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  • New collection out now: ‘Sport and the Environment: Politics and Preferred Futures’

    Click here to learn more about the collection, co- edited by CSS Director Brian Wilson and Brad Millington, Associate Professor in Sport Management at Brock University. Read More

  • VIDEO FOOTAGE AND EVENT SUMMARY AVAILABLE NOW! — FOR ‘CRITICAL DIALOGUES ON SUSTAINABILITY, SPORT EVENTS, AND IMPACT ASSESSMENTS’ EVENT (MARCH 9 2020)

    ‘CRITICAL DIALOGUES ON SUSTAINABILITY, SPORT EVENTS, AND IMPACT ASSESSMENTS’: EVENT SUMMARY NOTE: The authors of the following article – Phoebe Autio, Rachel Chan, Damara Featherstone, Hannah Sarchuk and Xuedan Xu – were part of the 2019-2020 cohort of UBC Sustainability’s flagship Sustainability Ambassadors programme. This is a year long programme for students interested in enhancing […] Read More

  • CSS Legacy Series: ‘Critical Dialogues on Sustainability, Sport Events, and Impact Assessments’, Monday, March 9th 2020

    The Centre for Sport and Sustainability (CSS) is dedicated to improving understandings of the relationships between sport and human and ecological wellbeing, social and economic development, and cultural identity. In recognition of the 10th anniversary of the Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the CSS is hosting a series of public dialogues focused on a […] Read More

  • CSS Hosting Climate Comeback Video Launch and Panel: October 10, 2019 — 5:30-7:30pm, BC Hydro Theatre, CIRS Building

      In light of the 2018 Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report that told us we have 12 (now 11) years to tackle the climate crisis, collective action is necessary now more than ever. This event is an attempt by UBC’s Climate Hub to promote such action, through their support of the development of […] Read More

  • What is the Truth About Sport and Reconciliation? Community-Centered Sport, Decolonization and Indigenous Resurgence – September 24th, 2019 at the UBC First Nations Longhouse

    For many Indian Residential School survivors, sport was an important source of resilience against the otherwise traumatic conditions of the schools. Based on these experiences, sport has been identified as an important pathway to Indigenous resurgence, with five of the ninety-four Calls to Action emerging from the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission […] Read More

  • ‘Mount Gariwang: An Olympic Casualty’ documentary and study guide now available!

      The full version of the ‘Mount Gariwang: An Olympic Casualty‘ documentary is now available! You can watch the original English version, or the Korean version. Both come with the option of closed-captions (click on the ‘cc’ button in the bottom right of the video window). See the English trailer here, and the Korean trailer […] Read More

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The Centre is dedicated to improving understandings of the relationships between sport and human and ecological wellbeing, social and economic development, and cultural identity.

 


 

 

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