Our mission
The Centre is dedicated to improving understandings of the relationships between sport and human and ecological wellbeing, social and economic development, and cultural identity.
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver campus
Upcoming Seminar — Sport & The Environment: Mountain and Winter Sports Tourism in an Era of Climate Change
Organized in partnership with the Brock University Centre for Sport Capacity and The University of British Columbia’s Centre for Sport and Sustainability — join us on Friday, October 7th, 10:00am PST (1pm EST) to discuss sport and the environment in the Canadian sport context! This is the fourth of sixth webinars in this series. The […] Read More
Two new articles out on bicycling and homelessness
Two new articles on homelessness and bicycling by CSS Research and Information Coordinator Jeanette Steinmann and CSS Director Dr. Brian Wilson — articles based on Jeanette’s MA research — have been published in the journals Mobilities and Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. Different Spokes for Different Folks: experiences with cycling and the bicycle from […] Read More
Event Summary: David Goldblatt on Sport and the Environment
Sport & The Environment: Politics, Practices and Preferred Futures Speaker Series Co-Hosted by the UBC Kinesiology’s Centre for Sport and Sustainability (CSS) and Brock University’s Centre for Sport Capacity (CSC) Notes and Timestamps for talk by David Goldblatt, Thursday Feb 3, 2022 About the speaker: David Goldblatt is a British writer, academic, and journalist. He […] Read More
Sport and the Environment: Speaker Series Co-Hosted by the CSS and Brock’s Centre for Sport Capacity (1st seminar Thursday Feb 3 2022)
Sport & The Environment: Politics, Practices and Preferred Futures The University of British Columbia’s Centre for Sport and Sustainability and Brock University’s Centre for Sport Capacity have partnered to host a speaker series entitled Sport & The Environment: Politics, Practices and Preferred Futures! The climate emergency has come starkly into focus. Wildfires, flooding, and extreme […] Read More
Welcome to the CSS podcast page, Season 1 hosted by Dr. Andrea Bundon
The CSS podcast is dedicated to exploring a the relationships between and impacts of sport on a variety of social, cultural, and environmental factors. Season 1, “The Legacy Season”, was inspired by the 10-year anniversary of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, a time when issues of the impact and legacies of mega sport […] Read More
Presenting the ‘Play It Green’ podcast, hosted by Sport & Sustainability Ambassadors Vanessa Hsu and Sadhri Kumar!
Play It Green is a podcast which aims to explore unique perspectives on sustainability-related topics from experts in the field of sports. The podcast was developed by Vanessa Hsu and Sadhri Kumar, UBC Sustainability Ambassadors, in association with the UBC’s Center for Sport and Sustainability (CSS). The goal of the podcast is to provide entertaining […] Read More