Stories from the Games, without the Games
Operating as usual
16/03/2022
As the Para/Olympic movement leaves China, Teng Biao reminds us that it's important not to forget the protests that motivated activists in episode 13 of A Different Five Rings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Pm8vILrEY
11/03/2022
As the Paralympics near their conclusion, Ted Fay joins A Different Five Rings for episode 12, exploring the Factor System and the Paralympic Movement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t6muV69RTg
04/03/2022
As the Paralympics get underway, A Different Five Rings returns. Episode 11 features Eli A Wolff of the Power of Sport Lab exploring Disability Inclusion in the Olympic Movement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AQixc4hhTA
26/02/2022
As Europe finds itself riven by war, Jörg Krieger recounts the tale of a divided Germany in the Olympic movement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL0ciXS9Vv8
24/02/2022
After a brief hiatus, A Different Five Rings returns to continue its focus on human rights in sports. In Episode 9, Shakiba Moghadam highlights abuses face be Iranian athletes at the hands of the Iranian government.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw2E2YorJYs
ADFR 09 Mistreatment and murders of Iranian athletes under the Iranian government
22/02/2022
(TW) finds a wider audience for the story of Jean Lowe
https://www.sportsnet.ca/more/longform/the-almost-lost-story-of-jean-lowe-and-the-cost-of-ignoring-our-past/
The almost-lost story of Jean Lowe and the cost of ignoring our past - Sportsnet.ca What can we learn from the story of decorated Canadian amateur athlete Jean Lowe? And from the fact it was lost for so long?
19/02/2022
A Different Five Rings returns with episode 8 as Christine O'Bonsawin recounts the efforts of Indigenous Peoples to organize a boycott of events surrounding the 1988 Calgary Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoHRN7FatH0
18/02/2022
Can the Olympics be an inspiration? Francois Cleophas offers an alternate view from the South African perspective in episode 7 of A Different Five Rings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8XIPUFIR34
ADFR 07 Finding inspiration in Olympism: the South African case
18/02/2022
Vicky Paraschak updates her pre-game take on the Indigenous players competing in the Olympic women's hockey final at A Different Five Rings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSMROMiLS-I
ADFR 06 Indigenous players take centre ice for women's hockey final updated Materials about the biographies of Jocelyne LaRoque and Jamie Lee Rattray were largely being quoted from a special feature to Indian Country Today, written b...
16/02/2022
Vicky Paraschak gets you ready for the Olympic women's hockey final with a look at the Indigenous players taking to the ice in the latest episode of A Different Five Rings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-fUbab5uMM
ADFR 06 Indigenous players take centre ice for women's hockey final
16/02/2022
Episode 5 of A Different Five Rings and Helen Lenskyj recounts the tale of Midnight Oil and the fight to say "sorry" to Aboriginal peoples as a contribution to reconciliation at the 2000 Sydney Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97h5VLp6rIU
14/02/2022
The latest edition of A Different Five Rings comes from Malcolm MacLean, with the story of the boycott of the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
https://youtu.be/yfhqs_5oA54
12/02/2022
In a brand new episode of A Different Five Rings, Ornella Nzindukiyimana () profiles Canada's first Black Olympian in "Army Howard and the 1912 Olympics"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=081TSOvE_90
09/02/2022
Episode 2 of A Different Five Rings is live!
Environmental protests and 1972 Banff by Russell Field
https://youtu.be/7jqzKIu8HzY
08/02/2022
Episode 1 of A Different Five Rings is live!
Władysław Kozakiewicz at the 1980 Olympics by Mac Ross
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hryC3eol2O0
ADFR 01 Władysław Kozakiewicz at the 1980 Olympics A Different Five Rings, Episode 01:The story of Władysław Kozakiewicz at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.
08/02/2022
Welcome to A Different Five Rings
Stories of the Games, without the games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVDUu7EYiIs
ADFR 00 - Introduction Welcome to A Different Five Rings
08/02/2022
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