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The Fédération de la jeunesse canadienne-française (FJCF) is proud to launch its Request for Proposals in preparation for the 9th edition of the Jeux de la francophonie canadienne (Canadian Francophone Games), which will be held in the summer of 2028.

Cities or organizations that wish to submit their application to host the event can obtain all relevant information by visiting the Games’ website. Please note: official documents are only available in French, but some information in English can be found here.

A letter of intent must be submitted before May 1st 2024, and bids will be accepted until September 1st 2024. The host community will be announced in the spring of 2025.

For more information, please contact the Games’ Manager at caroline@fjcf.ca.

Ever heard of, or felt, “runner’s high”– that short but relaxing moment of joy some people feel after exercising? Wondering why this phenomenon happens? Dive into the exciting world of endorphins and learn natural ways to boost them. Read ParticipACTION’s blog, Endorphins and exercise 101: Exposing the mysterious link between them.

Join Sport for Life to celebrate the latest Sport for Life ambassadors as we offer a variety of our virtual workshops—and with NCCP professional development points available! 

From June 12-24, join our next cohort of Learning Facilitators as they facilitate their first workshops alongside an experienced Master Learning Facilitator. Registration for each workshop throughout the
Education Series is open now!

Sign up today for one (or more!) of the selected workshops, for just $20 per workshop! Learn more here: sportforlife.ca/education-series.

You are 50 or older? You can help me. I am Frédérique Brazeau, kinesiologist and Master’s candidate in public health. Through an online survey, I want to understand to what extent those called “seniors” recognize themselves in the models and images used to encourage them to move and to what extent ageism, when internalized, influences this lifestyle habit. Too few of these people integrate sport and physical activity into their daily lives, and this deprives them of many physical, psychological, and cognitive health benefits.  I care what you think!

To participate, it’s HERE Online survey until March 1, 2023. The results will be available to any organization working in the field of sport and physical activity in Canada.

Contact: frederique.brazeau@phac-aspc.gc.ca

Laval, November 2, 2022 – Karate Canada, in partnership with local host Karate Québec, has announced that the 2023 Karate Canada National Championships will take place in Laval, Quebec, from July 7 to 9, 2023.

Over 1,000 athletes, support staff, friends and family from across Canada will gather at Place Bell to participate in what is sure to be an exciting weekend of top-level competition.

“Being in Quebec is always a great experience,” states Craig Vokey, President of Karate Canada. “Besides the exciting competition, there are many opportunities to enjoy the local culture and attend several events, as July in Quebec boasts many festivals and celebrations. Whether you wish to visit a world-class city or escape to the great outdoors, you can do both in Laval.”

“It is with great pleasure and honour that Karaté Québec will host the 2023 Karate Canada National Championships and welcome Canada’s best athletes in Laval. Following on great hosting successes for the National Championship in 2017 and 2019, as well as for the World Karate Federation’s Series A competition in 2019, the 2023 National Championships promises to be a must-attend event in a world-class venue,” says Stéphane Rivest, President of Karaté Québec.

“Hosting the 2023 edition of the National Karate Championships in Laval represents a tremendous opportunity to highlight the high calibre of our sports infrastructures and for our attractions and hotels to demonstrate their sense of hospitality and know-how. In all, it will have a positive impact on the economic, tourist and social front. Laval SportCité is proud to have contributed to bringing such a prestigious sports event to Laval,” says Geneviève Roy, President and General Manager of Tourisme Laval.

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Media contact:

Daphne Trahan-Perreault

Communications Lead, Karate Canada

communications@karatecanada.org 

For more information on the sport of karate in Quebec, please visit https://karatequebec.com 

Monday, October 31, 2022 – The Canadian Junior Karate Team was in action from October 26-30 at the WKF (World Karate Federation) Cadet, Junior and U21 World Championships 2022. Three of the 34 athletes in attendance made it to the medal rounds, one of them winning bronze.

The World Championships included more than 1,800 athletes from 105 countries, in 35 different categories. 

Oonah Gamboa on the podium 
Oonah Gamboa of British Columbia made it to the podium in the junior female kata category (16-17 years old). On October 26, in the first elimination round, she obtained the 2nd best score in her group behind Spain, a feat she repeated in the 2nd round. In the third round, she achieved the third best score in her group, behind Spain and Egypt, securing her a place in the bronze medal match on Saturday 29 October. Oonah gamboa won her bronze medal match against Turkey with an impressive score of 25.28. 

