Milena M Parent
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 326399 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Milena M Parent |
| PRENOMES | Milena M |
| SOBRENOME | Parent |
| ASSINATURA | PARENT M M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Ottawa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8789-3523 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 36 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1987 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Canada’s sport system
Canada’s sport system is a complex, multi-level framework shaped by federal–provincial/territorial dynamics, extensive local involvement and an evolving policy landscape. This profile provides a comprehensive overview of the Canadian sport system, tracing its historical development and examining the contemporary governance structure, policy frameworks, funding mechanisms and emerging priorities. Historically, Canadian sport policy has evolved fro…
Organisational change and organisational politics in non-profit sport organisations
Vertical interlocking and decision making in national and provincial/territorial non-profit sport organization boards
This study explains the impact of vertical interlocking on national (NSO) and provincial/territorial (P/TSOs) non-profit sport organization board decision making in a federated sport model. Data were collected from six boards in Canada (two NSOs, four P/TSOs) via 36 meeting observations, 18 semi-structured interviews, and over 900 documents. Sixty-six decisions were categorized based on vertically interlocked and non-interlocked boards (three per…
Examining Monetary Valuation Methods to Analyze Residents' Social Value From Hosting a Publicly-Funded Major Sport Event
Measuring residents' social value from hosting major sport events has become a popular practitioner and researcher focus. However, researchers have used a plethora of monetary valuation methods to measure social value on an equally diverse set of events. Rather than being applied to major sport events, the use of these methods in sport research has been limited to smaller events, programs, or facilities. Consequently, investigating monetary valua…
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Managing Major Sports Events
Managing Major Sports Events: Theory and Practice is a complete introduction to the principles and practical skills that underpin the running and hosting of major sports events, from initial bid to post-event legacy and sustainability. Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, the book draws on the latest research from across multiple disciplines, explores real-world situations, and emphasises practical problem-solving skills. It covers eve…
Strategic Management in Sport
What role can strategic thinking play in contemporary sport management? It can be the difference between leading or languishing – it’s that important! Covering sport at all levels, from community-based sport to elite sport, this is the first textbook to focus on strategic management in a sport context. The book introduces the fundamentals of strategic planning, environmental analyses, strategic direction and leadership, strategy formulation and s…
Routledge Handbook of Sports Event Management
This chapter provides an overview of the context of sport event security and of the various types of security agencies (local, national, international, public, and private organisations), and other related stakeholders involved in the planning and hosting of sport events. Following this overview, research associated with risk, sport event security, and safety is presented. The chapter concludes by providing suggestions for further reading and fut…
The Sage Handbook of Sport Management
The SAGE Handbook of Sport Management draws together the best current research on the major topics relevant to the field of sports management, including leadership, gender, diversity, development, policy, tourism, and media. Edited by two of the most respected figures in the field, the handbook includes contributions from leading sport management academics from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, USA, the UK and Europe. The key themes and debates of …
The governance of Olympic legacy
The purpose of this research was to examine the governance system used to monitor and manage the legacy accrued as a result of bidding for and subsequently hosting the Olympic Games (OG). More specifically, this study aimed to (a) examine the legacy governance process from the bid phase to post-Games, and (b) to identify the governance controls (e.g. actors and mechanisms) that impacted the governance system responsible for legacy at the OG. Two …
Stakeholder perspectives regarding the governance of legacy at the Olympic Games
This paper critically analyses how event stakeholders perceived the governance of legacy at an edition of the Olympic Games. This discussion is based on case studies of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The cases were built from archival materials and interview data, and analysed through content analysis. The findings illustrate how event stakeholders saw proper governance practices as essen…
The sustainability of the Youth Olympic Games
This paper explored the Youth Olympic Games' (YOG) potential sustainability (survival and success) through an analysis of how actors exert various forms of pressure on the YOG. Given the impact of the Olympic Games and of youth on society, it becomes important to study the newest member of the Olympic Family. Combining stakeholder, network and institutional literatures, a case study of the first Winter YOG in Innsbruck (Austria) was built by mean…
The Youth Olympic Games
Through the content analytic method, this chapter examines the external and internal media coverage devoted to the two inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) events in 2010 and 2012. The conceptualized dimensions of media salience in agenda setting research was employed in the study, as mainstream external media (newspaper) and internal new media outlets were examined to determine the amount and type of coverage devoted to the YOG. There have been n…
Managing Major Sports Events
The hosting of major sporting events can be a key tool in the development of cities and countries around the world. If carried out effectively these events can not only bring prestige to an area but can leave the local population with a legacy of improved infrastructure and facilities. Managing Major Sports Events: Theory and Practice is a complete introduction to the principles and practical skills that underpin the running and hosting of major …
