From Survive to THRIVE, #BellLetsTalk

From Survive to THRIVE, #BellLetsTalk

As parents with kids in sports it is a non stop sprint from one event to the next.  Up at the crack of dawn, get yourself ready for work. Get the kids up and get them ready for school. Make lunches, breakfast, run upstairs to make sure all of them are up….and drag the...
R-E-S-P-E-C-T…Just a little bit…

R-E-S-P-E-C-T…Just a little bit…

In the last two blogs I have been discussing values in sports.  We can’t talk about value based sport without talking about the value of RESPECT. No self-respecting blog about respect can start without referencing a line from Aretha Franklin’s song “Respect”....
What the heck does “Fairness” even mean?

What the heck does “Fairness” even mean?

If fairness is a value that sport is embracing, should we spend a bit of time understanding what fairness even means? Excellent question, and one that needs to be thought through.  After last weeks blog, that was the question I received the most. Let’s start with the...
The light and shadow side of a value – Fairness

The light and shadow side of a value – Fairness

Last week Public Policy Forum and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport held their summit on “The Values Proposition: Strengthening Sport in Canada”. #ValuesinSport. It is an important topic right now in the sports community as there is an overall trend in the...