Workshop Series: Gender Equity in Recreational Sport – Part 3: Understanding How Facility Design Can Attract and Encourage Use by Girls, Women and Gender-Diverse Individuals
The importance of supporting our community members to pursue recreational activities has never been clearer than it is right now! The pandemic has taken its toll on every Canadian. However, it has disproportionately affected vulnerable groups, including women, girls, and gender diverse people. As we look for ways to enhance the physical, mental and social…
RISE UP Summit
Have you heard about Special Olympics? Are you looking for meaningful volunteer opportunities in your community? Find your reason to RISE UP and volunteer TODAY! Special Olympics BC (SOBC) is hosting multiple sessions on Wednesday, October 13th 2021 via zoom to let people know about our organization! Please join us to learn more about what…
Vaccination Policies and Passports: What Sports Organizations Need to Know
Durant Barristers is hosting an education and question and answer session for sports organizations, staff, athletes, coaches and volunteers on vaccine passport requirements and policies on September 29, 2021 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm. Join us to learn about balancing safety of participants while being mindful of privacy and human rights concerns. We will be…
Inclusion, Racism, and Power in Canada: Are Sport Institutions Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?
The “level playing field” is a universal metaphor for fairness, inclusion, and meritocracy. And historically, sport has certainly enabled racial minorities to breach the ramparts of power: Jesse Owens at the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games, dismantling the fiction of racial superiority before the very eyes of the fascist leaders; Jackie Robinson striding over baseball’s colour…
National coaches week #THANKSCOACH
Happy National Coaches’ Week! Let’s take a moment and say thank you to coaches for all that you do. Join Crystal Emmanuel, Natasha Wodak, and Guillaume Ouellet, as they discuss the impact coaches have had on them.This webinar is FREE to all Athletics Canada members.Non-members will be charged $10 at checkout.After registering you will be…
A Concussion Story: Lessons for Concussion Management
Sask Sport, the Sport Medicine and Science Council of Saskatchewan and the Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport have partnered to present A Concussion Story: Lessons for Concussion Management. The 60-minute webinar on concussion management and return to play will feature an expert sport medicine panel and a former elite athlete who will share her…
Sport As Education
In the 10th episode of our Sport, Leadership and Social Change webinar series, we’ll be discussing sport as education with a focus on what can be learned through sport and how we can best leverage sport as a vehicle for learning. Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Walinga, professor at Royal Royal Roads University’s School of Communication…
Webinar: Physical Activity Policy and Surveillance – The Relevance of a Sustained National and Provincial/Territorial Monitoring System
Webinar: Winter Recreation and Park Strategies
Hosted by the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association and the Alberta Recreation and Parks Association Winter is an exciting time across Canada, so our parks, public spaces and open spaces need to be accessible to all. Winter can also be a challenging time for citizens to get outdoors, and for professionals to advocate for the winter…
Webinar: Winter-Friendly Cities: Addressing Social Isolation in Winter Webinar
Winter is an exciting time that looks different across regions but one thing reigns true is that our parks, public spaces and open spaces need to be accessible to all. These spaces need to be accessible in winter as well as all other seasons! This webinar series will dive into the innovative public space development, programming,…