Since its first edition, the lecture series have included speakers such as: Terry Orlick (2007 — Making a Difference), Jennifer Botterill (2008 — Defining Moments), Alex Baumann/Pierre LaFontaine (2009 — Sport Excellence Series), Curt Tribble (2010 — Living Excellence), Paul Eastbrooks/Maureen Weiss (2011 — Be Inspired), Marcel Lacroix (2012 — Relentless Pursuit of Excellence), Peter Jensen (2013 — The Inside Edge), Chandra Crawford/Jill Officer (2014 — Sustainable High Performance), Dr. Gloria Balague (2015 — Lessons from a lifetime of consulting with the world’s best athletes), Sébastien Sasseville (2016 – Peak Performance: Aim High, Go Far), Dr. Wade Gilbert (2017 – Principles of Talent Development), and Dr. Cristina Fink (2018 – Do I Know What I Need? Performance, Awareness and Mindfulness).
Past award recipients include, Mr. Tom Patrick (2007), Mr. Jason Brooks (2008), Dr. Adrienne Leslie-Toogood (2009), Dr. Roger Friesen (2010), Ms. Amanda Rach (2011), Mr. Scott Erickson (2012), Mr. Aman Hussain (2013), Dr. Melanie Gregg (2014), Dr. Leisha Strachan (2015), Dr. Cal Botterill (2016), Mr. Stephen Dubienski (2017), and Ms. Laura Ceccarelli (2018).
About the Canadian Sport Centre Manitoba
The Canadian Sport Centre Manitoba (CSCM) was created as one of the many legacies of the 1999 Pan American Games held in Winnipeg. Today, CSCM is the hub for high-performance sport in Manitoba. A proud member of the Olympic and Paralympic Sport Institute Network, CSCM works to provide a world-class, multi-sport daily training environment for athletes and coaches through integrated services and programs in the fields of physiology, strength and conditioning, nutrition, psychology and support services.