Leveraging Events to Develop Collaborative Partnerships: Examining the Formation and Collaborative Dynamics of the Ontario Parasport Legacy Group

Abstract

<jats:p>The strategic formation of partnerships for leveraging sport events to achieve social impact is becoming a critical component of large-scale sport events. The authors know less about the process dimensions related to the formation and collaborative dynamics of a sport event–leveraging partnership. To address this gap, the authors focus on examining the formation and collaborative dynamics alongside the challenges of the cross-sector partnership, the Ontario Parasport Legacy Group (OPLG), which emerged as an important leveraging strategy for the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games. The authors found that the formation of the OPLG was shaped through broader environmental elements—including resource conditions, window of collaborative opportunity, and cultural influence—and essential drivers of strategic leadership and consequential incentives. Furthermore, the authors’ analysis shows that the development of the OPLG and its effectiveness in partnership delivery were determined through key domains of collaborative dynamics (i.e., engagement, motivation, and joint capacity).</jats:p>

Exploring the accessibility of sport stadia for people with disability: towards the development of a Stadium Accessibility Scale (SAS)

“…, 2018; Misener et al. , 2015, 2020; Paramio-Salcines and Kitchin, 2013; Paramio-Salcines et al. , 2014), through photo elicitation of accessibility from the researcher's (Dickson et al.…”

“…Insert Figure 4 about here We argue that future research on accessibility in sports stadia align to this broader approach to the customer experience, and while we acknowledge that many aspects lay outside the traditional remit of the stadium/sport manager the possibilities lay in strategic partnership between sport and its wider communities (Misener et al, 2020).…”

“…Much of the work sought to explore access on-site and, in some cases, involving PwD in these on-site evaluations (Panchanathan et al, 2019;Yazigi et al, 2015) or post experience feedback sessions (Grady and James, 2013). The collection of onsite data through general observations (Darcy, 2003;Grady and James, 2013;Mahoney and McMillen, 2011;McGillivray et al, 2018;Misener et al, 2015Misener et al, , 2020Paramio-Salcines and Kitchin, 2013;Paramio-Salcines et al, 2014), through photo elicitation of accessibility from the researcher's (Dickson et al, 2016;, or SwD's perspective (Southby, 2013) were also common field methods used to reveal a richer experience of accessibility.…”

“…A group of publications led by scholars such as Laura Misener and Tracey Dickson have set about developing frameworks to allow these promises to be examined and tested. Misener et al (2020) explored the formation of cross sector partnerships to create opportunities for accessible social legacies and long -term opportunities for disability sport development as a result of the Toronto 2015 Games. They argue that an event of this scale provided a window of opportunities for stakeholders to come together and develop structures in resource-scarce areas like disability sport.…”

“This Is the Story of Community Leadership with Political Backing. (PM1)” Critical Junctures in Paralympic Legacy: Framing the London 2012 Disability Inclusion Model for New Global Challenges

“…Mass sporting events such as the Paralympic Games of London 2012 remain of considerable interest to the global community in how they can be leveraged to address social change and contribute towards the realisation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals [65]. As the authors of [66] found, these events have increasingly become part of the strategic agenda to forge positive social legacies for marginalised people, and partnerships for leveraging this social impact are becoming a critical component of large scale events [67]. With the advent of the launch of the biggest Human Rights campaign on Disability Inclusion ever, in Tokyo 2021, #wethe15, sport and major events are a seen as a stronger advocacy tool for disability justice than ever before.…”