Paul Nya
Biographic Data
| ID | 4220900 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Nya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Nya |
| SIGNATURE | NYA P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-6046-4398 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Black Sporting Identities and Counter-Narratives in Men's Recreational Soccer in Canada
Drawing from a multi-year ethnography, this paper examines the role of sport in the resettlement experiences of contemporary economic immigrants from continental Africa. Focusing on members of the Black Continental African Soccer Club who participate in a 35+ men's recreational league in a Canadian prairie city, we critically explore how they navigate Black (African) masculinity as a subjugated and stereotyped gendered racial identity. In these s…
Sport, forced displacement and care work
This article critically examines the experiences of staff at Free Play, a non-profit Sport for Development organization in a Western Canadian city, as they engaged in care work to support Afghan refugee children through trauma-informed physical activity and arts-based programming. The research is situated within a broader community-based participatory research partnership with the Afghan refugee community. Our analysis draws primarily from in-dep…
Peeling back the layers
The Black Continental African Soccer Club as a diasporic resource
This study explores the centrality of the Black Continental African Soccer Club (BCASC) as a 'diasporic resource' for members of the new African diaspora who play in an over-35 men's recreational soccer league in a Western Canadian city. Drawing from a multiyear ethnography, we critically examine how the BCASC serves as a crucial Black sporting institution for its members to collectively navigate anti-Black racism and the set of limits and pressu…
Anti-Black Racism and Soccer in Canada
This study critically examines the experiences of members of a sub-Saharan African men’s recreational soccer club with anti-Black racism in a Western Canadian city. Drawing from extensive ethnographic fieldwork, and working at the intersections of Critical Race Theory and Physical Cultural Studies, our analysis focuses on how team members navigate a racial hierarchy that privileges Whiteness and cements their status as outsiders through both over…
Forced migration, resettlement, and sport
Forced migration is one of the most pressing crises of our lifetime. Of the millions forced to migrate, many come to know the brutality of state-managed migration that habitually denies asylum seekers and places substantive restrictions on refugees who have been resettled. Sociologists of sport and leisure have examined the sporting experiences of refugees through an intersectional lens, foregrounding how displacement and resettlement are differe…
The Black Continental African Soccer Club as a diasporic resource
This study explores the centrality of the Black Continental African Soccer Club (BCASC) as a 'diasporic resource' for members of the new African diaspora who play in an over-35 men's recreational soccer league in a Western Canadian city. Drawing from a multiyear ethnography, we critically examine how the BCASC serves as a crucial Black sporting institution for its members to collectively navigate anti-Black racism and the set of limits and pressu…
Anti-Black Racism and Soccer in Canada
This study critically examines the experiences of members of a sub-Saharan African men’s recreational soccer club with anti-Black racism in a Western Canadian city. Drawing from extensive ethnographic fieldwork, and working at the intersections of Critical Race Theory and Physical Cultural Studies, our analysis focuses on how team members navigate a racial hierarchy that privileges Whiteness and cements their status as outsiders through both over…
Forced migration, resettlement, and sport
Forced migration is one of the most pressing crises of our lifetime. Of the millions forced to migrate, many come to know the brutality of state-managed migration that habitually denies asylum seekers and places substantive restrictions on refugees who have been resettled. Sociologists of sport and leisure have examined the sporting experiences of refugees through an intersectional lens, foregrounding how displacement and resettlement are differe…
Anti-Black Racism and Soccer in Canada
This study critically examines the experiences of members of a sub-Saharan African men’s recreational soccer club with anti-Black racism in a Western Canadian city. Drawing from extensive ethnographic fieldwork, and working at the intersections of Critical Race Theory and Physical Cultural Studies, our analysis focuses on how team members navigate a racial hierarchy that privileges Whiteness and cements their status as outsiders through both over…
Forced migration, resettlement, and sport
Forced migration is one of the most pressing crises of our lifetime. Of the millions forced to migrate, many come to know the brutality of state-managed migration that habitually denies asylum seekers and places substantive restrictions on refugees who have been resettled. Sociologists of sport and leisure have examined the sporting experiences of refugees through an intersectional lens, foregrounding how displacement and resettlement are differe…
Peeling back the layers
The Black Continental African Soccer Club as a diasporic resource
This study explores the centrality of the Black Continental African Soccer Club (BCASC) as a 'diasporic resource' for members of the new African diaspora who play in an over-35 men's recreational soccer league in a Western Canadian city. Drawing from a multiyear ethnography, we critically examine how the BCASC serves as a crucial Black sporting institution for its members to collectively navigate anti-Black racism and the set of limits and pressu…
Black Sporting Identities and Counter-Narratives in Men's Recreational Soccer in Canada
Drawing from a multi-year ethnography, this paper examines the role of sport in the resettlement experiences of contemporary economic immigrants from continental Africa. Focusing on members of the Black Continental African Soccer Club who participate in a 35+ men's recreational league in a Canadian prairie city, we critically explore how they navigate Black (African) masculinity as a subjugated and stereotyped gendered racial identity. In these s…
Sport, forced displacement and care work
This article critically examines the experiences of staff at Free Play, a non-profit Sport for Development organization in a Western Canadian city, as they engaged in care work to support Afghan refugee children through trauma-informed physical activity and arts-based programming. The research is situated within a broader community-based participatory research partnership with the Afghan refugee community. Our analysis draws primarily from in-dep…
Political science (4 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (3 works) · Club (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Physical Education and Pedagogy (2 works) · Physical Education and Sports Studies (2 works)