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The 9th Annual Aboriginal Youth Conference called “ Gathering Our Voices 2011 ” is currently taking place this week in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. This is an excellent opportunity to promote healthy living in Aboriginal communities as well as to provide education to Aboriginal youth on many important topics. Hosted by the British Columbia Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres , the...Read more

Tackling Sport Concussion by Nancy Rebel, SIRC Did you know 58% of all concussions occur in practice (high school & college football) 140,000 concussions a year in US high school sport (football #1, girls’ soccer #2) Presenter: Dr. Robert Cantu, MD A lot of research has been done in concussion management, but it has really taken off since 2001. There is still much to be done. The best...Read more

SIRC concluded a successful trip to the CASM Sport Medicine Conference held in Toronto. Nancy Rebel and Amanda Street-Bishop represented SIRC on the final day of exhibits and were please to speak with many attendees. Professionals representing the sport medicine, chiropractic and physical therapy fields were pleased to find out about the SIRC services available to them. Particularly well received...Read more

CASM members love SIRC. They love getting the SIRC Newsletters and SIRC Daily Press Releases but have a feeling there is more and they want to know how to tap into it. Brandie Adams and Nancy Rebel were more than willing to explain some of the additional benefits. The three member benefits they highlighted to CASM were: Ask A Librarian. The librarians and information specialists at SIRC are...Read more

Being highlighted at two pre-conference workshops, SIRC started off the CASM Conference with a bang. First, Reference Librarian, Brandie Adams spoke about membership during the Osteoarthritis Workshop Wednesday morning. Then, the article “The Sport Specific Movement Assessment” by Bruce Craven published in SIRCuit was highlighted during the Injury Prevention session. In the evening, Nancy Rebel...Read more

Check out the latest SIRC Newsletter - 2009 Sport Canada Research Initiative Conference ! The third annual Sport Canada Research Initiative (SCRI) conference which was held in Ottawa on November 4, 2009 was a tremendous success. In all over 150 researchers, sport administrators, policy makers and sport enthusiasts attended the conference. The annual conference is a great opportunity to share...Read more