They describe changes that have been made by sports organizations and point to further steps that need to be taken by all who participate in organized sport. Sandra Kirby is a professor of sociology at the University of Winnipeg in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is a former Olympic athlete who participated in the Montreal Olympics as a member of the Canadian Rowing Team. Lorraine Greaves is the Executive Director of the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health in Vancouver, British Columbia. Olena Hankivsky is a Research Associate at the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health in Vancouver and a Lecturer at the Department of Political Science at the University British Columbia.
Difference is a fundamental aspect of our human existence.
This anthology emerges from the editor's attempts to navigate the complex, variable and unpredictable materiality of difference. The contributors present the various ways in which difference is experienced, interpreted and articulated. How the writers and others make sense of their differences is related to context, space and interaction. Difference, then, as the essays demonstrate, is relational, fluid, multiple and contextual, and therefore must be thought of in complex ways. Contributors have written in different styles and genres, which represent their respective voices and preferences.