Two other Canadians in the medal matches 
Alberta’s Omar Almishri also made it to the bronze medal match on October 29, in the cadet male kumite +70kg (14-15 years old) category. In the October 26 elimination rounds, he defeated Kuwait 5-0, Serbia 3-2, England 7-0, but being defeated 0-3 by Estonia in the quarter-finals. With his opponent making the final, Omar Almishri advanced to the bronze match by winning his repechage 5-0 against Mexico. Despite a strong match, France took the bronze in a 2-5 result. 

In the elimination rounds on October 28, Yamina Lahyanssa of Quebec made it to the semi-finals, qualifying her for a medal match. She defeated Israel 2-0 and won her match against Spain 1-1, from the match advantage (senshu), then won her match against Serbia 0-0 by decision (hantei). She lost in the semi-final 0-1 to Algeria, placing her in the bronze medal match on October 30. In this close match ending 0-0, the fighter from El Salvador came out on top by decision (hantei). 

Craig Vokey elected to WKF Executive Committee 
The WKF held a plenary session on 25 October, ahead of the championships. The new WKF Executive Committee was formed, a decision-making committee composed of a total of 24 members. Craig Vokey, the current President of Karate Canada, was elected by secret vote of the WKF Congress for a 4-year term, putting Canada at the centre of future decisions. 

“I am honoured to have been elected to the WKF Executive Committee. I can advise that there will be a number of changes coming to the competition rules that should make things simpler and more streamlined in many ways,” said Craig Vokey of the work already underway by the committee. 

About Karate Canada

Karate Canada is a not-for-profit corporation with the objective of describing and incorporating all activities related to the promotion, organization, regulation and popularization of the sport of karate all over Canada, of protecting the physical and emotional health of athletes, and of promoting the interests of karate throughout Canada.

Karate Canada and its 11 Provincial and Territorial Associations members normally assemble roughly 16,000 participants nationwide. Furthermore, Karate Canada is a proud member of the Canadian Olympic Committee, the World Karate Federation and the Pan American Karate Federation. See more at www.karatecanada.org.

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Daphné Trahan-Perreault, Communication Lead
Karate Canada
communications@karatecanada.org
514-605-8538

Ottawa, October 14, 2022. After serving as the dedicated and passionate leader of our organization for more than nine years, Martin Goulet will be leaving his position as Executive Director of Water Polo Canada (WPC) at the end of March 2023.

 

“Martin’s unparalleled commitment to WPC has hugely benefited our sport. With a strong sense of ethics, diligence and consistency, he has guided the organization for almost a decade and leaves behind an impressive legacy,” stated Kathleen Dawson, President of Water Polo Canada. 

 

Martin has accomplished much in his time with WPC. Shortly after joining the organization in late 2013, Martin commissioned a high-performance review that led to the “One Team” philosophy that the organization is built around today. Starting in 2014, Martin also established a “Safe Sport” and “Duty of Care” agenda for WPC and played an important role in the creation of WPC’s Athletes’ Council. During Martin’s tenure, the National Championship League (NCL) was also launched and grew to a maximum pre-pandemic participation level of more than 90 teams from across the country, generating more than $600,000 of revenues from outside the sport during its first five years. In addition, Martin oversaw the creation of the Club Assistance Program (CAP), a mechanism for funding WPC’s clubs and Member PSOs to run programs focused on coach and referee education, grassroots development, safe sport, and gender equity.

 

“It has been a blessing and a privilege for me as a sport sector professional to work with best-in-class Board of Directors throughout my tenure at WPC. Good governance is so critical. Same vis-à-vis the members of our Athletes Council who have always displayed true commitment, outstanding maturity, and sound judgment. Athletes representation is pinnacle within an NSO. And I have so much admiration for our wonderful athletes, they are nothing short of amazing. My trademark always has been to build and maintain strong partnerships within the Canadian sport system (and beyond) for the benefit of my organization of course, but also for the greater good of sport in our country. It has been a wonderful journey and I am so grateful to water polo and its people!” said Martin Goulet.  

 

At this time, Water Polo Canada would like to thank Martin for his many years of tireless service to the organization and wishes him all the best in his future endeavours.

Martin will be working with the Board to help ensure a smooth transition leading up to his departure. WPC is engaging a professional search firm to assist with the recruitment and hiring process and will post the position in the coming weeks.

 

 

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For more information:

 

Luc Beaudin

Communication Manager

Water Polo Canada 

lbeaudin@waterpolo.ca

514-518-8952

   

October 13, 2022 – Karate Canada is proud to announce the delegation for the 2022 Junior World Championships to be held in Konya, Turkey from October 26-30. 

The team of 34 athletes aged 14 to 20 will compete against the best karatekas in the world in 32 categories, in kata and kumite divisions. Only one person or team per country is authorized to participate per category.  

