2017 Canada Summer Games Legacies Live On
$367,400 in funding to 36 local projects this year
Feb.
28, 2020 – WINNIPEG, Manitoba – The 2017 Canada Summer Games Legacy
Fund will allocate $367,400 to 36 different projects in Manitoba this
year.
The financial legacy of the Games created the 2017 Canada Summer Games
Legacy Fund with an investment of approximately $2.6 million dollars.
The Fund, managed by Sport Manitoba and a group of designated trustees,
provides financial support to a wide variety
of community access, high-performance, and capacity buildingactivities and programs, and this year includes support to the following projects:
- Master Coach Development
- Coaching and Officials Mentorship programs
- Mental Skills Coaches for Athlete Development
- Women in Basketball High-Performance Education Program
- Self-defence Training for Blind and Visually Impaired
- Volunteer Board Governance Workshop
- High-Performance Athlete Development – Canada Games and Provincial Teams
- Community Access programs
The Multisport Program that ran from January to May of 2019 is just one example of the kinds of opportunities made possible as a result of the Legacy Fund. The training program allowed children who participated the chance to build on their athletic skills and fitness by engaging in four different sports: speed skating, cross-country skiing, cycling and triathlon.
“The 2017 Canada Summer Games Legacy Fund continues to advance the growth of amateur sport and recreation in Manitoba,” said Helga Van Iderstine, Chair of the 2017 Canada Summer Games Legacy Fund Trustees. “These grants support a wide variety of projects across the province, including new and innovative sport programming, the development of coaches, athletes and officials, and the purchase of equipment that will all play a key role in fostering a strong sport community.”
The 2017 Canada Summer Games Legacy Fund will be distributed in three categories supporting the objectives of community access, high-performance programs, and capacity building, depending on the available resources of the Fund.
The Capacity Building Fund is an open application process and applications are due December 31 of each year. More information on the 2017 Canada Summer Games Legacy Fund can be found on the Sport Manitoba website
About
Sport Manitoba
Sport
Manitoba is a not-for-profit organization and the lead planning,
programming and funding agency for the development of amateur sport in
Manitoba. Located at 145 Pacific Avenue in Winnipeg, Sport Manitoba
partners with over 100 organizations to deliver
sport in the province and is responsible for programs including the Manitoba
Games powered by Manitoba Hydro, Sport
Manitoba Coaching, Team
Manitoba, Manitoba
Sports Hall of Fame, Fit
Kids Healthy Kids, and KidSport.
Services provided include the Sport
Manitoba Clinic, Sport
Manitoba Performance, Sport
Manitoba Fitness
Centre, and the Paul
Robson Resource Centre for Leadership and Coaching.
2017 Canada Summer Games
Winnipeg, Manitoba hosted the Canada Summer Games July 28 – August 13,
2017. Featuring 16 sports, over 250 events and a major cultural
festival, the 2017 Canada Games welcomed over 4,000 athletes and coaches
and more than 20,000 visitors. Celebrating the Games’
50th anniversary and marking Canada’s 150th anniversary, the Canada
Games are this country’s largest multi-sport event for young athletes.
They left a lasting legacy of new and enhanced sport facilities,
volunteer, and leadership development that will benefit
athletes and the broader community for years to come. This event was
made possible in part by the Government of Canada, Province of Manitoba,
and City of Winnipeg.
Co-Hosts
The 2017 Canada Summer Games Host Society acknowledged and welcomed our
official CoHosts, the First Nation communities of Treaty No.1, Treaty
No.3, and the Metis Nation represented by the Manitoba Metis Federation
(MMF) whose traditional lands and waters the
2017 Games were held upon. As we celebrated and acknowledged the 50th
Anniversary of the Canada Games and the 150th anniversary of
Confederation, the Host Society also recognized the thousands of years
the First Nations communities called this territory home
and the hundreds of years it has been the home of the Métis peoples.
The Host Society and Co-Hosts respectively thank Turtle Lodge and the
many Elders and Grandmothers that provided the Games with cultural
guidance and teachings that helped make the 2017 Canada Summer Games one
of the most inclusive in its 50-year history.
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For more information, please contact:
Sam Cortes
Communications Coordinator, Sport Manitoba
204-925-5614
204-290-7630
sam.cortes@sportmanitoba.ca