📌 The IOC has announced a comprehensive mental health support for athletes at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics

Key initiatives include:

▪️ Cyber Abuse Protection System
▪️ Athlete365 Mind Zone x Powerade
▪️ Mentally Fit Helpline
▪️ Welfare Officers

➡️ www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...

An honour to attend #UNGA80 & speak on behalf of the IOC at the Multistakeholder Panel on tackling the determinants of NCDs & mental health & well-being. The IOC stands ready to support Member States to ensure that sport and physical activity remain central to healthier, more equitable societies.

The IOC's #LetsMove campaign encourages everyone to take that first step toward a more active lifestyle. Even better when shared: invite a friend, colleague, or family member to join you as your “+1”!

Whether it’s a walk, a stretch, or a dance break — just start with something that brings you joy.

What does staying active really look like with a chronic condition?

The Patient Stories Project shares powerful lived experiences of people redefining movement in creative, personal ways.

Read their stories→ myactiveingredient.org/patient-stor...

About My Active Ingredient: myactiveingredient.org

📌 Great news! Major new commitments set to generate USD 200 million of investment towards building a better world through sport.

🔹 68 organisations were confirming 45 commitments to using sport as a tool to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals at the Olympism365 Summit.

Can physical activity improve #cancer survival? The answer is a resounding 'yes,' new study shows, by @kkirkup.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #exercise

During a high-level side event of the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, the IOC reinforced its commitment to tackling physical inactivity through sport.

The IOC, in close collaboration w/@who.int, is implementing a long-term strategic approach to address physical inactivity.

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An opportunity to join our team 📣

Health, Medicine and Science at the IOC is looking for a Health Project Manager

This is a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact to the Olympic Movement.

See more here:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

Health. IN sport, and THROUGH sport. 💪

This May, 28 leading international speakers will join forces in Svolvær, Norway – a rare chance to learn, share, and connect at the highest level.

The full programme is now online: www.ostrc25.com/programme

Meet the speakers: www.ostrc25.com/speakers

Register here: www.ostrc25.com/registration

Great experience to act as Guest Editor for the Canadian Journal of Cardiology theme issue on Sports and Exercise, along with colleagues Drs. Laura Banks, Paul Dorian, Andre La Gerche, Benjamin Levine and Jennifer Reed.

See the full (and very comprehensive) issue here:

onlinecjc.ca/current

Thrilled for Chloe Hewitt (2nd from R) who is a newly minted MSc in Epidemiology & Biostatistics (Western University)! Her thesis title: "Postpartum to personal best: Exploring return to elite sport and performance after childbirth". Congrats!
Thanks to co-supervisor Prof Karen Campbell as well. 🏆

📌 “Olympism365 Summit: Sport for a Better World” to take place in June 2025 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

➡️ Full information: www.olympics.com/ioc/news/oly...

Great to be able to join Matt Galloway on CBC's The Current today! Our paper is free to read via CMAJ here:
cmaj.ca/content/197/...

To listen:

The Current with Matt Galloway - Feb. 10, 2025: Want to age well? A prescription for exercise might help cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Honoured to be a co-author on this study led by Nicholas Grubic published today in the British Journal of Sports Medicine to evaluate the psychological reactions, perceptions and opinions of cardiovascular preparticipation screening among young competitive athletes.

▶️ bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...

Great coverage on our just-released CMAJ article entitled "Move more, age well: prescribing physical activity for older adults".

Free link to paper: www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...

Physical activity is one of the best ways to preserve or improve functional independence.

www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

🌟 Age, frailty, or existing functional impairments should not be viewed as an absolute contraindication to physical activity but, considering the benefits of physical activity interventions for older adults, a key reason to prescribe exercise.

🌟 Higher levels of physical activity in older age are associated with improvements in cognition, mental health, and quality of life.

🌟 Physical activity is one of the most important ways to preserve or improve functional independence, including among older adults who are frail or deemed to be at increased risk of falling.

KEY POINTS:

🌟 Physical activity is a modifiable risk factor for more than 30 chronic conditions relevant to the older adult; 150 minutes per week of moderate physical activity can reduce all-cause mortality by 31% compared with no physical activity.

Thrilled to share our Canadian Medical Association Journal article published today! Move more, age well: prescribing physical activity for older adults.

It is never too late to be physically active (or to my healthcare provider colleagues - to prescribe it).

Free link:
www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...

📣New article out via British Journal of Sports Medicine:

Dr Darrell Menard: champion for Indigenous youth sport

In July 2025, he will become CASEM's first Indigenous President-Elect, assuming the presidency in 2026.

Read more about his trailblazing career here:

bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...

This project was such fun for me. Got to work with super star @drjanethornton.bsky.social plus a number of 🇨🇦 Olympic and Paralympic athletes. See our editorial below about our work together and how others can take our approach into their own work with athletes.👇

📣 New editorial via British Journal of Sports Medicine:

"Including athlete voices in your sport and exercise medicine organisation – it’s time!"

🙏 CIHR Patient Engagement Prize, co-authors & all athlete partners in the first ever @CASEMACMSE Athlete Advisory Council

▶️ bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...

Athletes’ health at the forefront with the IOC Health, Medicine and Science Department

Read the IOC News story here:
olympics.com/ioc/news/ath...

For more about what we do within Health, Medicine and Science, see our website: olympics.com/ioc/health-m...