From a kid's first T-ball season to a company's Sunday night hockey league, sport and recreation programs across the country depend on regular people setting up, taking down, taking on administrative tasks, handling transportation and coaching players on their own time to keep activities running.
It's not a system of favours it's an expectation that parents, friends and neighbours will do what it takes to make sure the game goes on, and that expectation can put a lot of pressure on those who step up and take the lead.
The Scott McCain & Leslie McLean Centre for Sport, Business and Health at SMU has partnered with Dr. Jackie Oncescu (Associate Professor of Kinesiology at UNB), and a team of researchers at All In Research & Innovation Inc. (All In) to shine a light on an often under-represented and under-researched demographic: volunteers.
