The International Centre for Olympic Studies

The International Centre for Olympic Studies, established at The University of Western Ontario in 1989, was the first of its kind in the world. It remains the only such Centre in the Americas. It has as its primary mission the generation and dissemination of academic scholarship focused specifically upon the socio-cultural study of the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement. In order to bring this endeavour to fruition, the Centre pursues the following four initiatives:

1. The Centre produces Olympika: The International Journal of Olympic Studies. This refereed scholarly journal, which has an internationally recognized editorial review board, is currently published annually, and is available for subscription throughout the world.
2. The Centre hosts an important International Symposium for Olympic Research in every Olympic year. The Centre publishes the Proceedings of these symposia.
3. The Centre organizes and sponsors regular guest lectures presented by recognized Olympic scholars and officials, including three annual honor addresses entitled the Ion P. Ioannides, the J. Howard Crocker, and the Earle F. Zeigler Lectures.
4. The Centre maintains a resource unit in its home in the Arthur and Sonia Labatt Health Sciences Building (Room 317) for the use of visiting scholars worldwide, as well as for faculty members, graduate and undergraduate students at The University of Western Ontario.

ICOS Executive Council

The Executive Council of ICOS is comprised of voting and non-voting members. Voting members are appointed for a term of 1 year (renewable). Non voting members, serving ex officio, are: The Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences; the Director of the Centre; others appointed from time to time at the discretion of the Council. The present list of members of the Executive Council can be found here.

A copy of the By-Laws of the International Centre for Olympic Studies is available here (pdf).

Annual Reports

The following annual reports are available in pdf format.