Sport Law & Strategy Group Blogs About How Caring For Each Other Makes A Difference
April 27, 2020 – The Sport Law & Strategy Group (SLSG) is committed to sharing relevant knowledge to sport leaders using a variety of mediums including newsletters, webinars, workshops, keynotes, educational sessions and blogs. In her latest blog, Dina Bell-Laroche outlines the positive impact organizations can have when they choose to come together and support…
WBC Launches Athlete Spotlight Series Presented by Toyota
Ever wonder what drives Canada’s high-performance wheelchair basketball athletes? What they do beyond basketball? Get to know your Canadian athletes as Wheelchair Basketball Canada (WBC) launches its Athlete Spotlight Series, presented by Toyota. Over the coming months, WBC will check in with Canadian athletes vying to represent Team Canada on the world stage, including athletes on the journey towards Tokyo. When…
Table Tennis’s Rating System Falls Under Meaningful Competitions
What are meaningful competitions? Is it something that is predictable or would we call it a blow out? Do we include all kinds of levels and disregard similar level’s of abilities? If you said NO to the las two questions, then YES, you are right. It was nice to see that Table Tennis was included…
Updated COVID-19 Paddling Safety Measures 23 April 2020
In the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic, CKC continues to ask the Canadian paddling community to respect the Government of Canada’s direction to carefully follow physical distancing practices and to respect the directives of all governmental authorities at every level. Now is the opportunity for us to be diligent leaders in our communities. Through…
Announcing the FitNation Home Workout Series!
ANYONE | ANYTIME | ANYWHERE I·SPARC is excited to announce our FitNation At Home Workout Series – Lockdown Edition! Each week we’ll be adding new workouts from our FitNation leaders across the province. Our leaders will be bringing you movements for chair modifications, introductory, intermediate, and advanced exercises, there’s something for everyone! These workouts are for all…
Tennis Canada Announces The Cancellation of Three Other Challenger Events
Montreal, April 24, 2020 — Due to the exceptional situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is with great regret that Tennis Canada announced on Thursday the cancellation of the Winnipeg National Bank Challenger men’s event, the women’s Challenger event in Saskatoon as well as the Odlum Brown VanOpen. “We certainly understand the decisions made…
High performance programs announce plans for potential national team returns
Following the announcement of a revised competition calendar for 2021, Swimming Canada continues to make plans for the potential restart of its national team programs. Both the Olympic and Paralympic programs are planning for the next major competitions on the calendar being held in December 2020. If circumstances allow – and depending on the revised…
Len Rhodes Appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Sport Institute Calgary
The Board of Directors of the Canadian Sport Institute Calgary (CSI Calgary) is pleased to announce that Len Rhodes has been appointed the President & Chief Executive Officer of CSI Calgary effective July 1, 2020. Board Chair Cheryl Sandercock said, “We are thrilled to welcome Len as our new CEO. We are confident that…
Game on: We Need a COVID-19 Well-being Strategy
COVID-19 has created an unprecedented challenge for policymakers. Their decisions will have a direct and sustained impact on our physical, mental, social, and economic well-being. Policymakers must be guided above all by evidence, because as they say, “everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not to their own facts.” Our review of World Health…
Sport Law & Strategy Group Shares Helpful Tips During COVID-19 – Update 5
April 24, 2020 –The SLSG is hosting weekly “Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share” where we spend an hour with sport leaders from across the country sharing information and responding to questions on employment, insurance, leadership, financial management, grief management, and other matters related to managing through COVID-19. The free, online drop-in session hosted by…