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Research
Latest papers
"We haven't agreed on that, and you'll never get people to agree on that." Contestation within the Canadian sport coaching professional project.
International review for the sociology of sport · 2025 · first author
An examination of social relations and concussion management via the blue card.
Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024
Self-care as self-preservation: where is the support for coaches' self-care in Canadian sport?
Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023 · senior author
Latest funding
- $64,472
Uneven playing fields: EDI policies and the challenges faced by under-represented coaches and officials
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $18,229
Sport and the digital economy: A case study of the Canadian sports analytics industry
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $46,854
Sport and the digital economy: A case study of the Canadian sports analytics industry
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
4 publications.
"We haven't agreed on that, and you'll never get people to agree on that." Contestation within the Canadian sport coaching professional project.
Safai P, Krahn AN
An examination of social relations and concussion management via the blue card.
Jorgensen MP, Safai P, Mainwaring L
Self-care as self-preservation: where is the support for coaches' self-care in Canadian sport?
McCullogh E, Safai P
"It's Hard Work": A Feminist Political Economy Approach to Reconceptualizing "Work" in the Cancer Context.
Pritlove C, Safai P, Angus JE, Armstrong P, Jones JM, Parsons J
Uneven playing fields: EDI policies and the challenges faced by under-represented coaches and officials
Principal investigators: Eys, Mark A.
Keywords: sport; equity; diversity; inclusion; physical activity; coaching; officiating
Sport and the digital economy: A case study of the Canadian sports analytics industry
Principal investigators: Millington, Bradley J.
Keywords: sport; analytics; digital economy; big data; technology; media; innovation; work; communication
Sport and the digital economy: A case study of the Canadian sports analytics industry
Principal investigators: Millington, Bradley J.
Keywords: sport; analytics; digital economy; big data; technology; media; innovation; work; communication
A Labyrinth of Inequity: A Feminist Political Economy Approach to the Gender Gap in Academic Medicine
Principal investigators: Pritlove, Cheryl
Keywords: Gender; Gender gap; Equity; Diversity; Inclusion; Academic medicine; Feminist political economy theory; Intersectionality; Qualitative methods; Knowledge synthesis
KIN Games? Examining the Construction of Relevance in Kinesiology in Canada
Principal investigators: Safai, Parissa
Keywords: kinesiology; Canadian higher education; social citizenship; workplace readiness; training to encourage accessible and equitable sport; knowledge mobilization; digital storytelling
KIN Games? Examining the Construction of Relevance in Kinesiology in Canada
Principal investigators: Safai, Parissa
Keywords: kinesiology; Canadian higher education; social citizenship; workplace readiness; training to encourage accessible and equitable sport; knowledge mobilization; digital storytelling
Multiculturalism and physical culture: the case of the greater Toronto area GTA
Principal investigators: Donnelly, Peter A.
Keywords: multiculturalism; physical culture; community; sport; dance; exercise systems; martial arts
Trickle down effect exploring the influence of the Olympic Games on preschooler development and sport participation
Principal investigators: Fraser-Thomas, Jessica L.
Keywords: trickle down effect; Olympic Games; positive youth development; sport participation; youth sport; preschooler; childcare; psychosocial influences
The social determinants of athletes' health: understanding the relationship between health and high performance sport
Principal investigators: Safai, Parissa
Keywords: sociology of sport; social determinants of health; Canadian high performance sport system and sport policy; culture of risk in sport
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Pat Armstrong and Janet Parsons: 1 shared paper
- Pat Armstrong and Cheryl Pritlove: 1 shared paper
- Pat Armstrong and Parissa Safai: 1 shared paper
- Lynda Mainwaring and Parissa Safai: 1 shared paper
- Janet Parsons and Cheryl Pritlove: 1 shared paper
- Janet Parsons and Parissa Safai: 1 shared paper
- Cheryl Pritlove and Parissa Safai: 1 shared paper
- Other Sociology
- Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
- Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
- Sociology
- Other
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