Degrees

Ph.D. (History), York University

M.A. (History) York University

A.M. (Adult Education) University of Chicago

B.A. (Political Economy) University of Toronto

Hon. L.L.D., Dalhousie University

Expertise

Sociocultural aspects of physical activity

History and politics of Canadian fitness and sport

Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games

Economics of sport

Sport and public policy

International development through sport

Recent Publications (Sole author except where noted)

‘The Olympic Movement and its contribution to society: A proposal for monitoring and evaluating the realization of Olympism’, Olympic Study Centre, International Olympic Committee, http://www.olympic.org/Documents/OSC/Relations%20universit%c3%a9/English/Appendix%207%20eng.pdf.

‘The Beijing Olympics, Human Rights and Athletes’ Rights’, Centre for Olympic Studies, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 2008, http://olympicstudies.uab.es/beijing08/eng/index.asp.

‘A new social movement: Sport for development and peace’, Sport in Society, 11(4), 2008, 370-380.

Bruce Kidd and Peter Donnelly (Eds.), ‘Literature Reviews on Sport for Development and Peace’, International Working Group on Sport for Development and Peace, September 30. 2007.

‘Muscular Christianity and Value-centred Sport: The Legacy of Tom Brown in Canada’, International Journal of the History of Sport, 23 (5), 2006, 701-713.

‘Another world is possible: recapturing alternative Olympic histories, imagining different games’, in Kevin Young and Kevin Wamsley (Eds.), Global Olympics: Historical and Sociological Studies of the Modern Games (Bangalore, India: Elsevier, 2005), pp. 145-160.

Bruce Kidd and Jim Phillips (Eds.), From Enforcement and Promotion to Civic Engagement: Research on Community Safety (Toronto: Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, 2004).

‘The Global Sporting Legacy of the Olympic Movement’, in Miquel de Moragas, Christopher Kennett, and Nuria Puig (Eds.), The Legacy of the Olympic Games 1984-2000 International Symposium Lausanne, 2002 (Lausanne: International Olympic Committee, 2003), 135-144.

'The Economic Case for Physical Education', in Gudrun Doll-Tepper and Deena Scoretz (Eds.), Proceedings of the World Summit on Physical Education (Berlin: International Council on Sport Sciences and Physical Education, 2001), 95-104.

Bruce Kidd and Peter Donnelly, "Human Rights in Sports", International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 35 (2), 2000, 131-148.

In 1997, Bruce received the North American Society of Sport History book prize for his The Struggle for Canadian Sport (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996).

Other Activities

Bruce has served on numerous international and Canadian advisory boards and commissions, including the National Advisory Council of Fitness and Amateur Sport, Stadium Corporation of Ontario, Toronto bid committees for the 1996 and 2008 Olympics, Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee on Canadian Sport Policy, Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada, and Sport Canada Research Initiative.

He is currently the chair of the Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sport, and a member of the Selection Committee, Postgraduate Research grant Program, Olympic Studies Centre, International Olympic Committee.

Memberships

American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education

Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

Canadian Council of University Physical Education and Kinesiology Administrators

Canadian Historical Association

International Council of Sport Sciences and Physical Education

International Sport Sociology Association

North American Society for the Sociology of Sport

North American Society for Sport History

Ontario Historical Society

Canadian Olympic Committee

Commonwealth Games Canada.

Athletics

Member of the University of Toronto track and field organization since 1958. Won 18 national senior championships in Canada, the United States, and Britain and held numerous records, including four world junior records. Gold and bronze medalist at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Member of the 1964 Olympic Team.

Athletic and Leadership Awards

Canadian Press, Athlete of the Year, 1961 and 1962

Lou Marsh Trophy, 1961

Canadian Olympic Sports Hall of Fame, elected as an Athlete, 1966; and as a Builder, 1994 (He is the only person to have been twice elected to this hall of fame)

Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, 1968

United Nations Committee Against Apartheid, special citation for "his valuable contribution as a sports person to the campaign for the elimination of apartheid and the establishment of a non- racial and democratic society in South Africa," Paris, 1985

University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame, 1988

Bryce Taylor Award for lifetime contribution to Canadian sport, Canadian Sports Awards, 1994

In 1997, the Canadian Sports Awards created the Bruce Kidd Trophy to honour an outstanding national team athlete who has given significant leadership to sports

International Olympic Committee, Education and Sport Award, 2001

In 2004, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada

In 2005, he received the Canadian Olympic Order and a lifetime achievement award from the North American Society of Sport History. In 2006, he was given a lifetime achievement award from the Commonwealth Sports Foundation.