Western University Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository 4-26-2021 2:00 PM “One of the Most Elaborate Doping Ploys in Sports History”: The Impact of the 2016 Russian Doping Scandal on Anti-Doping, WADA and Athletes’ Rights Mikael J. Gonsalves, The University of Western Ontario Supervisor: Schneider, Angela J., The University of Western Ontario A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Kinesiology © Mikael J. Gonsalves 2021 Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd Part of the Gender and Sexuality Commons, International Relations Commons, Other Chemicals and Drugs Commons, Other Kinesiology Commons, and the Sports Studies Commons Recommended Citation Gonsalves, Mikael J., "“One of the Most Elaborate Doping Ploys in Sports History”: The Impact of the 2016 Russian Doping Scandal on Anti-Doping, WADA and Athletes’ Rights" (2021). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 7807. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/7807 This Dissertation/Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarship@Western. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository by an authorized administrator of Scholarship@Western. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Abstract This dissertation analyzes the impacts of the 2016 Russian doping scandal from a philosophical and historical perspective. This dissertation’s second chapter, the article entitled (1) “The Brave New World of Athletes’ Rights: A Canadian Perspective on Significant Shifts for the World Anti- Doping Agency” in time for the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) 20th anniversary, puts into words the new investigative reality of contemporary anti-doping.