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This episode features Lauren Sulz and Jonathan Mauro talking about school sport - specifically, a framework called School Sport for All. We discuss the intersections between it and Meaningful PE, how school sport can be an opportunity for meaningfulness and much more.

Dr. Lauren Sulz is an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta with a focus on healthy school communities. Lauren's research includes physical and health literacy, school sport and school-based physical activities, whole-child education, comprehensive school health, and health and physical education pedagogy. You can learn more about Lauren on her faculty page or follow her on X: @Lauren_Sulz.

Jonathan Mauro is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. He currently is the Indigenous Education Services Coordinator for Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools. Jonathan has taught high school and middle school physical education and outdoor education and coaches numerous sport teams. He is currently researching the implementation of the SS4A framework. Jonathan can be found on X: @jnlmauro.

Resources mentioned in the episode include:

• Sulz, L., & Gleddie, D.L. (2024). School Sport for All: An Inclusive Developmental Framework to Improve Participation. LEARNing Landscapes, 17(1), 287-304. https://doi.org/10.36510/learnland.v17i1.1133
• Harding-Kuriger, J. & Gleddie, D.L. (2022). Teacher-coach-mom: An autoethnographic exploration into the clashing cultures of physical education and school sport.Sport, Education and Society.https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2022.2131760
• Sulz, L., Gleddie, D.L., Kinsella, C., & Humbert, M.L. (2022). The health and educational impact of removing financial constraints for school sport. European Physical Education Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X221104909
• Sulz, L.D., Gleddie, D.L., Urbanski, W., & Humbert, L. (2020). Improving school sport: Teacher-coach and athletic director perspectives. Sport in Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2020.1755263
• Gleddie, D.L., Sulz, L., Humbert, L. & Zajdel, A. (2019). If you must cut athletes from school sport teams: Consider best practices. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 90(2), 24-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/07303084.2018.1546630
• "Jays (as in the Toronto Bluejays) Care Challenger Program"
• Meaningfulness in Youth Sport - description and resource (in a few different languages!)
• Jumpstart State of Play Youth Report 2024 (not mentioned in the podcast but a great source of information!

Thanks to Isaiah Gleddie for the guitar pieces, SSHRC for some funding and our guests for sharing!