Abstract
Sport participation is one way in which immigrants interact with established and long-term community residents. This involvement has the potential for facilitating immigrants' sense of inclusion and belonging in their new communities, and for long-term residents to learn the traditional cultural practices of immigrants, which may differ from those of the dominant groups. This study explores the involvement of immigrants in sports in two ways: first, how immigrants experience the sport delivery system and, second, how volunteer and paid coaches and sport officials address the needs of immigrants who want to participate in sports. The study, conducted in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 2007, provides recommendations for how sport, recreation and leisure policies may play a significant role in facilitating the social inclusion of Canadian immigrants in communities across the country.
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