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David Legg
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Latest papers
ACSM Expert Consensus Statement: Considerations and Recommendations for Prescribing Exercise and Designing Physical Activity Programs for People with Disabilities
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2025
Toward a knowledge-synthesis heuristic for sport leaders: the strategic leader synthesis model
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living · 2024 · senior author
“We’re stronger as a family”: Family experiences and relationships in an adapted physical activity camp
Psychology of sport and exercise · 2023
Latest funding
- $20,000
Building a Pan-Canadian Community of Practice: The Creating Opportunities through Physical Literacy for All Newcomer children and Youth (CO-PLAY) Network
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $194,643
Examining Archaeological Fisheries Records for Evidence of a Warming Ocean: A Palaeothermometer for Ancient Fish Catches
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $190,745
An ethnographic study of Black children's identity construction in early childhood education
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
8 publications.
ACSM Expert Consensus Statement: Considerations and Recommendations for Prescribing Exercise and Designing Physical Activity Programs for People with Disabilities
Lauren T. Ptomey, Kerri A. Morgan, Cheri A Blauwet, Benjamin D. Boudreaux, Bo Fernhall, Janet Lynn Hauck, David Legg, Stephanie Tow, Kathleen A. Martin Ginis
Toward a knowledge-synthesis heuristic for sport leaders: the strategic leader synthesis model
John Cairney, Véronique Richard, David Legg
“We’re stronger as a family”: Family experiences and relationships in an adapted physical activity camp
Jessica L. Youngblood, Meghan H. McDonough, Elizabeth G. Condliffe, David Legg, Carolyn A. Emery
“We’re a lot closer, we talk more”: family experiences and relationships following child’s participation in an adapted physical activity camp
Jessica L. Youngblood, Meghan H. McDonough, Elizabeth G. Condliffe, David Legg, Carolyn A. Emery
Advancing sport opportunities for people with disabilities: from grassroots to elite.
Legg D, Dubon M, Webborn N, Blauwet C
Evaluation of Dietary Supplement Use in Wheelchair Rugby Athletes.
Madden RF, Shearer J, Legg D, Parnell JA
Paralympic Games: History and Legacy of a Global Movement.
Legg D
Improving Paralympic Development Programs: Athlete and Institutional Pathways and Organizational Quality Indicators.
Hutzler Y, Higgs C, Legg D
Building a Pan-Canadian Community of Practice: The Creating Opportunities through Physical Literacy for All Newcomer children and Youth (CO-PLAY) Network
Keywords: Newcomer; Children; Youth; Immigrant; Refugee; Physical Literacy; Transitions; Psychosocial Development; Well-being; Physical Activity; Settlement
Examining Archaeological Fisheries Records for Evidence of a Warming Ocean: A Palaeothermometer for Ancient Fish Catches
Principal investigators: Hillis, Dylan
Keywords: anthropology; archaeology; climate change; fisheries; food security; historical ecology; Indigenous; resource management; stable isotope analysis; zooarchaeology; zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry
An ethnographic study of Black children's identity construction in early childhood education
Principal investigators: Matebekwane, Kamogelo A.
Keywords: identity construction; black children; early childhood education; sense of belonging; anti-black racism; discrimination and prejudice; equality; inclusion; diversity; blackness as presence; black lives matter; community development
Partnership for Equitable, Diverse and Inclusive Participation, Access, and Quality Experiences in Youth Sport: Sport4All
Keywords: equity; diversity; inclusion; sport; girls and women; identity; quality participation; partnership; community-based participatory research
Canadian Disability Participation Project 2.0: Developing, Implementing and Evaluating Quality Sport, Exercise and Play Experiences for Canadians with Disabilities
Keywords: quality participation; disability; sport; exercise; play; recreation; children; youth; adults; knowledge creation; knowledge mobilization; implementation; dissemination
The effect of peer-to-peer video modeling on socialization and physical literacy in individuals with autism spectrum disorder
Principal investigators: Katz, Larry
Keywords: peer learning; video modeling; observational learning; socialization; physical literacy; psychological factors; Autism Spectrum Disorder
Leveraging parasport events for sustainable community participation
Principal investigators: Misener, Laura
Keywords: disability; sport event; community development; participation
Beyond pistorius, social dynamics-future expectations and the development of therapeutic enhancements for people with disabilities: impact analysis of therapeutic enhancement technologies on recreational and performance sport and sport education
Principal investigators: Wolbring, Gregor
Keywords: performance enhancements; athletes with disabilities; paralympics; impact assessment; ableism; sport; historical analysis
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Carolyn Emery and Elizabeth Condliffe: 7 shared papers
- Carolyn Emery and Meghan McDonough: 5 shared papers
- Carolyn Emery and David Legg: 2 shared papers
- Meghan McDonough and Elizabeth Condliffe: 2 shared papers
- Meghan McDonough and David Legg: 2 shared papers
- Elizabeth Condliffe and David Legg: 2 shared papers
- Jane Shearer and David Legg: 1 shared paper
- Kathleen Martin Ginis and David Legg: 1 shared paper
- Department of Health and Physical Education
- Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre
- Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute
- Other
Co-authors at Mount Royal University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Carolyn Emery
Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre
2 shared papers, latest 2023
Meghan McDonough
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2023
Elizabeth Condliffe
Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute
2 shared papers, latest 2023
Jane Shearer
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Kathleen Martin Ginis
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2025
John Cairney
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2024
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