APA 1302 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Respect Diversity, Antonio Gramsci, 2010 Winter Olympics

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Human Kinetics
• Course: APA 1302
• Professor: Michael Robidoux

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Perspectives on the social dimensions of sport and physical activity in canada. Sport is an extremely popular social phenomenon that has exploded in visibility and popularity in the last 30 years. Still remains significant and enduring issues of inequality between men and women, rich and poor, and racial and ethnic lines. According to the latest research paper on sport participation rates released by canadian. Ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374)s, a(cid:374)d household i(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:373)e de(cid:272)isi(cid:448)el(cid:455) i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)es (cid:272)hild(cid:396)e(cid:374)"s pa(cid:396)ti(cid:272)ipatio(cid:374) i(cid:374) sport: sport participation of non-anglophones is declining, and established immigrants participate in sport less than recent immigrants. In 2013, women comprised only 21 of 101 active members of the ioc and in 2011 women held only 15% of head coaching positions in cis. Interest and participation in sport and physical activity are related to a number of standard sociological variables (gender, race, social class, age, geographical location, education levels, etc)