Aboriginal Peoples and Sport in Canada
Title | Aboriginal Peoples and Sport in Canada PDF eBook |
Author | Janice Forsyth |
Publisher | UBC Press |
Total Pages | 269 |
Release | 2012-12-25 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0774824220 |
Aboriginal Peoples and Sport in Canada uses sport as a lens through which to examine issues such as individual and community health, gender and race relations, culture and colonialism, and self-determination and agency. In this groundbreaking volume, leading scholars offer a multidisciplinary perspective on how unequal power relations influence the ability of Aboriginal people in Canada to implement their own visions for sport. The diverse analyses illuminate how Aboriginal people employ sport as a venue through which to assert their cultural identities and find a positive space for themselves and upcoming generations in contemporary Canadian society.
Reclaiming Tom Longboat: Indigenous Self-Determination in Canadian Sport
Title | Reclaiming Tom Longboat: Indigenous Self-Determination in Canadian Sport PDF eBook |
Author | Janice Forsyth |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 264 |
Release | 2020-05-30 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780889777286 |
Reclaiming Tom Longboat recounts the history of Indigenous sport in Canada through the lens of the prestigious Tom Longboat Awards, shedding light on a significant yet overlooked aspect of Canadian policy and Crown-Indigenous relations. Drawing on a rich and varied set of oral and textual sources, including interviews with award recipients and Jan Eisenhardt, the creator of the Awards himself, Janice Forsyth critically assesses the state's role in policing Indigenous bodies and identities through sport, from the assimilationist sporting regulations of residential schools to the present-day exclusion of Indigenous activities from mainstream sports. This work recognizes the role of sport as a tool for colonization in Canada, while also acknowledging its potential to become a tool for decolonization and self-determination. "Through considering the Awards in the broader context of ongoing colonial relations in Canada, and bringing to light the voices of the recipients, this study extends well beyond the Tom Longboat Awards history to encompass the complicated place of sport in the Indigenous experience." --Robert Kossuth, Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Lethbridge
Sport Policy in Canada
Title | Sport Policy in Canada PDF eBook |
Author | Lucie Thibault |
Publisher | University of Ottawa Press |
Total Pages | 434 |
Release | 2013-12-17 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0776620959 |
"Research Centre for Sport in Canadian Society, University of Ottawa."
Sport Canada's Policy on Aboriginal Peoples' Participation in Sport
Title | Sport Canada's Policy on Aboriginal Peoples' Participation in Sport PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 17 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Indigenous peoples |
ISBN |
The Creator’s Game
Title | The Creator’s Game PDF eBook |
Author | Allan Downey |
Publisher | UBC Press |
Total Pages | 364 |
Release | 2018-02-21 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0774836059 |
Lacrosse has been a central element of Indigenous cultures for centuries, but once non-Indigenous players entered the sport, it became a site of appropriation – then reclamation – of Indigenous identities. The Creator’s Game focuses on the history of lacrosse in Indigenous communities from the 1860s to the 1990s, exploring Indigenous-non-Indigenous relations and Indigenous identity formation. While the game was being appropriated in the process of constructing a new identity for the nation-state of Canada, it was also being used by Indigenous peoples to resist residential school experiences, initiate pan-Indigenous political mobilization, and articulate Indigenous sovereignty. This engaging and innovative book provides a unique view of Indigenous self-determination and nationhood in the face of settler-colonialism.
Race and Sport in Canada
Title | Race and Sport in Canada PDF eBook |
Author | Janelle Joseph |
Publisher | Canadian Scholars’ Press |
Total Pages | 317 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1551304147 |
Race and Sport in Canada: Intersecting Inequalities is the first anthology to explore intersections of race with the constructions of gender, sexuality, class, and ability within the context of Canadian sport settings. Written by a collection of emerging and established scholars, this book is broadly organized around three interrelated areas: historical approaches to the study of race and sport in Canada; Canadian immigration and the study of race and sport; and the study of race and sport beyond Canada's borders. Within these themes, a variety of relevant topics are discussed, including black football players in twentieth-century Canada, the structural barriers to sports participation faced by immigrants arriving to Atlantic Canada, and NCAA scholarships and Canadian athletes. Race and Sport in Canada will be of interest to the general reader as well as to instructors and students in the fields of sport studies, sociology, critical race studies, cultural studies, and education.
Native Games
Title | Native Games PDF eBook |
Author | Chris Hallinan |
Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing |
Total Pages | 289 |
Release | 2013-07-19 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1781905916 |
Research on Indigenous participation in sport offers many opportunities to better understand the political issues of equality, empowerment, self-determination and protection of culture and identity. This volume compares and conceptualises the sociological significance of Indigenous sports in different international contexts.