Research

The IOCC’s research stream is designed to study and contribute to local community organizing around the 2010 Games. The documents below are published research articles, policy documents, and data collection instrument.

Research Documents Listing

Document Title Date Author/Source
A Healthy Olympics - Interim ReportPDF 20-Jan-2003 Impact of Olympics on Community Coalition
Community Organizations are Key to an Olympic Legacy.PDF   Robert VanWynsberghe, Vancouver Sun editorial
Community Survey on a “Healthy Olympic Games”PDF   Dr. Robert VanWynsberghe, Dr. James Frankish, Institute of Health Promotion Research, University of British Columbia
Inner City Inclusive Housing Table: Final ReportPDF Mar-2007 Inner-City Inclusive Housing Table
Mapping the Olympic Growth Machine: World-City Networks and the Transnational Capitalist ClassPDF   Björn Surborg, Elvin Wyly, Rob VanWynsberghe
Project 20/20 and Pathways for Lasting Change: Mobilizing CURA Partnerships for Public PolicyPDF   Robert VanWynsberghe
Summary of Proposed Research: Community-Based Coalitions & Mega-Events: A Case Study of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics as a Healthy Communities InitiativePDF   Impact of Olympics on Community Coalition
The City as an Image-creation Machine: A Critical Analysis of Vancouver’s Olympic BidPDF 2005 Katherine McCallum, Amy Spencer, Elvin Wyly, University of British Columbia
Vancouver’s Promise of the World’s First Sustainable Olympic GamesPDF   Meg Holden, Julia MacKenzie, Robert VanWynsberghe