Community mobilization development related to children sport and physical activity
This insider action research study explored the dynamics underlying community mobilization in a Local Action Committee (LAC) and the key roles the intermediary change agent played in guiding LAC partners through each stage of the community mobilization developmental process. The stages through which local organizations moved as they learned to work together and achieve collective goals involved : (1) connection and formalization; (2) cooperation;…
Olympic Games Legacy
The purpose of this article is to map and contextualise the evolution of the concept of legacy over time using bid and final report documentation from Olympic Games host and candidate cities. As a result of the increased importance of legacy in the modern Olympic movement, many trends have emerged. Examples of modern trends include numerous new legacy themes (e.g. environmental, information, educational); changes in the types of legacy being emph…
Towards a Management Model for Sport and Physical Activity Community-based Partnerships
Given the increasing popularity of the partnership concept and of sport and physical activity-based programs, this paper integrates the extensive North American and European management, sport management and political science literatures (in both French and English) to develop a partnership model for sport, community-based initiatives. The proposed model includes a three-part feedback loop: the formation of a partnership between two or more organi…
Violent and Nonviolent Schizophrenic Patients
The purpose of the present study was to examine clinical and developmental indices of violent and nonviolent schizophrenic patients. Included in the study were 20 treatment-resistant male schizophrenic patients on fixed doses of neuroleptics; treatment-resistance was determined on the basis of documented failure to respond adequately to treatment with at least three drugs from two different neuroleptic classes. Comparisons of t tests yielded sign…
Olympic Games Legacy
The purpose of this article is to map and contextualise the evolution of the concept of legacy over time using bid and final report documentation from Olympic Games host and candidate cities. As a result of the increased importance of legacy in the modern Olympic movement, many trends have emerged. Examples of modern trends include numerous new legacy themes (e.g. environmental, information, educational); changes in the types of legacy being emph…
Stakeholder perspectives regarding the governance of legacy at the Olympic Games
This paper critically analyses how event stakeholders perceived the governance of legacy at an edition of the Olympic Games. This discussion is based on case studies of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The cases were built from archival materials and interview data, and analysed through content analysis. The findings illustrate how event stakeholders saw proper governance practices as essen…
The sustainability of the Youth Olympic Games
This paper explored the Youth Olympic Games' (YOG) potential sustainability (survival and success) through an analysis of how actors exert various forms of pressure on the YOG. Given the impact of the Olympic Games and of youth on society, it becomes important to study the newest member of the Olympic Family. Combining stakeholder, network and institutional literatures, a case study of the first Winter YOG in Innsbruck (Austria) was built by mean…
The governance of Olympic legacy
The purpose of this research was to examine the governance system used to monitor and manage the legacy accrued as a result of bidding for and subsequently hosting the Olympic Games (OG). More specifically, this study aimed to (a) examine the legacy governance process from the bid phase to post-Games, and (b) to identify the governance controls (e.g. actors and mechanisms) that impacted the governance system responsible for legacy at the OG. Two …
Community mobilization development related to children sport and physical activity
This insider action research study explored the dynamics underlying community mobilization in a Local Action Committee (LAC) and the key roles the intermediary change agent played in guiding LAC partners through each stage of the community mobilization developmental process. The stages through which local organizations moved as they learned to work together and achieve collective goals involved : (1) connection and formalization; (2) cooperation;…
Violent and Nonviolent Schizophrenic Patients
The purpose of the present study was to examine clinical and developmental indices of violent and nonviolent schizophrenic patients. Included in the study were 20 treatment-resistant male schizophrenic patients on fixed doses of neuroleptics; treatment-resistance was determined on the basis of documented failure to respond adequately to treatment with at least three drugs from two different neuroleptic classes. Comparisons of t tests yielded sign…
Towards a Management Model for Sport and Physical Activity Community-based Partnerships
Given the increasing popularity of the partnership concept and of sport and physical activity-based programs, this paper integrates the extensive North American and European management, sport management and political science literatures (in both French and English) to develop a partnership model for sport, community-based initiatives. The proposed model includes a three-part feedback loop: the formation of a partnership between two or more organi…
Olympic Games Legacy
The purpose of this article is to map and contextualise the evolution of the concept of legacy over time using bid and final report documentation from Olympic Games host and candidate cities. As a result of the increased importance of legacy in the modern Olympic movement, many trends have emerged. Examples of modern trends include numerous new legacy themes (e.g. environmental, information, educational); changes in the types of legacy being emph…
Community mobilization development related to children sport and physical activity
