Tag: CfP Guest Lecture
Call for Participation | “Human rights in sport mega-events” by Guest Speaker Adam Talbot at Breaking Barriers’ online series from the The Liverpool Centre for Olympic Research on Inclusion...
This presentation, drawing together the findings of several projects on sport mega-events, human rights, and social movements argues that we are currently witnessing what Neil Stammers’ calls the paradox of institutionalisation with regard to safeguarding human rights at sport mega-events. This paradox explains how the incorporation of policies and procedures related to human rights can result in rights becoming a tool of power, not a challenge to it.
Call for Participation | “Open Spaces and Social Good: Removing Obstacles to Sport and Physical Activity”, The Inaugural Peter Donnelly Lecture in Sport Policy Studies by Parissa Safai |...
The Centre for Sport Policy Studies at U of T’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education invites one and all to an insightful event celebrating Dr. Donnelly’s impact and legacy in the fields of public sociology, critical sport studies and policy development. The lecture by Parissa Safai, the first doctoral student of Dr. Donnelly, will explore current issues and challenges regarding public health, access to safe, inclusive physical activity, and the values of sport.
