True Sport – (Ottawa, ON – April 25, 2016) – On April 27, with only 100 days to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Community Foundations of Canada and the True Sport Foundation will release a new Vital Signs report exploring how sport can strengthen our sense of belonging to each other and our communities.

While 85% of Canadians agree that participation in sport builds stronger communities, only three in 10 Canadians participate regularly in sport activities. Vital Signs: Sport and Belonginglooks at the declining participation and growing gender gap in sport across Canada, and shares a game plan for how to make sport more inclusive, affordable and fun.

Ian Bird, President of Community Foundations of Canada and former field hockey Olympian will be available for media interviews on Wednesday, April 27.

About Community Foundations of Canada
Community Foundations of Canada is the national network for Canada’s 191 community foundations which help Canadians invest in building strong and resilient places to live, work, and play. Vital Signs is a national program led by community foundations and coordinated by Community Foundations of Canada that leverages local knowledge to measure the vitality of our communities and support action towards improving our collective quality of life. To learn more visit www.communityfoundations.ca or www.vitalsignscanada.ca.

About True Sport Foundation
The True Sport Foundation is a national charitable organization that is dedicated to advancing and supporting values-based and principle-driven sport in communities throughout Canada.   The Foundation embraces and promotes the seven True Sport Principles. To learn more about the True Sport Foundation, please visit www.truesportpur.ca/our-foundation.

For more information or to schedule a media interview, please contact: 

David Venn, Director of Communications 
Community Foundations of Canada 
Tel: (613) 236-2664 ext. 302 
Email: dvenn@communityfoundations.ca 
Twitter: @CommFdnsCanada

Justin MacNeill
Communications Coordinator
True Sport
613-521-3340, ext. 3314
jmacneill@truesport.ca