Making sure there is sport for Every Child.

To address inequalities in youth community sport, our goal is to transform and inspire community youth sport, centering our efforts on girls. RE.sport will change sport knowledge, innovate sport practices, evolve sport access, improve sport participation, and positively change sport experiences for girls in Canada.

Sport for All
Equity in Youth Sport
Breaking Barriers
Inclusive Participation
7-Year Initiative
Girls in Sport
Funded by SSHRC
60+ Researchers
RE.sport
Sport for All
Equity in Youth Sport
Breaking Barriers
Inclusive Participation
7-Year Initiative
Girls in Sport
Funded by SSHRC
60+ Researchers
RE.sport
60+ Academic & community
partners nationwide
7 Year national
research initiative
12+ Active research
projects underway
10+ Partner universities
across Canada

We are reimagining
what youth sport
could look like—
for everyone.

To address inequalities in youth community sport, the overall goal of this Partnership for Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive Participation, Access, and Quality Experiences in Youth Sport is to transform and inspire community youth sport, centering our efforts on girls. RE.sport will change sport knowledge, innovate sport practices, evolve sport access, improve sport participation, and positively change sport experiences for girls in Canada.

"Join us as we embark on this path and share with us what a reimagined youth sporting environment looks like to you."

— RE.sport Team
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Research Focus

Four pillars of our work

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01 Identities
Intersecting Identities

Documenting how race, gender, disability, class, and Indigeneity shape girls' access to — and exclusion from — community sport across Canada.

02 Data
National Sport Data Collective

Building a national system to track participation, identify trends, and examine outcomes for girls in sport.

03 Programs
Resources & Programs

Developing and assessing supportive resources to improve sport participation that will become national standards.

04 Partnerships
Sustainable Partnerships

Creating an open-access toolkit so organizations can collaborate, engage, and sustain meaningful change in youth sport across Canada.

Phase 1 Research

Active projects

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Indigenous Youth
Indigenous Girls & Young Women in Sport
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Trauma-Informed
Violence-Informed Sport for SGBV Survivors
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Schools
Sport & PA Opportunities in Schools
Disability
Youth Girls Disability Research Scan
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Mental Health
Youth Community Sport Mental Health
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Uniforms
Impact of Sport Uniforms on Athletes
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Trans & Non-binary
Transforming Sport, Affirming Youth
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Join us on the journey

At the end of each month we'll post our latest research, interesting books, podcasts and other tools we've come across in our journey. Come along for the ride so you too can help make the world a better place for children and youth to play.