Dr. Madeleine Orr

Founder, The Sport Ecology Group and Assistant Professor, Sport Ecology, University of Toronto

Sports, climate change, impact of climate change on sports, physical activity, wellbeing, hurricanes, wildfires

Media

ESPNRadio/Podcast

URL: https://www.tsn.ca/radio/montreal-690/orr-wildfires-and-the-impact-on-sports-1.1524510

The Sporting SpiritRadio/Podcast

URL: https://anchor.fm/thesportingspirit/episodes/3--Sports-in-the-Age-of-the-Climate-Crisis-ej2ldk

Air quality issues expected to increasingly impact sports

ESPNOnline

URL: https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/29870359/air-quality-issues-expected-increasingly-impact-sports

Sports and sustainability: Laurentian students headed to Super Bowl

Sudbury StarOnline

URL: https://www.thesudburystar.com/sports/local-sports/sports-and-sustainability-laurentian-students-headed-to-super-bowl

Sport, climate change and acknowledging vulnerability

The Sustainability ReportOnline

URL: https://sustainabilityreport.com/2020/05/21/sport-climate-change-and-acknowledging-vulnerability/

Biography

Dr. Madeleine Orr is a sport ecologist who studies the impacts of climate change on sports, focused especially on hurricanes, fires, low-snow winters, and heat events.

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