Rebound: Sports, Community, and the Inclusive City
Rebound: Sports, Community, and the Inclusive City
Marilyn Stanley
, Jude Castillo
, Barry Kazimer
, Natasa Ilic
, Linda Leitch
, Melissa Kohlman
, Ken Gilmour
, Noelle Schmidt
, Paula Adam
, Amie Gaudet
, Patricia Johnson
, Tina May
, Deb Philippon
, Meradith Anderson
, Sara Conway
, Keri Yakel
, Yolande Thivierge
, Benita Hartwell
, Robert Hykawy
, Rhona Brinkman
, Heather Belliveau
, Randi Ann Doll
, MaryAnne MacKeigan
, Rosa Cross
, Rodney Cross
, Christopher Evans
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Lynn Hallson
, Joann Horgan
, Jessica Murray
, Gina Bergman
, Noelle Walsh
, Bev Bellrose
, Holly Elisabeth
, LJ Law
, Karen Nordrum
, P. Thompson
, Andrea Gillespie
, Aditi Saha
, Silvia Demmy
, Rachel Edmonds
, Penelope Penner
, Nola Poirier
, Jason Jordan
, Wanda Brine
, Kim Cappellina
, jane luce
, Mary Campbell
, Karen Kendrick
, Melissa Poremba
, Jen Bailey
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Rhona Brinkman
, Diane O'Flaherty
, Vivian Thorgeirson
editor@49thShelf.com
From basketball hoops to cricket bats, the role community sports play in our cities and how crucial they are to diversity and inclusion. “The virus exposed how we live and work. It also revealed how we play, and what we lose when we have to stop.” For every kid who makes it to the NBA, thousands more seek out the pleasure and camaraderie of pick-up basketball in their local community centre or neighbourhood park. It’s a story that plays out in sport after sport – team and individual, youth and adult, men's and women's. While the dazzle of pro athletes may command our attention, grassroots sports build the bridges that link city-dwellers together in ways that go well beyond the physical benefits. The pandemic and heightened awareness of racial exclusion reminded us of the importance of these pastimes and the public spaces where we play. In this closely reported exploration of the role of community sports in diverse cities, Toronto journalist Perry King makes an impassioned case for re-imagining neighbourhoods whose residents can be active, healthy, and connected.
