Social Issues in Canadian Sport - Marty Clark

Descriere Social Issues in Canadian Sport - Marty Clark

\nMarty Clark, PhD, is an associate professor in the department of health and physical education at Mount Royal University. His teaching and research engage with historical and sociological perspectives on health, physical activity, physical literacy, and sport. He is currently a coinvestigator on three research projects: a critical study of golf in the United States; a collaborative inquiry into sport experiences of trans, non-binary, and gender-diverse people in Alberta, Canada; and a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning project on freewriting in academic contexts.\n \nClark began a five-year term as chair of the department of health and physical education in 2025. A student-focused educator, he is deeply committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and the ongoing work of Indigenization and decolonization in post-secondary education.\n \nWilliam Bridel, PhD, is an award-winning associate professor in the faculty of kinesiology at the University of Calgary. He began a five-year term as senior associate dean of academic programs in 2025. His teaching and research focuses on sociocultural aspects of sport, physical activity, and the body. With a distinct interest in studying sex, gender, and sexuality in sport and the larger cultural context, Bridel's research has included a focus on 2SLGBTQIA+ people's inclusion in sport historically and in contemporary times, along with broader questions about equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and safer sport.\n \nBridel's advocacy work includes being a founding member of the LGBTQI2S+ Sport Inclusion Task Force. He has also worked with and spoken to various community, provincial, and national sport organizations, challenging athletes, coaches, administrators, volunteers, and officials to address inclusion in multidimensional and meaningful ways. Beyond sport, Bridel was a member of a local advisory group for a research and advocacy project addressing the restrictions of blood and plasma donation placed on gay, bisexual, queer, and other men who have sex with men in Canada.\n

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9781718215283

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