Simon Barrick
Biographic Data
| ID | 4220511 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simon Barrick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simon |
| FAMILY NAME | Barrick |
| SIGNATURE | BARRICK S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cape Breton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4760-3285 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A contested path ahead
Scholarship exploring inclusion has long held a central and contested place in the leisure studies field. As part of Leisure/Loisir’s 50th volume celebration, I offer this invited commentary on the...
‘Working with you all was healing’
Leisure scholars are increasingly resisting pervasive neoliberal pressures throughout the academy. Canadian Congress on Leisure Research (CCLR) 2021 was hosted amid great uncertainty due to the prolonged impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic and racial reckoning and unrest. In this article, the four CCLR 2021 co-organizers share our reflections on the conference planning process that involved various systemic tensions (e.g. racial unrest within…
Hurry hard
Amid the well-documented fraying of society, community spaces where people from diverse social locations share time and space are increasingly rare, yet necessary. Participation in curling, a sport known for its sociability, is increasing around the world and receiving growing scholarly interest. In this conceptual paper, we briefly synthesize extant literature related to curling in order to explore how its qualities can help facilitate the (re)b…
The Home of Women’s Hockey
It’s not really about the surf”
The Unama’ki Surf Programme is run by the First Nation Mi’kmaq Physical Activity Leaders (MPALs), in conjunction with the Surfing Association of Nova Scotia on the shores of Unama’ki (Cape Breton Island) in the territory known by its colonial name of Canada. This participatory action research project re-launched a programme shut down by COVID and explored Mi’kmaq ways of knowing about place-based cultural sport participation from the perspectives…
Engaging struggle
It's Just About Having Fun'? Interrogating the lived experiences of newcomers To Canada in introductory winter sport programmes
This study examined the underexplored relationship between winter sport, newcomer participation, integration, and national identity. Winter sports hold a prominent place within Canadian culture and identity; newcomers recognize this and express a willingness to try winter sports to feel 'more Canadian'. Using a qualitative intrinsic case study design, I interrogated how newcomers to Canada experienced the significance of participating in one intr…
Striving for newcomer inclusion
Sport participation is popularly constructed as an effective means for welcoming newcomers into their new country of residence, despite these claims being critiqued by sport scholars. In this study, we critically interrogated Intro to Sport programmes as one approach for welcoming newcomers into the Canadian sport system using Green’s normative theory of sport development to inform our work. Twenty qualitative interviews were conducted with progr…
Understanding the experiences in adult introductory sport programmes
Little is known about the experiences of adults as they try a new sport. In this paper, we present findings from a qualitative case study where we sought to understand the experiences of adults trying the sport of curling in two introductory leagues in a central Canadian city. Findings indicate curling, as experienced by participants in these introductory leagues, can be effective in terms of building community and meeting the diverse needs of ad…
It's Just About Having Fun'? Interrogating the lived experiences of newcomers To Canada in introductory winter sport programmes
This study examined the underexplored relationship between winter sport, newcomer participation, integration, and national identity. Winter sports hold a prominent place within Canadian culture and identity; newcomers recognize this and express a willingness to try winter sports to feel 'more Canadian'. Using a qualitative intrinsic case study design, I interrogated how newcomers to Canada experienced the significance of participating in one intr…
Understanding the experiences in adult introductory sport programmes
Little is known about the experiences of adults as they try a new sport. In this paper, we present findings from a qualitative case study where we sought to understand the experiences of adults trying the sport of curling in two introductory leagues in a central Canadian city. Findings indicate curling, as experienced by participants in these introductory leagues, can be effective in terms of building community and meeting the diverse needs of ad…
Striving for newcomer inclusion
Sport participation is popularly constructed as an effective means for welcoming newcomers into their new country of residence, despite these claims being critiqued by sport scholars. In this study, we critically interrogated Intro to Sport programmes as one approach for welcoming newcomers into the Canadian sport system using Green’s normative theory of sport development to inform our work. Twenty qualitative interviews were conducted with progr…
Engaging struggle
It's Just About Having Fun'? Interrogating the lived experiences of newcomers To Canada in introductory winter sport programmes
This study examined the underexplored relationship between winter sport, newcomer participation, integration, and national identity. Winter sports hold a prominent place within Canadian culture and identity; newcomers recognize this and express a willingness to try winter sports to feel 'more Canadian'. Using a qualitative intrinsic case study design, I interrogated how newcomers to Canada experienced the significance of participating in one intr…
It’s not really about the surf”
The Unama’ki Surf Programme is run by the First Nation Mi’kmaq Physical Activity Leaders (MPALs), in conjunction with the Surfing Association of Nova Scotia on the shores of Unama’ki (Cape Breton Island) in the territory known by its colonial name of Canada. This participatory action research project re-launched a programme shut down by COVID and explored Mi’kmaq ways of knowing about place-based cultural sport participation from the perspectives…
A contested path ahead
Scholarship exploring inclusion has long held a central and contested place in the leisure studies field. As part of Leisure/Loisir’s 50th volume celebration, I offer this invited commentary on the...
‘Working with you all was healing’
Leisure scholars are increasingly resisting pervasive neoliberal pressures throughout the academy. Canadian Congress on Leisure Research (CCLR) 2021 was hosted amid great uncertainty due to the prolonged impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic and racial reckoning and unrest. In this article, the four CCLR 2021 co-organizers share our reflections on the conference planning process that involved various systemic tensions (e.g. racial unrest within…
Hurry hard
Amid the well-documented fraying of society, community spaces where people from diverse social locations share time and space are increasingly rare, yet necessary. Participation in curling, a sport known for its sociability, is increasing around the world and receiving growing scholarly interest. In this conceptual paper, we briefly synthesize extant literature related to curling in order to explore how its qualities can help facilitate the (re)b…
The Home of Women’s Hockey
Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (7 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Youth Development and Social Support (3 works)