Publications

Selected research publications

Barrick, S. J., & Mair, H. (2025). Hurry hard!: Exploring the possibilities and pitfalls for curling to help (re) build society in/through community sport. Leisure/Loisir, 1-29.

Gulliver, L., Misener, K. E., Morrison, K. A., & Babiak, K. (2025). The inside story: how strategic social responsibility impacts internal stakeholders in Major Junior Hockey. Managing Sport and Leisure, 1-17.

Herold, E., Wicker, P., Misener, K. E., Kihl, L. A., & Cuskelly, G. (2025). Linking board gender composition with fraud in community sport organizations: diversity is prevention. Managing Sport and Leisure, 1-14.

Pennock, K., and McKenzie, B. (2025). Risk, responsibility, and prevention in injury management: Implications of concussion (mis)education on youth athlete knowledge uptake. Communication and Sport

Potwarka, L. R., Safati, A. B., Pappas, A. T., Ramchandani, G., Naraine, M. L., Gurbez, N., ... & Hall, P. A. (2025). Understanding the sport viewership experience using functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 13374.

Joseph, J., Pennock, K., and Brown, S. (2024). Black hair is a safe sport issue!: Black aesthetics, access, inclusion, and resistance. Sociology of Sport Journal. 

Morrison, K. A., & Misener, K. E. (2024). Strategy practitioners and the procedural legitimacy of strategic planning in nonprofit community sport. Sport Management Review, 27(4), 572-594.

Pennock, K., Tamminen, K., McKenzie, B., and Mainwaring, L. (2024). A grounded theory of youth athlete concussion under-reporting decisions. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 73. 

Misener, K. E., Kihl, L. A., Wicker, P., & Cuskelly, G. (2024). Sounding the alarm: Occurrences of fraud in nonprofit community sport organizations. Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 34(4), 901-925.

Barrick, S., & Mair, H. (2019). Experiencing learn-to-curl leagues: A qualitative case study analysis of adult introductory sport programs. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health,12(5), 730-748.

Barrick, S., Norman, R., & Mair, H.(2016). Re-thinking our story: curling and the olympic effect. Journal of Sporting Cultures and Identities, 7(3), 13-30.

Leipert, B. D., Plunkett, R., Meagher-Stewart, D., Scruby, L., Mair, H., & Wamsley, K. B. (2011). " I can't imagine my life without it!" Curling and health promotion: a photovoice study. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research Archive, 60-79.

Mair, H. (2007). Curling in Canada: From gathering place to international spectacle. International Journal of Canadian Studies, (35), 39-60.