Karine Morin
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first heard May 2026
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Soccer is often described as the world's game.
It crosses borders and brings people together through languages and cultures in ways few other sports can.
And every four years, the FIFA World Cup turns that connection into a global spectacle, drawing billions of people into the same unfolding story of victory, heartbreak, and national pride.
Soccer has the power to bring people together, but it can also reflect the divisions that already exist beyond the field.
So who actually gets to belong?
From local clubs to the FIFA World Cup, the experience of the game can be very different depending on who is playing.
Today, I'm joined by Greg Yaroshadis, assistant professor at Trent University.
For years, he has looked at the relationship between sport and social inclusion, most recently through the lives of immigrant youth playing soccer in Toronto.
Their experiences offer a different way of seeing the World Cup and of asking what belonging looks like when the whole world is watching.
My name is Karine Morin, and this is The Big Thinking Podcast.
Greg, you're a shout-out.
Welcome.
So you're a university professor, but also a soccer fan, as this sport is known here in Canada.
And this episode is being recorded just a few days after the FIFA World Cup final.
And what a match that was.
Before then, Vancouver, Toronto hosted some of the games, and we know that there were watch parties all across the country throughout the tournament.
So from your perspective, how did Canadians experience the World Cup in terms of cultural connection and social inclusion?
So you just use that word of multiculturalism.
Would you consider that the World Cup is a sporting event where multiculturalism becomes truly visible rather than just being discussed as a theoretical concept here?
Certainly.
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