Projects

Links to work in our Manifold portfolio:

• Indigenous Sport and Gender and executive summary
• Gender-Based Violence in Sport
• Sport Participation in Canada
• LGBTQ2IS+ Equity in Sport
• Racialized Women & Girls in Sport
• Disability Sport Review
• Women in Sport Leadership

• Disability in Sport (PDF)
• LGBTQ2S+ in Sport (PDF)
• Indigenous Sport (PDF)
• Girls Sport Participation (PDF)
• Women Leadership in Sport (PDF)
• Racialized Women in Sport (PDF)
• Gender-Based Violence in Sport (PDF)

Annotated Bibliography on Indigeneity, Sport, Gender, and Disability (PDF)

• Diversity Work May Reinforce Whiteness More Than Promote Inclusivity: A Case Study of Mountain Equipment Company (MEC)’s 2018 Diversity Statement (PDF)
• Researchers Can Use Intersectionality Theory to Better Understand the Experiences of Multi-Marginalized Groups in Sport (PDF)
• We Need to Rethink How We “Include the Excluded”: An Analysis of Exclusionary Themes in the 2015 Framework to Recreation in Canada (PDF)
• Misogynoir is a Problem in Mainstream Sport Media (PDF)
• Canadian Athletes Experience Maltreatment When Competing on National Teams (PDF)
• Best Practices from the Alberta Women in Sport Leadership Impact Program (PDF)
• Community Curling Clubs are a Vehicle of Empowerment for Women in Rural Areas of Canada(PDF)
• Implications of Social Media on Women in Sport (PDF)

In 2020, E-Alliance issued a Request for Proposals. See a full list of the projects awarded funding here. Each represents collaboration, mentorship, and intersectional approaches. Meet some of the researchers and learn more about this work through the links below:

• Studying the black athlete experience with Dr. Ornella Nzindukiyimana
• Gobi Sriranganathan is committed to fill the gap in research on Tamil women in sport
• Dr. Katie Lebel works to dispel the myths of women in sport
• Swarali Patil investigates the financial wellbeing of women athletes
• It’s our turn at bat: Dr. Travers works to make baseball more inclusive
• Diane Culver: Equity Beyond the Binary
• MLSE LaunchPad to explore gender equity and trauma response in sport for development

E-Alliance researchers work with fellow gender equity colleagues across Canada. The projects below reflect the relationships we’ve built and our intersectional approach.

More than 1000 Ontario coaches representing over 80 sports contributed to the inaugural Ontario Coaching Report Card. E-Alliance collaborated with the Safe Sport Lab at the University of Toronto and the Coaches Association of Ontario to create this document.

This research project conducted for Sport Canada is a scientific and grey literature review of international initiatives that have advanced gender equity in sport.

The projects was created in collaboration with a multidisciplinary international team of affiliated scholars, released a timely report about accelerating systems change for women’s sport. E-Alliance Co-Director Dr. Ann Pegoraro and Scientific Committee member Dr. Katie Lebel were part of this team.

In 2021, E-Alliance partnered with CWS to produce the annual Leadership Snapshot. This report provides a yearly snapshot of gender diversity in sports leadership, reflecting gender composition at the board and senior staff level. This Snapshot is based on a survey of Canadian National Sports Organizations (NSOs) and Multisport Service Organizations (MSOs).

E-Alliance has conducted a comprehensive search of academic and grey literature and produced a report that identifies the most current research related to the benefits of sport, taking a broad interpretation of the benefits to capture evidence pertaining to health and well-being, life-course development, building stronger and more inclusive communities, economic contributions, promotion of environmental sustainability, and meeting the needs of equity-deserving Canadians.

E-Alliance partnered with Canadian Women in Sport to explore the impact of COVID-19 on sport and recreation participation among children and adults. Data collection occurred from the end of March 2021 to early May 2021 with over 5000 Canadian families from across the country contacted. The first report focuses on the current trends among girls (aged 6-18 years) who participated in organized sport at least weekly prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

E-Alliance will continue to investigate the impact of COVID-19 as the pandemic continues to evolve.

In partnership with Baseball Canada, E-Alliance collected gendered data on the participation of girls and women in baseball as well as data for gender equity in leadership positions (administration and coaching) across Canada. The E-Alliance team has analyzed the data and will produce a statistical portrait in order to propose targeted actions to improve gender equity in baseball.

Previous research has shown that Baseball Quebec has demonstrated strong leadership in gender equity. This case study aims to document and analyze their initiatives in order to propose, based on the scientific literature on the progression of women in traditionally male sectors, a model of good practices for gender equity in sports.

E-Alliance has produced an up-to-date literature review of the experiences of BIPOC women and girls in sport, including experienced barriers and challenges, and recommendations for more inclusive sports spaces and experiences.

This project aims to document good practices that men can implement to encourage and support gender equity in sports organizations and therefore be allies for the progression of girls and women in sport.

In partnership with AthletesCAN, a survey has been developed and distributed to current and former National Team Members to: assess the demographics of AthletesCAN members; assess the nature and quality of the sport experience related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and seek recommendations for improving diversity, equity, and inclusion at the national level.

The purpose of this study is to explore the shifts in culture, context, and values that would be needed to actualize a safe, inclusive, and accessible sports environment where all participants and members of the sports system can thrive and realize the benefits of sport. This includes identifying what this type of environment would look like, how it would be experienced by stakeholders, and what would be required to create such experiences. By answering these questions, we will be able to more effectively target prevention and intervention initiatives to accomplish this vision. Interviews and focus groups held with various stakeholders, including athletes, coaches, administrators, parents, officials and sports science staff are being conducted.

This research project is designed to evaluate a program aimed at increasing women in coaching position by removing previously identified barriers, including time scarcity, lack of confidence, and the costs to pursue coaching certification. This project will test two approaches. 1. For girls transitioning from youth to adult (age 16-23), coaching certification will be provided to enable them to take on coaching opportunities. 2. For women who are parents of players currently at the Club (age 25-40), a coach training program will provide developmentally appropriate skills and techniques and social support for moms. E-Alliance will evaluate the impact of this program.

The Safe Sport Playbooks are practical guides designed to help coaches understand what safe sport is and what it looks like in practice; implement concrete strategies to achieve safe sport (e.g., best practices), and; promote a collective responsibility within organizations for creating a Safe Sport culture.

E-Alliance conducted a comprehensive review of existing literature within and outside of the sport sector to examine the relationship between gender equity and experiences of gender-based violence in organizations.