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Sexual abuse in Canadian junior hockey

30 November 2005

Laura Robinson is the author of the book " Crossing the Line - Violence and sexual assaults in Canada's national sport". Her vital research on sexual abuse in Canadian junior hockey was met with a deep and intellectual...




When Is a National Team Not a National Team?

30 November 2005

FIFA has more member nations than the UN. Steven Menary examins the reasons for this phenomena in his conference presentation at Play the Game 2005.




Eurobarometer on EU Citizens and Sport

08 September 2005

The EU Commission’s second Eurobarometer survey on “The citizens of the European Union and sport” looks at the practice and attitude to sports within the European Union.




Niels Bukh and Danish gymnastics - a dangerous political combination

03 June 2003

Professor of sports history, Hans Bonde, gives a brief introduction to the fascinating history of the Danish gymnastics pedagogue Niels Bukh. He revolutionized male aesthetics, became a symbol of Danishness and was dangerously...




Play, a Tentative, Operational Definition

25 May 2003

In sanskrit the word 'maya' at one and the same time means 'play', 'magic' and 'to discover (or create) the world'.




Technology in Sport - Three Ideal-typical views and their implications

25 May 2003

Technology serves many functions in sport. It has a constituent function. Without ball and bats, there is no baseball. Without the bike, bicycling races are impossible.




The State of Junior Hockey in 2003: The Cover Up Continues

15 March 2003

The rape culture of the hockey locker room is on trial in Canada. Police suspects that one coach in particular is responsible for somewhere between 20 and 100 assaults on young hockey players, reports Laura Robinson.




The Double Face of Olympism: Or Why Jamaica Must Have a Bobsled Team - Some Structural Remarks

13 November 2002

In order to understand a piece of information, prejudice is necessary.




The FrontRunners: A Story of Ten Indigenous Runners in Canada

13 November 2002

In this article, Laura Robinson explains how and why she wrote the play FrontRunners about ten indigenous runners in Canada. These men had been good runners and students in 1967 when Winnipeg hosted the Pan-Am Games and had...




Sport In Africa-Do Women Have A Chance?

13 November 2002

The Case of Sexual Harassment -Tanzania.

While Africa is rapidly improving in the world of sport, we should ask ourselves where are the African sportswomen? In this presentation I will explain how surviving and succeeding in...




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