Women’s Health and Wellbeing in Sport: Re-thinking Injuries

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Women's Health and Wellbeing in Sport is a transdisciplinary webinar series connecting research, policy, and practice on women's health and wellbeing in sport.

Each session brings together experts from around the world and different disciples to unpack some of the most pressing topics in sport. Over the series we'll cover topics such as menstrual health, REDs, injury, performance and participation- with a strong focus on advocating for better ways to understand gender, health and wellbeing through diverse sporting and cultural contexts.

This series aims to provide players, coaches, policy-makers, sport organisations and researchers from around the world with insights from world leading professionals to advance their practice and understanding.

Developed with Professor Holly Thorpe (Waikato University, NZ) and Dr Hayley Truskewycz (Global Observatory for Gender Equality and Sport) the series builds global knowledge exchange and networks across the sport, research, and policy sectors.

Webinar 2 | Women’s Health and Wellbeing in Sport: Re-thinking Injuries

• Associate Professor Joanne Parsons — College of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Manitoba, Canada; a physical therapist and researcher specializing in how gendered socio-cultural and physical environments impact sports injury risk, rehabilitation, and resistance training outcomes for women and girls.

• Professor Parissa Safai — School of Kinesiology & Health Science, York University, Canada; a sociologist of sport and President of the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) whose work focuses on the intersection of risk, health, and systemic inequities in physical activity.

• Professor Sophia Nimphius — Edith Cowan University, Western Australia; Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Sport) and Professor of Human Performance, bringing over two decades of high-performance sport science leadership, elite coaching, and advocacy for systemic change for women in sport.

• Dr Natalie Hardaker — Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), New Zealand; Prevention Insights Lead for Women’s Health & Neuroscience, and sports therapist whose PhD research focused on sports-related concussions in women.

• Professor Holly Thorpe (Moderator), School of Sport & Human Performance, University of Waikato, New Zealand.

There will be time for Q&A at the end, so bring your questions and curiosities!

Unable to make the webinar time? Simply register to receive a recording after the event so you won't miss a thing.

When:
Canada and US - Tuesday 10th November

• 3:00pm - US West Coast (PST)

• 5:00pm - Winnipeg (CST)

• 6:00 pm- Toronto (EST)

Australia and New Zealand - Wednesday 11th of November

• 7:00 am- Australia, Perth (AWST)

• 10:00am - Australia, Melb/Syd (AEDT)

• 12:00 noon - New Zealand (NZDT)