This insider action research study explored the dynamics underlying community mobilization in a Local Action Committee (LAC) and the key roles the intermediary change agent played in guiding LAC partners through each stage of the community mobilization developmental process. The stages through which local organizations moved as they learned to work together and achieve collective goals involved : (1) connection and formalization; (2) cooperation;…
Managing Major Sports Events
The hosting of major sporting events can be a key tool in the development of cities and countries around the world. If carried out effectively these events can not only bring prestige to an area but can leave the local population with a legacy of improved infrastructure and facilities. Managing Major Sports Events: Theory and Practice is a complete introduction to the principles and practical skills that underpin the running and hosting of major …
The Youth Olympic Games
Through the content analytic method, this chapter examines the external and internal media coverage devoted to the two inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) events in 2010 and 2012. The conceptualized dimensions of media salience in agenda setting research was employed in the study, as mainstream external media (newspaper) and internal new media outlets were examined to determine the amount and type of coverage devoted to the YOG. There have been n…
Stakeholder perspectives regarding the governance of legacy at the Olympic Games
This paper critically analyses how event stakeholders perceived the governance of legacy at an edition of the Olympic Games. This discussion is based on case studies of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The cases were built from archival materials and interview data, and analysed through content analysis. The findings illustrate how event stakeholders saw proper governance practices as essen…
The sustainability of the Youth Olympic Games
This paper explored the Youth Olympic Games' (YOG) potential sustainability (survival and success) through an analysis of how actors exert various forms of pressure on the YOG. Given the impact of the Olympic Games and of youth on society, it becomes important to study the newest member of the Olympic Family. Combining stakeholder, network and institutional literatures, a case study of the first Winter YOG in Innsbruck (Austria) was built by mean…
The governance of Olympic legacy
The purpose of this research was to examine the governance system used to monitor and manage the legacy accrued as a result of bidding for and subsequently hosting the Olympic Games (OG). More specifically, this study aimed to (a) examine the legacy governance process from the bid phase to post-Games, and (b) to identify the governance controls (e.g. actors and mechanisms) that impacted the governance system responsible for legacy at the OG. Two …
Routledge Handbook of Sports Event Management
This chapter provides an overview of the context of sport event security and of the various types of security agencies (local, national, international, public, and private organisations), and other related stakeholders involved in the planning and hosting of sport events. Following this overview, research associated with risk, sport event security, and safety is presented. The chapter concludes by providing suggestions for further reading and fut…
The Sage Handbook of Sport Management
The SAGE Handbook of Sport Management draws together the best current research on the major topics relevant to the field of sports management, including leadership, gender, diversity, development, policy, tourism, and media. Edited by two of the most respected figures in the field, the handbook includes contributions from leading sport management academics from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, USA, the UK and Europe. The key themes and debates of …
Strategic Management in Sport
What role can strategic thinking play in contemporary sport management? It can be the difference between leading or languishing – it’s that important! Covering sport at all levels, from community-based sport to elite sport, this is the first textbook to focus on strategic management in a sport context. The book introduces the fundamentals of strategic planning, environmental analyses, strategic direction and leadership, strategy formulation and s…
Ceremonies
Managing Major Sports Events
Managing Major Sports Events: Theory and Practice is a complete introduction to the principles and practical skills that underpin the running and hosting of major sports events, from initial bid to post-event legacy and sustainability. Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, the book draws on the latest research from across multiple disciplines, explores real-world situations, and emphasises practical problem-solving skills. It covers eve…
Examining Monetary Valuation Methods to Analyze Residents' Social Value From Hosting a Publicly-Funded Major Sport Event
Measuring residents' social value from hosting major sport events has become a popular practitioner and researcher focus. However, researchers have used a plethora of monetary valuation methods to measure social value on an equally diverse set of events. Rather than being applied to major sport events, the use of these methods in sport research has been limited to smaller events, programs, or facilities. Consequently, investigating monetary valua…
Canada’s sport system
Canada’s sport system is a complex, multi-level framework shaped by federal–provincial/territorial dynamics, extensive local involvement and an evolving policy landscape. This profile provides a comprehensive overview of the Canadian sport system, tracing its historical development and examining the contemporary governance structure, policy frameworks, funding mechanisms and emerging priorities. Historically, Canadian sport policy has evolved fro…
Organisational change and organisational politics in non-profit sport organisations
Vertical interlocking and decision making in national and provincial/territorial non-profit sport organization boards
This study explains the impact of vertical interlocking on national (NSO) and provincial/territorial (P/TSOs) non-profit sport organization board decision making in a federated sport model. Data were collected from six boards in Canada (two NSOs, four P/TSOs) via 36 meeting observations, 18 semi-structured interviews, and over 900 documents. Sixty-six decisions were categorized based on vertically interlocked and non-interlocked boards (three per…
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