Alana Cook
Doctor of Philosophy in Kinesiology (PhD)
Research Topic
The decolonization and Indigenization of mixed martial arts
Janice Forsyth
Professor
Research Classification
Research Interests
History of Physical Culture and Sport
Indigenous Studies in Kinesiology
Socio-Cultural Studies
Relevant Thesis-Based Degree Programs
Publications
- Methodology and Indigenous memory: using photographs to anchor critical reflections on Indian residential school experiences (2021)
Visual Studies, , 1--15 - Indigenous resurgence, regeneration, and decolonization through sport history (2019)
Journal of Sport History, 46 (2), 143-156 - Witnessing painful pasts: Understanding images of sports at Canadian Indian Residential Schools (2019)
Journal of Sport History, 46 (2), 175-188 - ‘Welcome to the Olympic Victims Hotel’: Homelessness and the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games (2018)
Sport in Society, 21 (3), 468-481 - 'The only good thing that happened at school': Colonising narratives of sport in the Indian School Bulletin (2017)
British Journal of Canadian Studies, 30 (2), 205-225 - "A rink at this school is almost as essential as a classroom": Hockey and discipline at pelican lake indian residential school, 1945-19511 (2017)
Canadian Journal of History, 52 (1), 80-108 - Introduction: Reflections on health and the body at Canadian Indian residential schools (2017)
British Journal of Canadian Studies, 30 (2), 143-144 - Introduction: Olympic Perspectives (2016)
International Journal of the History of Sport, 33 (4), 367-368 - Negotiating difference: how aboriginal athletes in the maritimes brokered their involvement in Canadian sport (2016)
International Journal of the History of Sport, 33 (16), 1943-1962 - Make the Indian understand his place: Politics and the establishment of the tom longboat awards at Indian affairs and the amateur athletic union of Canada (2015)
Sport in History, 35 (2), 241-270 - Fred simpson is no tom longboat: Public memory and the construction of historical knowledge (2014)
Sport History Review, 45 (1), 37-58 - The double helix: Aboriginal people and sport policy in Canada (2013)
Sport Policy in Canada, , 267-293
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