Making sure there is sport for Every Child.
To address inequalities in youth community sport, our goal is to transform and inspire community youth sport, centering our efforts on girls. RE.sport will change sport knowledge, innovate sport practices, evolve sport access, improve sport participation, and positively change sport experiences for girls in Canada.
partners nationwide
research initiative
projects underway
across Canada
Purpose, mission & vision
Creating spaces where every kid can move, play, and belong.
Co-creating a Canadian sport system where everyone moves, plays, and belongs.
Co-creating with youth, communities, researchers, and leaders, we transform research into action, evidence into tools, and ideas into opportunities to reimagine, rebuild, and reclaim sport.
Four pillars of our work
Documenting how race, gender, disability, class, and Indigeneity shape girls' access to — and exclusion from — community sport across Canada.
Building a national system to track participation, identify trends, and examine outcomes for girls in sport.
Developing and assessing supportive resources to improve sport participation that will become national standards.
Creating an open-access toolkit so organizations can collaborate, engage, and sustain meaningful change in youth sport across Canada.
The convictions behind our work
Research should create change.
We believe research should never sit on a shelf. We translate evidence into practical tools, resources, and ideas that communities can use.
Youth belong at the centre.
The best decisions are made with young people — not simply for them.
Every child deserves high-quality sport.
Every young person deserves safe, joyful, equitable, and meaningful opportunities to move, play, and belong.
Communities hold the answers.
Community leaders, coaches, parents, teachers, and volunteers are already creating incredible change. We celebrate, learn from, and build with them.
Better sport is built together.
System change happens through collaboration, co-creation, curiosity, and shared leadership.
Join us as we embark on this path, and share with us what a reimagined youth sporting environment looks like to you.
— The RE.sport TeamActive projects
Indigenous Girls & Young Women in Sport
Violence-Informed Sport for SGBV Survivors
Sport & PA Opportunities in Schools
Youth Girls Disability Research Scan
Youth Community Sport Mental Health
Impact of Sport Uniforms on Athletes
Transforming Sport, Affirming Youth
Latest from RE.sport
New article: Democratizing sport participation data
A Phase 2 piece on where Canada stands — and what a more coordinated data system would take.
Why Can't They Play? — the graphic novel
With Strong Girl Publishing, turning our research on tryout barriers into an accessible story for youth, coaches, and educators.
Open opportunities
Apply for funding or join an advisory group — a few ways to be part of RE.sport right now.
Micro-Grants
Up to $5,000 for youth and community-led sport initiatives. Opens Sept 1, 2026.
Learn more → YouthYouth Advisory
Girls and gender-diverse youth helping steer the direction of RE.sport.
Learn more → ParentsParent Advisory
Parents and caregivers helping shape research, programs, and priorities.
Learn more →Honouring the land and its peoples
At RE.sport, we recognize that we live, work, play, and gather on the traditional territories of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples across Turtle Island. We honour the enduring relationships Indigenous Peoples have with these lands and waters, and we recognize that traditional games, movement, and sport have been central to Indigenous cultures since time immemorial.
We are committed to learning from Indigenous ways of knowing, listening with humility, and working alongside Indigenous communities to help create sport systems that are equitable, inclusive, and welcoming for all. We recognize that reconciliation is an ongoing journey, and we strive to ensure our research, partnerships, and actions contribute to meaningful and lasting change.