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Sport can promote health and reduce the risk of disease. “Workplace physical activity programs in the US have been shown to reduce short-term sick leave by 6%-32%, reduce health-care costs by 20%-55%, and increase productivity by 2%-52%.”
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Sport Information
Resource Centre (SIRC)
180 Elgin Street, Suite 1400
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K2P 2K3
Tel.: +1 (613) 231-7472
Toll Free +1 (800) 665-6413
Fax: +1 (613) 231-3739
www.sirc.ca
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Social Development
Sport is a tool that has far-reaching affect on society. From Africa to Canada it can be used to educate youth, reduce the risk of disease, prevent crime, provide economic development, aid in social inclusion, increase environmental awareness and bring communities closer together.
On November 6th the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) released a new report from the True Sport Movement. What Sport Can Do: A True Sport Report outlines community sport in Canada and how it is an integral part of Canadian society by examining how it improves health and well-being, puts children on a positive life course, builds stronger and more inclusive communities, contributes to Canadian economy and promotes environmental sustainability.
92% of Canadians believe that community sport has a positive role in the lives of youth. This is reflected in the 33,650 sport and recreation organizations and 5.3 million volunteers. At SIRC, we recognize the importance of sport and physical activity from elite to grassroots. We would like to take this opportunity to highlight community sport and encourage you to read What Sport Can Do. Consider how sport and physical activity plays a role in your everyday life and how it can affect the lives of others globally every day.
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What Sport Can Do
There is now evidence that sport’s benefits go far beyond the positive health effects of physical activity that have long been understood. A growing body of research points to community sport’s fundamental role as a primary generator of social capital and related benefits across a broad spectrum of societal goals including education, child and youth development, social inclusion, crime prevention, economic development and environmental sustainability.
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Health and Development Through Physical Activity and Sport
Physical activity and healthy sports are essential for our health and well being. Appropriate physical activity and sports for all constitute one of the major components of a healthy lifestyle, along with healthy diet, tobacco free life and avoidance of other substances harmful to health. Available experience and scientific evidence show that the regular practice of appropriate physical activity and sports provides people, male and female, of all ages and conditions, including persons with disability, with wide range of physical, social and mental health benefits.
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Creating Change in Your Community
Creating healthy, active communities has a wide range of social benefits. This article presents a profile of Alberta Recreation and Parks Association (ARPA) which provides direction to people who are interested in making their communities more healthy and active. It mentions the three-year initiative of ARPA, the Alberta Active Communities that began in 2006. Accordingly, ARPA has selected 10 diverse communities to participate in its initiative and facilitates an effort to provide focus groups, training, coaching, tool kits, resources and an online communication hub.
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Using Recreation to Curb Extremism
Recreational sport programs help youth establish peaceful and productive relations with their neighbors, in the United States and across the world. According to the United Nations, "young people (ages 15-24) make up 1.2 billion of the world's population". Because of this staggering number of youth, youth sports can represent one of the most dynamic groups in society because sports, being played globally, encompass all race, religion, ethnicity, gender and class.
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Effects of Sport Events on Multicultural Integration
Participation in sport, especially a popular one such as soccer, is widely regarded as an effective way of addressing a range of social problems. Countless soccer leagues, matches, and tournaments have been organized around the world with the explicit goal of challenging violence, racism, social exclusion, and even environmental issues. Relatively few studies, however, have investigated whether these events actually have the pro-social effects that are ascribed to them.
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Beyond the Scoreboard
Sport programs can influence the lives of youth in many ways. A study of the ILO Youth Sport Progamme (YSP) is presented which examined the values and skills that are developed in sport and physical education and how they can transfer to the workplace. Skills such as leadership, discipline, fair play, tolerance, healthy lifestyle, equal access to justice, solidarity and friendship, peace building and conflict resolution, how to win and lose, managing competition, social inclusion, and volunteering are outlined presenting relevant employer competencies and qualities.
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News from SIRC |
2008 SIRC Research Award
SIRC is proud
to announce the official launch of
the 2008 SIRC Research Award and the introduction of the SIRC Research
Development Award.
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SIRC Boardroom Rental
SIRC’s state of the art boardroom is available for meetings, training sessions and seminars.
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Ask A SIRC Librarian |
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SIRC members have access to SIRC librarians and we are pleased to share some of your questions.
Dear SIRC Librarian:
Our school district in Interior Alaska is looking for guidance to set a cold temperature cutoff for student participation in outdoor sports. Is there research?
Thanks
Elizabeth, Director
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