Bruce Kidd
Bruce Kidd is the Ombudsperson and a Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. He was the founding dean of Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education. He also served U of T as Vice President and Principal of the University of Toronto Scarborough (2014-2018), Warden of Hart House, Director of the School of Physical and Health Education, Director of Canadian Studies at University College, and a member of Governing Council.
Bruce teaches and writes about the history and political economy of Canadian and Olympic sport. He has authored or edited 13 books and hundreds of articles, papers, lectures, plays and film and radio scripts. Bruce has worked with numerous local, national, and international bodies to advance opportunities for physical activity and sport. He currently serves on the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Work Group on Women in Sport. He has been a lifelong advocate of human rights and athletes’ rights. Bruce has been involved in the Olympic Movement throughout his life.
He is an honorary member of the Canadian Olympic Committee. As an athlete,), he is a member of the Athletics Canada Hall of Fame, Athletics Ontario Hall of Fame, Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame (as both an athlete and a builder), the University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame and the Toronto Sport Hall of Honour. In 2005, he was awarded the Canadian Olympic Order. In 2006, he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Commonwealth Sports Awards Foundation. In 2004, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.
- B.A. (Political Economy), University College, University of Toronto
- A.M. (Adult Education), University of Chicago
- M.A. (History), York University
- Ph.D. (History), York University
- Hon. L.L.D., Dalhousie University
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History and political economy of Canadian sport and physical activity
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Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games
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Sport and public policy
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Sport for development and peace
Books
- Kidd. B. (2014). ‘Critical support’ for sport(London: Routledge).
- Dichter, H. & Kidd, B. (2014). (Eds.), Olympic Reform Ten Years After (London: Routledge).
Book Chapters
- Kidd, B. (2016). 'The army's presence will be obvious’: Montreal 1976. In V. Bajc (Ed.), Surveilling and Securing the Olympics: From Tokyo 1964 to London 2012 and Beyond. New York: Palgrave MacMillan.
- Kidd, B. (2015). 'The Elizabeth Street Playground Revisited', in J. Lorinc, M. McClelland, E. Scheinberg & T. Taylor (Eds.) The Ward: The Life and Loss of Toronto’s First Immigrant Community (Toronto: Coach House Press), pp. 183-187.
Peer-reviewed articles
- Kerr, Gretchen & Kidd, Bruce & Donnelly, Peter. (2020). One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: The Struggle for Child Protection in Canadian Sport. Social Sciences. 9. 68.
- Norman, Mark & Donnelly, Peter & Kidd, Bruce. (2020). Gender inequality in Canadian interuniversity sport: participation opportunities and leadership positions from 2010-11 to 2016-17. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. 1-17.