The RISE Youth Sport lab presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) annual conference in Vancouver, BC. Pictured is Braeden sharing his work on risk narratives in action sports in Canada. Well done team!
Dr. Pennock will be featured on a panel on safe, inclusive, and holistic sport at the Ontario Sport Community Summit on November 19th. Hosted by partners from MLSE LaunchPad, the Ontario Sport Network and Brock University, the panel will discuss the importance of fostering, safe, inclusive and welcoming spaces across all levels of sport participation. More information about the event can be found at https://www.krichsportandrec.com/onsportsummit
Dr. Pennock delivered a talk for Parks and Recreation Ontario, entitled ‘From Participants to Partners: Transforming Youth Engagement, Access, and Inclusion in Recreation’. Drawing from her research on risk, responsibility, and harm in youth sport, Dr. Pennock discussed why rethinking the way we engage with today's youth is essential for increasing youth engagement, improving mental health outcomes, and uplifting future recreation and sport leaders.
The RISE Youth Sport Lab is pleased to welcome Gabriela Estrada as our Research Coordinator. She holds an MSc in Exercise Science from the University of Toronto, where her thesis explored the movement-based experiences of racialized women. Read more about Gaby.
Along with his co-author, Dr. Stacy Lorenz, Braeden reflects on the recent Four Nations Face-Off hockey tournament in the context of the current political climate. As tensions between Canada and the U.S. continue to rise, the tournament itself became a representation of both the origins of hockey's political history and the growing sense of nationalism around the country.
Kaleigh and Braeden recently published Risk, Responsibility, and Prevention in Injury Management: Implications of Concussion (mis)education on Youth Athlete Knowledge Uptake in Communication and Sport. The paper problematizes the over-reliance on concussion education as a mode of injury prevention and presents primary research conducted with adolescent athletes.
Together with her co-applicants, Drs. Nick Reed and Jeff Caron, Dr. Pennock has secured funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The successful grant centres on a community-based approach to concussion reporting in youth girls' sport. The research begins in 2025 and will take place over a three-year period. Congratulations to Dr. Pennock and her co-applicants!
Dr. Pennock and colleagues (including Dr. Janelle Joseph and Shalom Brown) have published their recent work in the Sociology of Sport Journal (SSJ). The research centres the idea of understanding Black hair as a safe sport issue.
Kaleigh sat down with CBC's the Morning Edition to chat about recent research concerning concussion under-reporting among youth athletes. Together with host, Craig Norris, Kaleigh delves into the question of why a young athlete might not disclose concussion symptoms.