A panel conversation with Perry King and selected voices interviewed for REBOUND, exploring the role of community sports in diverse cities.
About this event
From basketball hoops to cricket bats, community sport can play an unique role building cities of diversity and inclusion. Join Perry King, author of Rebound: Sports, Community, and the Inclusive City, for this exciting conversation with local sport enthusiasts Jaskaran Singh Sandhu, Shane Stirling, and Lauren Wolman.
This event will be live close-captioned, thanks to our accessibility sponsor Coach House Books.
About Rebound by Perry King
“The virus exposed how we live and work. It also revealed how we play, and what we lose when we have to stop. ” For every kid who makes it to the NBA, thousands more seek out the pleasure and camaraderie of pick-up basketball in their local community centre or neighbourhood park. It’s a story that plays out in sport after sport – team and individual, youth and adult, men's and women's. While the dazzle of pro athletes may command our attention, grassroots sports build the bridges that link city-dwellers together in ways that go well beyond the physical benefits. The pandemic and heightened awareness of racial exclusion reminded us of the importance of these pastimes and the public spaces where we play. In this closely reported exploration of the role of community sports in diverse cities, Toronto journalist Perry King makes an impassioned case for re-imagining neighbourhoods whose residents can be active, healthy, and connected.
About the Presenters
Perry King is an author, freelance journalist, communications strategist, and proud South Parkdale-raised Torontonian. With a literary focus on sports, education and urbanism, Perry has bylines in Spacing Magazine, the Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, BBC and a litany of independent newspapers and magazines.
About The Word On The Street
The Word On The Street is an annual celebration of storytelling, ideas and imagination, hosting Canada's largest FREE book and magazine festival each September and promoting great books by Canadian and Indigenous authors year-round.