Edinburgh-Toronto Public Symposia & Lectures

Sports Events, Legacy and Rights – David Grevemburg CBE 14 March 2023

The Economic Value of Sport - Feb 28 2023 David Bell Lecture

Football More than a Game - Mel Young Co-founder and president of the homeless world cup on football tackling homelessness.

The International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA) and the Centre for Sport & Human Rights kicked-off a discussion about how it takes a team to understand and manage the human rights risks at play in ensuring the contracting of responsible private security providers. Panelists consider the cases of the FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the Commonwealth Games [June 2022]

Zoe Hopkins international partnership manager presents the Homeless World Cup [February 2022]

Silvija Mitevska advisor to the Prime Minister of Northern Macedonia leads a panel of experts in discussion on the role of sport in international diplomacy and foreign affairs [4 August 2021]

Socio-Economic Groups Webinar hosted by Why Sports, Yvonne Harrison, Mark Lawrie, Cormac Whelan, Active Communities Experiences, Rachel Graham [5 May 2021]

Stuart MacDonald, Academy of Sport member, former senior civil servant, leads a discussion on the importance of sport as a soft power tool post-covid [6 October 2020]

Leo Hopkinson, London School of Economics and Political Science [15 January 2020]

Danny Bisland, Scottish Football Association, talks about the social value of football [20 March 2019]

Dr Michael Crawley, University of Edinburgh explores Ethiopian Running Cultures [7 March 2019]

Professor Jenna Gillen (UOT) leads experts on a discussion of the relationship between physical activity and nutrition and how to translate their research insights into practical strategies that could be used by anyone to improve their health [5 March 2019]

Dr Paul Widdop using social network analysis to analyse football networks [19 February 2019]

Liz Twyford exploring the work of UNICEF [7 February 2019]

Professor Wray Vamplew critically examines the relationship between sport and alcohol [6 December 2018]

Preeti Shetty talks about the Football Foundation case study [6 November 2018]

Professor Bruce Kidd, University of Toronto Principal, Olympian and political activist reflects upon decades of fighting for equity in and through sport [5 June 2018]

Hala Ousta, Scottish Football Association (SFA) Equity and Diversity Manager talks about equality and diversity in Scottish Football [15 March 2018]

The symposium focused on the importance of accessibility in sport and recreation, as well as the significance of physical activity across the lifespan [1 March 2018]

Anthony Mcreavy considers the future of public sport and leisure services [30 November 2017]

Richard Loat from Comic Relief providing and insight into innovation and impact in the sport for development field [11 October 2017]

Linda McDonald talks about the Robertson trust Sport for Change research and opportunities [13 September 2017]

Professor Lucia Trimbur form City University of New York addresses the politics of sports protests in the United States of America since the change of President [26 July 2017]

Oliver Dudfield from the Commonwealth Secretariat explains and critically evaluates the research evidence supporting the part that sport can play in the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

Professor Billie Giles-Corti, University of Melbourne, NHMRC Centre or Research Excellence in Healthy Liveable Communities. [26 October 2016]

Presentations include real-time interactive demonstrations with high-performance athletes. Professors Wells, Welsh, Tamminen and Beach explore science and technology in high performance sport. [May 2015]

Leading experts from the Faculty of kinesiology and physical education discussed the benefits of physical activity – offering evidence-based strategies to start and stick with manageable exercise programs.

Dr Joel Rookwood, School of Sport, Health and Social Sciences, Southhampton Solent University

Dr Raôul Oudejans, (Associate) Professor Learning and Performing in Sports, Department of Human Movement Sciences, VU Amsterdam and Department of Sports and Nutrition, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

Professors Margaret MacNeill, Michael Atkinson, Caroline Fusco and Bruce Kidd

Professor Matthew MacIver, CBE - Football and the Western Isles: Point Football Club

SFA Chief Executive Stewart Regan speaks about International football governance

Sir Craig Reedie CBE - President, World Anti-Doping Agency & IOC Vice President

Professor Peter Donnelly from the University of Toronto

Peter Donnelly - Multiculturism and Physical Culture: The case of the GTA

Peter Donnelly - Play the Game 2013: Global sports governance, challenges and alternatives

Peter Donnelly - Sport Participation in Canada

The Para-Athlete Peter Van de Vliet, PhD PT

Professor Jo Salmon - Encouraging less sitting & more 'walkabout': An Australian perspective on physical activity promotion

SCRI Peter Donnelly - Canadian Sport Policy Renewal Workshop

SCRI Professor Bruce Kidd - Is Anyone Listening - The challenge of Research for Canadian Sport Policy

Physical activity interventions are a focus of Dr Josie Booth's work and in this lecture she explores the relationship between physical activity and educational attainment.

The event featured Professors Heather Carnahan, Tim Welsh, and Luc Tremblay along with gold medal Olympian Rosie MacLennan.

Dr Simon Rofe from SOAS, University of London, talks about the ways in which sport can be used to influence acts of cultural diplomacy. The research draws upon a case study of Manchester United Football Club.

The event featured speakers Dr Doug Richards, Dr Gretchen Kerr and Scott Russell from CBC Sports and Steve Paikin of TVO's The Agenda as the moderator.

Dr James Robson, medical advisor to the Scottish Rugby Union, talks about increasing rates of concussion in sport and some of the reasons for this trend.

Human physiologist, professor and CTV sport science analyst Professor Greg Wells moderates the discussion about the body in extreme conditions.

Francesca Osowska, senior civil servant with the Scottish Government talks about her role in delivering her portfolio of responsibilities in her lecture: 'The Role of the Senior Civil Servant in delivering Sport, Physical Activity and the 2014 Commonwealth Games'.

Faculty experts and keynote speaker André Picard led discussions about physical activity for prevention.

Details of Professor Grant Jarvie's inaugural lecture.

Speakers shared the concept of whole athlete development as a common theme.

Details of Professor Nanette Mutrie's inaugural lecture.