Sport Legacies Research Collaborative

Welcome to the Sport Legacies Research Collaborative (SLRC) website! The SLRC was established by the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE) at the University of Toronto in 2010 with an expressed mandate for empirically and critically analyzing whether or not major sports events like the Pan American Games, Commonwealth Games, Olympic Games, FIFA World Cup and others, create enduring physical activity, sport, health and social integration impacts in the communities in which they are staged. SLRC aims to, through joint local, national and international research, empirically document and evaluate the legacies of major games and sports events on sports participation, physical cultures, social life and the built environment in host regions.

About Us

Our Mission

To partner with local, national and global researchers, the public and private sector, in order to empirically monitor, document and evaluate the impacts, effects and legacies of major sports events and to better inform polices and practices that address sustained improvements in physical activity, healthy living, community development and sport for all.

Operating Principles

Led by the University of Toronto's Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, the Sport Legacies Research Collaborative (SLRC), was designed to facilitate and coordinate activities, among academics, policy-makers and non-governmental organizations, that address how major games may alter the social organization, cultural prominence, collective impact, and personal experience of sport, exercise, play and physical activity and education in the round.

Our Main Objectives

Research and Evaluation: conducting and integrating multi-disciplinary approaches to address social impacts of major games and sports events.

Partnership and Collaboration: strengthening existing relationships, developing new interdisciplinary connections and harnessing expert advice.

Mentorship and Training: facilitating experiential education opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students.

Translation and Knowledge Mobilization: engaging in a dialogue with stakeholders and ensuring effective communication is maintained so that knowledge becomes actionable.

Research

Priorities and Projects

The Sport Legacies Research Collaborative (SLRC) is a gathering place, a bulletin board, and a clearinghouse for research to be carried out in relation to the legacy outcomes of the 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games. To this end, the SLRC seeks to stimulate the formation of local, national and international research collaborations within three core substantive themes around the 2015 Games; namely, the relationship between major sports events and:

1) Participation
2) Population Health/Health
3) Community Building

Report Card

The SLRC is currently working with interested partners to develop a clear action plan and report card strategy for observing, measuring and evaluating the impacts of the 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games on the city of Toronto and the province of Ontario more broadly.

SLRC Members

The Sport Legacies Research Collaborative (SLRC) is dedicated to building an interdisciplinary network of experts that are interested in empirically documenting and evaluating the legacies of major games on sports participation, physical cultures, social life and the built environment in the host regions.

SLRC Partners