Barriers Exist for Newcomers to Access Spaces for Sport and Recreation
| dc.contributor.author | Safai, Parissa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-21T17:50:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-05-21T17:50:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.description | en_US | |
| dc.description.abstract | Newcomers and other groups experience barriers from being active in sports and physical activity. This is a result of institutional racism. Many spaces do not address the varied and distinct needs of different groups, despite multiculturalism policies in Canada. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | York's Knowledge Mobilization Unit provides services and funding for faculty, graduate students, and community organizations seeking to maximize the impact of academic research and expertise on public policy, social programming, and professional practice. It is supported by SSHRC and CIHR grants, and by the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation. kmbunit@yorku.ca www.researchimpact.ca | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 00176 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Safai, P. (2012). Change rooms and change agents: The struggle against barriers to opportunities for physical activity and sport in ethnocultural communities in Toronto. In R. Field (Ed.), Scholar, athlete, activist: Essays in honour of Bruce Kidd. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10315/29230 | |
| dc.relation | York University | en_US |
| dc.relation.uri | en_US | |
| dc.rights | Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/ | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sports | en_US |
| dc.subject | Immigration | en_US |
| dc.subject | Race and Racism | en_US |
| dc.title | Barriers Exist for Newcomers to Access Spaces for Sport and Recreation | en_US |
| dc.type | Research Summary | en_US |
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