The team selection was concluded following the National Championships held July 1-3, 2022, in St. John’s, Newfoundland and the Pan Am Championships held August 25-27 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Team:

KATA

INDIVIDUAL

CADET

F

Arias-Nunez

Eva-Carina

M

Gruitia

Matthew

JUNIOR

F

Gamboa

Oonah

M

Nese

Kristian

U21

F

Morin

Léa

M

McNeil

Yuki

TEAM/ÉQUIPE

CADET/JUNIOR

M

Carrière

Nathan

Simard

Xavier

Béland

François-Xavier

KUMITE

CADET

F

-47kg

Lam

Samantha

-54kg

Movaffagh

Donya

+54kg

Palmer

Quincey

M

-52kg

Berry

Indigo

-57kg

Li

Tyler

-63kg

Hosseinirad

Emmanuel

-70kg

Talhi

Younesse

+70kg

Almishri

Omar

JUNIOR

F

-48kg

Szeto

Keira

-53kg

Ouyahia

Maria

-59kg

Monfiston

Mélody

M

-55kg

Tanahara

Skyler

-61kg

Alkurdi

Gassan

-68kg

Galaman

Daniel

-76kg

Pandher

Arpeit

+76kg

Ihaza

David

U21

F

-50kg

Lahyanssa

Yamina

-55kg

Rochette

Mégan

-61kg

Khela

Sahib

-68kg

Maclean

Julia

+68kg

Diaz

Valeria

M

-60kg

Zinger

Shon

-67kg

Shisseh

Reda

-75kg

Pandher

Aimann

-84kg

Small

Ethan

About Karate Canada

Karate Canada is a not-for-profit corporation with the objective of describing and incorporating all activities related to the promotion, organization, regulation and popularization of the sport of karate all over Canada, of protecting the physical and emotional health of athletes, and of promoting the interests of karate throughout Canada.

Karate Canada and its 11 Provincial and Territorial Associations members normally assemble roughly 16,000 participants nationwide. Furthermore, Karate Canada is a proud member of the Canadian Olympic Committee, the World Karate Federation and the Pan American Karate Federation. See more at www.karatecanada.org.

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Daphné Trahan-Perreault, Communication Lead
Karate Canada
communications@karatecanada.org
514-605-8538

Canada sent a delegation of 11 karate athletes to the FISU University Combat Sports World Cup in Samsun Turkey, from September 21-30. Five athletes reached the medal round and 2 athletes secured a bronze medal.

Claudia Laos-Loo from Simon Fraser University won a bronze medal in the Female Kata division while Karim Waleed Ghaly from the University of Ottawa won a bronze medal in the Male Kata division. Mélissa Baillargeon of Université Laval (Female Kata), Alexandre St-Arneault of HEC Montréal (Male Kumite –84 kg) and Shon Zinger of York University (Male Kumite –60 kg) all reached the medal rounds and finished with a 5th place.

About Karate Canada

Karate Canada is a not-for-profit corporation with the objective of describing and incorporating all activities related to the promotion, organization, regulation and popularization of the sport of karate all over Canada, of protecting the physical and emotional health of athletes, and of promoting the interests of karate throughout Canada.

Karate Canada and its 11 Provincial and Territorial Associations members normally assemble roughly 16,000 participants nationwide. Furthermore, Karate Canada is a proud member of the Canadian Olympic Committee, the World Karate Federation and the Pan American Karate Federation. See more at www.karatecanada.org.

Source

Daphné Trahan-Perreault, Communication Lead
Karate Canada
communications@karatecanada.org
514-605-8538

Haya Jumaa becomes first Canadian to ever reach 1st place in karate world rankings

The 28-year-old Ontarian athlete made karate history in June, as she became the first Canadian to ever reach the top spot in her category in the World Karate Federation ranking. Her consistent success and medals in the female kumite –61 kg division paid off as she surpassed all her division’s opponents in ranking.

Although getting to the first place ranking in the world is an impressive achievement, the tremendous challenges that Haya had to face to put herself in a winning position make her journey even more impressive.

After a car crash in December 2019, she fought to gain her physical and mental abilities back. The goal: qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where karate entered as a sport for the first time. Even though the journey was full of setbacks, not being able to qualify, she overcame the challenge to become the number 1 Female kumite –61kg athlete and top ranked Canadian of all time.

A born martial artist

Haya Jumaa was born into martial arts. Both her parents were high level martial artists themselves before she was even born. Her father paved the way to her success as a World Karate Champion himself. From the age of 4, she developed her abilities in karate, taekwondo and kickboxing, placing 5th at the Junior Olympics in taekwondo in 2010 and winning bronze at the Junior World Karate Championships in 2011 for United Arab Emirates. She joined Karate Canada in 2013 when she moved to Canada with her family.

