2022 eass & ISSA World Congress of Sociology of Sport

Session

PS 47: Other Issues Related to the Sociology of Sport 3

9 Jun 2022, 09:00

Description

Chair: Szilvia Perényi
Room: N15, Building C Level 3

155. Reciprocation and Responsibility – “Giving Back” to Children and Youth in Community Organizations

Christine Dallaire, Steph MacKay

09/06/2022, 09:20

The Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa (BGCO) and la Société des Jeux de l’Acadie (SJA) are two Canadian organizations working to help children and youth become active participants in society. The BGCO provides programming for children and youth in need while the SJA organizes the Jeux de l’Acadie to strengthen the Acadian Francophone minority throughout the Canadian Atlantic Provinces. While they...

156. School Sports in Sweden – a 10-year perspective

Magnus Ferry

09/06/2022, 10:00

Introduction
The Swedish school sport system, where talented athletes are given the possibility to simultaneously invest in their education and sport during upper-secondary school is an important part of the Swedish elite sports model. Implemented in the 70’s for a few especially talented athletes, the system grew rapidly during the 90’s and 00’s and attracted as most 11% of all Swedish...