit-down with the 澳门六合彩开奖预测 News, ICOS Director and former Olympian Angela Schneider announced significant changes in the direction of the International Centre for Olympic Studies.


  • January 14, 2020

    in 'The Conversation', SSIRG members Taylor McKee and Janice Forsyth provide a critical perspective on the politics of 'safe sports' in NHL hockey.