The bumpy Olympic qualification journey

In 2019, with the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in sight, Haya was a strong contender to qualify for the event. However, a turn of fate proved to be one of the biggest challenges she’d have to face.  On December 4th, 2019, she and her family were on a car ride on the highway, when their car was hit, sending the car rolling over 5 times.

Her parents and brother suffered severe concussions, and although she escaped with only a light concussion, she injured her back gravely, making it hard and painful for her to move. Her father was the most affected as his cervical spine was broken and had to go through spinal surgery, leaving him in a wheelchair. Because both her parents needed support, Haya had to spend a lot of her time taking care of her parents, all while pursuing her education and getting ready to qualify for the Olympics.

The way back to training was a challenge for Haya, who had overcome pain and heal herself while getting ready for qualifications. Her coach, her father, could barely move and couldn’t follow her to trainings so they had to adapt and train in the residential building’s gym.

In January 2020 she went on to travel to compete at a K1 Premier League event Chile, on a risky trip in order to keep her Olympic standing. With her body still hurting and her mind being preoccupied by the wellbeing of her recovering parents, she admits she didn’t perform well. After a comforting talk with her parents, she put her focus back on the big goal. She also reminded herself of her main source of inspiration: her parents! This mindset reset was what drove her to focus on healing and get back to the level she was used to perform at.

In March 2020, she travelled to another K1 Premier League tournament that counted in the Olympic standing, this time in Austria where she won silver. The next event was later in the month, so she travelled to UAE for a training camp before the K1 Premier League Rabat event. Her parents now feeling good enough to be able to fly decided to travel with her to help with her preparation. However, at the last minute, the world shut down and the Rabat event was cancelled due to COVID, leaving Haya and her family stuck in Dubai, with no flights home.

Then the Olympics were pushed back to 2021. This gave Haya a new opportunity to heal and prepare for the last steps of the qualification process. Sitting at #4, her chances of being chosen to represent Canada were optimistic, however, not guaranteed. At the last qualification event in Paris 2021, she was only a hair’s breadth to qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Sadly, she wasn’t able to qualify for this historic karate event.

The comeback

This didn’t stop Haya’s training. She kept on with her routine, training usually twice a day, making sure she got enough rest and focusing on mental health and physical recovery to continue training at the highest of levels.

Proof of her fighter’s character and champion’s mindset, she was able to move past the disappointment and her resilience paid off from September 2021. She would push through for her parents who sacrificed so much, and for the pride of representing Canada. In the K1 Premier League Cairo 2021 event, she won a silver medal, then won a bronze medal in October at the K1 Premier League Moscow 2021 event.

Still hungry for more, she became Pan American Champion in October 2021 in Uruguay with a dominant performance putting her at the top of the continent’s best fighters. She then came close to a podium at the 2021 World championships, finishing 5th, right at the bottom of the podium. In April 2022 she won a bronze medal at the K1 Premier League Matosinhos 2022 event.

As the reigning champion, she approached the 2022 Pan American Championships in May 2022 with the goal of extending her dominance on the category in her division. Her stellar performance allowed her to keep her position at the top of the podium, becoming back-to-back Pan American Champion and reaching the top rank in the world.

World Games

2022 was a special World Games year for Canada. Canadians were qualified in Karate events for the first time in history, Haya being the first of the 3 athletes to qualify to represent Canada, the qualification process being decided by world rankings. She won 2 of her 3 matches in her pool, tied with 2 other athletes, missing the medal rounds just by the number of points scored.

What’s next?

Growing up in a Martial Arts family she knows the impact the martial arts have had on her life, and she wishes to give back. She wants to teach and contribute to the promotion of the sport and martial art she loves, so that many more people can enjoy its benefits. She also wants to raise awareness for a health active lifestyle and inciting kids to move and join a sport.

If you ask her about her motivation and long-time goals, her answer comes quick. She wants to be a positive role model for the next generation of karate kids. A good athlete, a good person and a strong and beautiful mind.

About Karate Canada

Karate Canada is a not-for-profit corporation with the objective of describing and incorporating all activities related to the promotion, organization, regulation and popularization of the sport of karate all over Canada, of protecting the physical and emotional health of athletes, and of promoting the interests of karate throughout Canada.

Karate Canada and its 11 Provincial and Territorial Associations members normally assemble roughly 16,000 participants nationwide. Furthermore, Karate Canada is a proud member of the Canadian Olympic Committee, the World Karate Federation and the Pan American Karate Federation. See more at www.karatecanada.org.

*Note that at the time of publishing, WKF ranking has changed

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Daphné Trahan-Perreault, Communication Lead
Karate Canada
communications@karatecanada.org
514-605-8538