William Bridel
Biographic Data
| ID | 6104114 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Bridel |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Bridel |
| SIGNATURE | BRIDEL W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
‘The change happens with our kids’
Books have an influential role in children’s understandings of identity and the (re)production of and resistance to social norms. With limited diversity in children’s literature about sport, two children’s books were created that had as their central plot a challenge to dominant gender norms in ice hockey and in figure skating. Nine parents with children 10 years old and younger read the books and then participated in semi-structured interviews. …
Children’s knowledge about play-related risk, risk-taking, and injury
Risk-taking in play has received increased focus in research over the last three decades through the use of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. The purpose of this meta-study was to review the qualitative literature specifically to better understand how children (5–16 years of age) understand the concepts of risk, risky play, and injury in relation to their play experiences. Twenty-two studies were identified for inclusion in the meta-s…
The feasibility and impact of a painted designs intervention on school children’s physical activity
Interventions such as painted designs on school tarmacs may increase children’s physical activity during school hours. This mixed-methods study examined the influence of a painted designs (e.g., traditional games, random circles) intervention on the physical activity experiences of elementary school children. Systematic observations and accelerometer data were collected to evaluate the type and quantity of student physical activity. Interviews we…
‘I guess you just have to deal with it’
Pre-professional ballet dancers are at high risk for musculoskeletal injuries, some of which are not reported and are self-managed by dancers themselves. Understanding the decisions that adolescent dancers make related to their dancing, pain, and injuries is relatively under-researched. Sociocultural contexts and the presence of social support (or not) may influence decisions and experiences of elite adolescent ballet dancers regarding their pain…
Improved access yet inequitable experience
Findings highlight past experiences of exclusion in Canada as a unique and critical part of the context of the donation experience among MSM/2SGBTQ+. Despite the program's goals of greater inclusivity of MSM/2SGBTQ + individuals, the anticipated experience of the program included continued stigmatization and inequities. Future research should seek to understand the experienced views of MSM/2SGBTQ + donors to ensure that as policies change, polici…
Exploring physical activity experiences, barriers, and facilitators among individuals of South Asian heritage living with and beyond cancer
Participants' perspectives provided insights into the PA experiences, barriers, facilitators, and needs of people of South Asian heritage living with and beyond cancer. These results can be used to inform the tailoring of exercise oncology resources to better support physical activity and exercise for this population
The role of peers and the recreational environment in adolescent emotional safety
Emotional safety is important for facilitating positive outcomes in afterschool programmes. Emotional safety is not clearly conceptualised, and participants’ understandings of, and experiences with how the social and built environment contribute to emotional safety in afterschool programmes is not well established. This qualitative case study examined early and middle adolescents’ experiences with their peers and the programme environment, and ho…
Awakening to Elsewheres
“Mainstream” spaces of movement cultures within settler colonial states invite bodies that are White, cis, able, thin, and heterosexual, just as “mainstream” academic space validates knowledge about the world produced by these very subjects. Such mainstream assemblages are embedded within the broader structure of settler colonialism, mutually buttressed by White supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and (neo)imperialism. In this article, a Collective of s…
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…
Red Nails, Black Skates
Figure Skating in the Formative Years
Book Review| April 01 2016 Figure Skating in the Formative Years: Singles, Pairs, and the Expanding Role of Women Hines, James R. Figure Skating in the Formative Years: Singles, Pairs, and the Expanding Role of Women. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2015. Pp. 232. Illustrations/figures, notes, appendices bibliography, index. $35.90 CDN (cb). William Bridel William Bridel University of Calgary Search for other works by this author on: Thi…
Considering Gender in Canadian Sport and Physical Activity
Considering Gender in Canadian Sport and Physical Activity. Un article de la revue International Journal of Canadian Studies / Revue internationale d’études canadiennes (Sport, Identity and Social Division in Canada) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
Sport, Sexuality, and the Production of (Resistant) Bodies
Placing the sporting body and Michel Foucault’s technologies of power and of the self at the center of our research inquiry, this article explores the ways in which 12 Canadian gay male marathoners discursively construct their bodies within and beyond the marathon context. Thematic analysis of the research materials (gathered through guided conversations, written stories, and the first author’s research journal) revealed four main themes: self-go…
Sport, Sexuality, and the Production of (Resistant) Bodies
Placing the sporting body and Michel Foucault’s technologies of power and of the self at the center of our research inquiry, this article explores the ways in which 12 Canadian gay male marathoners discursively construct their bodies within and beyond the marathon context. Thematic analysis of the research materials (gathered through guided conversations, written stories, and the first author’s research journal) revealed four main themes: self-go…
