Strategic Planning Objectives
The Aboriginal Sport Circle (the “ASC”) wishes to engage a consultant or consulting firm (the “Consultant”) to facilitate and prepare a strategic plan (the “Project”) for the ASC. The main objective of the Project is to facilitate engagement and consensus building amongst Provincial and Territorial Aboriginal Sport Bodies (“PTASBs”) and stakeholders about the ASC’s priorities and related strategies during the next five years, and to prepare the resultant strategic plan.
BACKGROUND
The ASC is Canada’s national voice for Aboriginal sport, physical activity, and recreation, bringing together the interests of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples.
The ASC was created in 1995 through a national consensus-building process, in response to the need for more accessible and equitable sport and recreation opportunities for Indigenous peoples. This mandate has since expanded to include physical activity. Now, in 2020, there are perceived new opportunities to expand advocacy and program areas, to include health, nutrition, physical education, wellness, etc.
Each of ASC’s members, the PTASBs, carries its own mandate to represent the grassroots interests of the Indigenous peoples in their jurisdictions. It is their collective regional voice that guides the direction of the ASC and establishes its national priorities.
The ASC partners with Indigenous and mainstream organizations to bring expertise in athlete and coaching development, physical literacy, and physical activity programs, to Indigenous communities throughout Canada. The ASC is also the Canadian franchise holder for the North American Indigenous Games, and annually hosts the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships, in addition to effecting policy change at the highest levels of governments.