“Sport and Peace” Book Published
by Brian Wilson, Professor in the UBC School of Kinesiology and Advisory Steering Committee member of the UBC Centre for Sport and Sustainability
Symposium: Advancing Social Development Through Sport
Presented by the UBC Faculty of Education, the School of Kinesiology, and the Centre for Sport and Sustainability
GRI Releases Event Sector Supplement
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has released a new sustainability reporting mechanism for events.
Wendy Frisby Top 20
The Centre would like to congratulate our own Wendy Frisby for being recognized as one of the Most Influential Women in Sport and Physical Activity in 2011 by CAAWS (Canadian Association for Women in Sport). Wendy Frisby is a Professor in the UBC School of Kinesiology and former Chair of Women’s and Gender Studies. She is [...]
Feminist Community Research book published
Wendy Frisby is co-Director of the CSS and a Professor in the School of Kinesiology in the Faculty of Education
Sport Mega-Event Think Tank: Grad Student Symposium
Join us at CIRS on Thursday, November 10 for a grad-student led afternoon of presentations and discussions.
Sport can transform people, communities, even cultures delivering lasting economic, social and health benefits. There is a growing need to better understand the opportunities and effects created by sport and sport events. Which key factors combine so that they might contribute to local and global sustainability?
— Stephen Toope, UBC President
For further information about the Centre and related programs:
Robert Sparks, Director
Email: robert.sparks@ubc.ca
Phone (604) 822-2767
Fax (604) 822-6842
Mailing Address:
Centre for Sport and Sustainability
6081 University Boulevard
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1
Canada
