February 11th, 2014 by jpopo | Comments Off on Catch the Sochi 2014 (and Vancouver 2010) Olympic fever
Can’t make it to Sochi 2014? Not to worry. There are over 20 UBC experts available to comment on the Sochi Games, from security to sports science at: http://news.ubc.ca/2014/02/04/story-ideas-and-experts-for-the-sochi-games/. Find Games-related experts, Q&As and feature stories about UBC people going to Sochi; Russia; Athlete health, sport medicine and doping; Sport psychology; Sustainability and the Games; Games impacts; Law and society; and, the Paralympics.
Re-live the Vancouver 2010 Olympics via cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository! Explore the cIRcle 2010 Olympics Project which preserved UBC’s intellectual output related to the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Highlights include conference webcasts and other events, research, and coursework.
Stay tuned for… The Vancouver 2010 Olympics’ Intellectual Muscle podcasts in cIRcle soon!
Did You Know?
The Olympic Games Impact (OGI) reports covers the pre-games and post-games’ studies including their results, lessons, and the technical report. Find all of them and more in cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository. Explore the UBC and the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games community at: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/17995.
Above image is courtesy of UBC News
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January 22nd, 2014 by elena | Comments Off on Winter Olympics materials on display in time for Sochi! And online resources for your classroom.
UBC Education Library has a great display on now of curriculum materials for teachers and books for children on the Winter Olympics.
Explore these teaching resources online:
Canada and the Winter Olympics
TeachersFirst’s Resources for the Olympics
Teacher Vision Lesson Plans
Winter Games Lesson Plans
Winter Olympics on Pinterest
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May 18th, 2012 by Kevin Lindstrom | Comments Off on Enhanced Access to Scifinder Scholar – Unlimited Access!
The Library has upgraded its Scifinder Scholar subscription to the Academic Unlimited Access Program. This means that you have 24/7 access to Scifinder regardless of the number of users. Regards Kevin Lindstrom Science & Engineering Reference Librarian
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January 18th, 2010 by | Comments Off on 2010 Olympics Research Resources
Now seems like a good time to look at government sources of information regarding the upcoming winter Olympics. There is an impressive array of information freely available on the web from government sites: reports, contracts, statistics, financial accounts, media releases etc.
2010 Winter Games Secretariat: From the BC government this site is a rich source of BC Government press releases, reports, business plans/budgets and contribution agreements between government(s) and venue providers!
- Hover over about us to click on the reports and publications link – which will bring up contribution agreements as well as reports
- Note, reports include Pricewaterhouse Coopers reports on the expected economic and social benefits of hosting the games
Latest news releases are available on the homepage or you can take a look at the entire archive of releases here.
Vanoc’s site also has some interesting reports:
Canada2010 is the federal government’s Olympics website. You can find:
You can also check out the media room on the city of Vancouver site – with links to news releases and quick facts/backgrounders
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January 13th, 2010 by | Comments Off on Atlas of Canada: 2010 Winter Olympics
The online Atlas of Canada from Natural Resources Canada has recently added a theme page covering the upcoming 2010 Olympic games.
“In advance of the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Atlas of Canada is pleased to provide to the public a special series of maps on the following themes.
The maps in the 2010 Winter Olympics series include:
- the general physical activity of Canadians by health region
- the sports participation rates of Canadians in downhill skiing, ice hockey and ice skating
- the place of birth of past Winter Olympic medallists and when known, new Winter Olympic and Paralympic medalists
- geography of the Vancouver region showing the population, climate, physical environment and economy of the region”
Maps come with extensive documentation explaining various map features. The site also includes articles on Olympic medalists, winter sports, the geography of the Vancouver games region and physical activity.
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