History of Sports

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A Final Word

A Final Word

From: The Skin I'm In

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Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

From: Game Misconduct

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Blacks in Sport

Blacks in Sport

From: The Skin I'm In

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Cycling to Emancipation

Cycling to Emancipation

From: Immodest and Sensational

1880-1899. Examines the history of cycling in Canada and how a woman riding a bicycle in the 1890s became the epitome of the New Woman 9 $0.90 Add
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Envisioning Educational Success

Envisioning Educational Success

From: The Skin I'm In

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Epilogue

Epilogue

From: Immodest and Sensational

Notes the problems with comparison of women’s sports to men’s sports and profiling the few to ignore the thousands of other athletes 4 $0.40 Add
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Experiences of Black People in Canadian Society

Experiences of Black People in Canadian Society

From: The Skin I'm In

In this chapter, the author provides a brief history of black people in Canada, and goes on to describe the continued prevalence of institutional racism in academic institutions and the workplace. 4 $0.40 Add
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Favourite Daughters and Competing Mothers

Favourite Daughters and Competing Mothers

From: Immodest and Sensational

Examines some of the most accomplished female athletes of the 1950s 12 $1.20 Add
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Fighting for Gender Equality

Fighting for Gender Equality

From: Immodest and Sensational

Examines feminist activism in women’s sports in canada from 1970 to 2008 10 $1.00 Add
Game Misconduct

Game Misconduct

Injury, Fandom, and the Business of Sport

“You’re not a human being, you’re a number, a product, an asset as long as you can perform. If you can’t perform, then you’re a liability and they’ll drop you.” Professional athletes suffer … 192 View
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Girls’ Sport Run by Girls

Girls’ Sport Run by Girls

From: Immodest and Sensational

The 1920s had brought significant change to Canadian women’s sport with the growth of teams and leagues, especially those sponsored by industrial concerns, the beginning of international … 14 $1.40 Add
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Imagined Communities of Fandom

Imagined Communities of Fandom

From: Game Misconduct

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Immodest and Sensational

Immodest and Sensational

150 Years of Canadian Women in Sports

With the Canadian women’s Olympic hockey team and other high-profile female athletes in recent years drawing a healthy share of the sports media limelight, there is a perception that … 96 View
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Introduction

Introduction

From: The Skin I'm In

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Introduction

Introduction

From: Immodest and Sensational

1860s-1870s. Outlines early physical activities and sports that women engaged in in Canada, outlines availability to European women and what Indigenous women participated in as part of their … 7 $0.70 Add
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Manufacturing Fans

Manufacturing Fans

From: Game Misconduct

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