47 min

Adapting sport-for-development in times of COVID-19: A discussion with Marika Warner, MLSE Launchpad Sport, Social Justice & Development Podcast

    • Social Sciences

In this episode, we chat with Marika Warner, the Director of Research and Evaluation at Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) Launchpad in Toronto, ON, Canada, about the effects of COVID-19 on sport-for-development programming and how MLSE Launchpad has navigated challenges of the global pandemic. MLSE Launchpad is a sport-for-development facility for youth facing barriers in downtown Toronto and MLSE Corporation’s largest community and charitable investment. MLSE LaunchPad is a "place where youth facing barriers use sport to recognize and reach their potential" (http://mlselaunchpad.org/).

Featured in this episode: Marika Warner, Julia Ferreira Gomes, Jessica Nachman, Mitch McSweeney

Music by: Kevin McLeod and Broke for Free via the 'Free Music Archive’

Album Artwork by: Shawn Forde

Resources
MLSE Launchpad - http://mlselaunchpad.org/

In this episode, we chat with Marika Warner, the Director of Research and Evaluation at Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) Launchpad in Toronto, ON, Canada, about the effects of COVID-19 on sport-for-development programming and how MLSE Launchpad has navigated challenges of the global pandemic. MLSE Launchpad is a sport-for-development facility for youth facing barriers in downtown Toronto and MLSE Corporation’s largest community and charitable investment. MLSE LaunchPad is a "place where youth facing barriers use sport to recognize and reach their potential" (http://mlselaunchpad.org/).

Featured in this episode: Marika Warner, Julia Ferreira Gomes, Jessica Nachman, Mitch McSweeney

Music by: Kevin McLeod and Broke for Free via the 'Free Music Archive’

Album Artwork by: Shawn Forde

Resources
MLSE Launchpad - http://mlselaunchpad.org/

47 min