Bruce Kidd
Professor
Faculty of Physical Education and Health
55 Harbord St. Room #2080
Toronto, ON
416-978-7943
bruce.kidd@utoronto.ca
Degrees
Ph.D. (History), York University
M.A. (History) York University
A.M. (Adult Education) University of Chicago
B.A. (Political Economy) University of Toronto
Expertise
Sociocultural aspects of physical activity
History and politics of Canadian fitness and sport
Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games
Economics of sport
Sport and public policy
International development through sport
Recent Publications
Bruce Kidd, ‘Muscular Christianity and Value-centred Sport: The Legacy of Tom Brown in Canada’, International Journal of the History of Sport, 23 (5), 2006, 701-713.
Bruce Kidd, ‘Another world is possible: recapturing alternative Olympic histories, imagining different games’, in Kevin Young and Kevin Wamsley (Eds.), Global Olympics: Historical and Sociological Studies of the Modern Games (Bangalore, India: Elsevier, 2005), pp. 145-160.
Bruce Kidd and Jim Phillips (Eds.), From Enforcement and Promotion to Civic Engagement: Research on Community Safety (Toronto: Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, 2004).
Bruce Kidd, ‘The Global Sporting Legacy of the Olympic Movement’, in Miquel de Moragas, Christopher Kennett, and Nuria Puig (Eds.), The Legacy of the Olympic Games 1984-2000 International Symposium Lausanne, 2002 (Lausanne: International Olympic Committee, 2003), 135-144.
Bruce Kidd, 'The Economic Case for Physical Education', in Gudrun Doll-Tepper and Deena Scoretz (Eds.), Proceedings of the World Summit on Physical Education (Berlin: International Council on Sport Sciences and Physical Education, 2001), 95-104.
Bruce Kidd and Peter Donnelly, "Human Rights in Sports", International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 35 (2), 2000, 131-148.
In 1997, Bruce received the North American Society of Sport History book prize for his The Struggle for Canadian Sport (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996).
Other Activities
Throughout his career, Bruce has served on numerous international and Canadian advisory boards and commissions, including the National Advisory Council of Fitness and Amateur Sport, the Stadium Corporation of Ontario, the Toronto bid committees for the 1996 and 2008 Olympics, and the Advisory Committee on Canadian Sport Policy, Secretary of State (Amateur Sport).
He is currently a member of the Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sport, and Chair, International Development through Sport Committee, Commonwealth Games Canada, a program which assists development through sport in the developing Commonwealth countries in Africa and the Caribbean. See http://www.commonwealthgames.ca/eng/sportdev/spd-sts.htm
He is Vice-Chair, Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (see www.adrSPORTred.ca) and a member of the Leadership of ‘Get Your Move On’, the City of Toronto’s Call to Action on Physical In/Activity (see http://www.toronto.ca/getyourmoveon/index.htm).
Memberships
American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education
Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
Canadian Council of University Physical Education and Kinesiology Administrators
Canadian Historical Association
International Council of Sport Sciences and Physical Education
International Sport Sociology Association
North American Society for the Sociology of Sport
North American Society for Sport History
Ontario Historical Society
Society for Socialist Studies
WomenSport International
Canadian Olympic Committee
Commonwealth Games Canada.
Athletics
Member of the University of Toronto track and field organization since 1958. Won 18 national senior championships in Canada, the United States, and Britain and held numerous records, including four world junior records. Gold and bronze medalist at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Member of the 1964 Olympic Team.
Athletic and Leadership Awards
Canadian Press, Athlete of the Year, 1961 and 1962
Lou Marsh Trophy, 1961
Canadian Olympic Sports Hall of Fame, elected as an Athlete, 1966; and as a Builder, 1994 (He is the only person to have been twice elected to this hall of fame)
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, 1968
United Nations Committee Against Apartheid, special citation for "his valuable contribution as a sports person to the campaign for the elimination of apartheid and the establishment of a non- racial and democratic society in South Africa," Paris, 1985
University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame, 1988
Bryce Taylor Award for lifetime contribution to Canadian sport, Canadian Sports Awards, 1994
In 1997, the Canadian Sports Awards created the Bruce Kidd Trophy to honour an outstanding national team athlete who has given significant leadership to sports
International Olympic Committee, Education and Sport Award, 2001
In 2004, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada
In 2005, he received the Canadian Olympic Order and a lifetime achievement award from the North American Society of Sport History. In 2006, he was given a lifetime achievement award from the Commonwealth Sports Foundation.