For more than 100 years, international sport organizations have executed monopolistic power. Now, one has resurrected the founder of the modern Olympics to promote its controversial politics.
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The government has released a discussion paper for the latest national sport strategy. Will this one be more effective than previous attempts? Probably not.
The recent measures announced by the sport minister are a step in the right direction. But Canada needs an independent commission to monitor and prevent abuse in sport.
True gender equity in sport is not simply a matter of paying lip service to equal rights and opportunities. It involves interrogating outdated assumptions and being open to rewriting the rule book.
Voters need to hold political candidates and their parties to account on sport and recreation issues and advocate for support from provincial and territorial governments.
Moving towards an athlete-centred approach to sport is one step in the right direction
Sport policy and practices to support pregnant athletes impacts athletes across all levels of sport. We have an opportunity to change the future for athletes.
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Lang Chair in Sport Management, Lang School of Business and Economics, University of Guelph
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Assistant Professor, Sport Management, Brock University
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Professor & Director, School of Kinesiology, Western University
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Associate Professor of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Brock University
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Associate Professor, Christenson Professor in Active Healthy Living, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta
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Professor, Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta
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Professor in Sport (Event) Governance, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Associate Professor for Sport and Social Science, Aarhus University
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Professor Emerita of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Adjunct Professor, Business School, University of Technology Sydney
