New explainer video on Gender-Based Violence, Intersectional Environmentalism, and the Bicycles for Development Movement
Dr. Lyndsay Hayhurst, Associate Professor at York University and member of the Mobilizing Sport and Sustainability Collective, explains gender-based violence, intersectional environmentalism, and the Bicycles for Development movement, with an example from her work with collaborators in Nicaragua. Visit the Sport and Sustainability Media and Education Resource to watch the video!
New explainer video on Gender Equality in Sport Media!
Dr. Dunja Antunovic, Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota and member of the Mobilizing Sport and Sustainability Collective, discusses gender equality and sport media. Visit the Sport and Sustainability Media and Education Resource to watch the video!
New explainer video on Athlete Wellbeing!
Dr. Erica Bennett, Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia and member of the Mobilizing Sport and Sustainability Collective, discusses athlete well-being. Visit the Sport and Sustainability Media and Education Resource to watch the video! And, for more on athlete wellbeing, visit the Athlete Wellbeing Digital Museum.
New explainer video on the Circular Economy (and Bicycles)!
Dr. Courtney Szto, Assistant Professor at Queen’s University, CSS Affiliate, and member of the Mobilizing Sport and Sustainability Collective, explains the circular economy, referring to the ‘life’ of bicycles as an example, in this explainer video. Visit the Sport and Sustainability Media and Education Resource to watch the video!
News coverage and new article on gender equality and upcoming Paris Olympics
CSS Leadership Team member Dr. Andrea Bundon and CSS Affiliate Dunja Antonovic are featured in coverage on gender equality and the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics in two new articles. They emphasize strategies for promoting gender equity across levels of competition. Read the articles below: Why the 2024 Paris Olympics are Pivotal for Gender Equity in […]
Event recap: Gavin Weedon on Active Bodies in the Anthropocene
Dr. Gavin Weedon is Associate Professor in Sociology of Sport, Health and the Body and Head of the Sport and Society Research Group in the Department of Sport Science at Nottingham Trent University. Gavin is visiting UBC’s Centre for Sport and Sustainability this month, supported by an international research partnership grant he received through NTU, […]
Upcoming Event! “Pushed Out of the League: Anti-Indigenous Structural Racism in Canadian Hockey”
Pushed Out of the League: Anti-Indigenous Structural Racism in Canadian Hockey [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vp0__X5RNw[/youtube] A virtual panel discussion Thursday, November 30th at 3pm (PST) If “hockey is Canada’s game,” what does it say about ‘Canada’ and ‘hockey’ when Indigenous people are being excluded from playing the sport they love? What does it mean when all-Indigenous teams are […]
Visit the Sport and Sustainability Research and Education Media Resource!
Interested in media and educational resources related to sport and sustainability? Visit the Sport and Sustainability Research and Education Media Resource! This new Resource is designed to be the primary knowledge mobilization hub for UBC’s Centre for Sport and Sustainability. Contents of the Resource were contributed mostly by members of a CSS-affiliated group called the […]
Dunja Antunovic on Feminist Sports Media Studies: Past, Present, and Future Directions
Feminist Sports Media Studies: Past, Present, and Future Directions On Friday, October 20th, 2023, visiting scholar Dr. Dunja Antunovic presented on feminist sport media studies at the Chan Gunn Pavilion to UBC Kinesiology grad students and faculty. Abstract: For decades, scholars have raised concerns about gender inequalities in media coverage. Although women’s sports receive significant […]
Talk by visiting PhD student Frida Austmo Wågan
UBC Kinesiology students and faculty gathered on Friday, October 27th, 2023, at the Chan Gunn Pavilion to hear Frida Austmo Wågan — a visiting Ph.D. student with UBC’s Centre for Sport & Sustainability and the School of Kinesiology, through UBC Global’s Visiting International Research Student Program — discuss her PhD research and her research group […]