'When you're coming from the reserve you're not supposed to make it': Stories of Aboriginal athletes pursuing sport and academic careers in 'mainstream' cultural contexts

摘要

Objectives: This project responds to the call for athletic career development and transitions research that centralizes the constitutive role of culture in athletes' experiences (Stambulova & Alfermann, 2009; Stambulova & Ryba, 2014). Within, we explore the cultural transitions of Aboriginal hockey players (14 -22 years old) relocated into "mainstream" (Euro-Canadian) cultural contexts to pursue dual careers as students and athletes.