Awakening to Elsewheres
“Mainstream” spaces of movement cultures within settler colonial states invite bodies that are White, cis, able, thin, and heterosexual, just as “mainstream” academic space validates knowledge about the world produced by these very subjects. Such mainstream assemblages are embedded within the broader structure of settler colonialism, mutually buttressed by White supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and (neo)imperialism. In this article, a Collective of s…
Considering Gender in Canadian Sport and Physical Activity
Considering Gender in Canadian Sport and Physical Activity. Un article de la revue International Journal of Canadian Studies / Revue internationale d’études canadiennes (Sport, Identity and Social Division in Canada) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
Sport, Sexuality, and the Production of (Resistant) Bodies
Placing the sporting body and Michel Foucault’s technologies of power and of the self at the center of our research inquiry, this article explores the ways in which 12 Canadian gay male marathoners discursively construct their bodies within and beyond the marathon context. Thematic analysis of the research materials (gathered through guided conversations, written stories, and the first author’s research journal) revealed four main themes: self-go…
Red Nails, Black Skates
Figure Skating in the Formative Years
Book Review| April 01 2016 Figure Skating in the Formative Years: Singles, Pairs, and the Expanding Role of Women Hines, James R. Figure Skating in the Formative Years: Singles, Pairs, and the Expanding Role of Women. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2015. Pp. 232. Illustrations/figures, notes, appendices bibliography, index. $35.90 CDN (cb). William Bridel William Bridel University of Calgary Search for other works by this author on: Thi…
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…
The role of peers and the recreational environment in adolescent emotional safety
Emotional safety is important for facilitating positive outcomes in afterschool programmes. Emotional safety is not clearly conceptualised, and participants’ understandings of, and experiences with how the social and built environment contribute to emotional safety in afterschool programmes is not well established. This qualitative case study examined early and middle adolescents’ experiences with their peers and the programme environment, and ho…
Awakening to Elsewheres
“Mainstream” spaces of movement cultures within settler colonial states invite bodies that are White, cis, able, thin, and heterosexual, just as “mainstream” academic space validates knowledge about the world produced by these very subjects. Such mainstream assemblages are embedded within the broader structure of settler colonialism, mutually buttressed by White supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and (neo)imperialism. In this article, a Collective of s…
The feasibility and impact of a painted designs intervention on school children’s physical activity
Interventions such as painted designs on school tarmacs may increase children’s physical activity during school hours. This mixed-methods study examined the influence of a painted designs (e.g., traditional games, random circles) intervention on the physical activity experiences of elementary school children. Systematic observations and accelerometer data were collected to evaluate the type and quantity of student physical activity. Interviews we…
‘I guess you just have to deal with it’
Pre-professional ballet dancers are at high risk for musculoskeletal injuries, some of which are not reported and are self-managed by dancers themselves. Understanding the decisions that adolescent dancers make related to their dancing, pain, and injuries is relatively under-researched. Sociocultural contexts and the presence of social support (or not) may influence decisions and experiences of elite adolescent ballet dancers regarding their pain…
Improved access yet inequitable experience
Findings highlight past experiences of exclusion in Canada as a unique and critical part of the context of the donation experience among MSM/2SGBTQ+. Despite the program's goals of greater inclusivity of MSM/2SGBTQ + individuals, the anticipated experience of the program included continued stigmatization and inequities. Future research should seek to understand the experienced views of MSM/2SGBTQ + donors to ensure that as policies change, polici…
Exploring physical activity experiences, barriers, and facilitators among individuals of South Asian heritage living with and beyond cancer
Participants' perspectives provided insights into the PA experiences, barriers, facilitators, and needs of people of South Asian heritage living with and beyond cancer. These results can be used to inform the tailoring of exercise oncology resources to better support physical activity and exercise for this population
Children’s knowledge about play-related risk, risk-taking, and injury
Risk-taking in play has received increased focus in research over the last three decades through the use of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. The purpose of this meta-study was to review the qualitative literature specifically to better understand how children (5–16 years of age) understand the concepts of risk, risky play, and injury in relation to their play experiences. Twenty-two studies were identified for inclusion in the meta-s…
‘The change happens with our kids’
Books have an influential role in children’s understandings of identity and the (re)production of and resistance to social norms. With limited diversity in children’s literature about sport, two children’s books were created that had as their central plot a challenge to dominant gender norms in ice hockey and in figure skating. Nine parents with children 10 years old and younger read the books and then participated in semi-structured interviews. …
Psychology (11 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (5 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)