Professor Emerita of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, University of Toronto
Professor Emerita Helen Jefferson Lenskyj has published extensively on women, sport, sexuality and the Olympic industry. Professor of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education at the University of Toronto (1986 until her retirement in 2007), she has been involved in a wide range of community activist groups since the 1970s. Her most recent publications include The Palgrave Handbook of Olympic Studies (co-edited) and Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry.
Modern pentathlon is invoking a fictional Pierre de Coubertin to justify its controversial politics
Apr 18, 2024 06:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) recently published two articles involving the long-dead founder of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin. In one article, Coubertin is quoted several times as a...
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