Dr. Laura Misener is an Associate Professor and Director of the School of Kinesiology at Western University (London, Ontario, Canada). Her research focuses on how sport and events can be use as instruments of social change, with an emphasis how sport for persons with a disability can positively impact community accessibility and social inclusion. Her research program is interdisciplinary in nature and pushes the traditional boundaries of her field to emphasise the importance of critical scholarship for innovation. Erin Pearson is a PhD Student in the School of Kinesiology at Western University, Canada. Her research interests include sport events and their impacts, leveraging of events, and media representation of athletes. Erin is a recipient of the SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship and Sport Participation Initiative Award.