News Nominations Now Open for 12th Annual CSTA PRESTIGE Awards November 2, 2017 Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance - Honouring Canada’s top Sport Events, Volunteers, Sponsors & Leaders OTTAWA, ON: Nominations are now open for the 12th Annual Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance (CSTA) PRESTIGE Awards, which recognize sport tourism events, organizations and leaders in...
Knowledge Nuggets parasport events - SIRCuit Teaching Moment A recent research study examined how the hosting of different forms of sport events for persons with disabilities were being leveraged to create opportunities for community participation, and influence community attitudes towards disability. Two types of large scale...
News U SPORTS Athletes of the Week (#9): Calgary’s Diawara, Dalhousie’s Jordan honoured November 2, 2017 U SPORTS - TORONTO (U SPORTS) – Mambi Diawara of the Calgary Dinos and Savanna Jordan from the Dalhousie Tigers are the U SPORTS Male and Female Athletes of the Week for the period ending October 29, 2017. Diawara was...
News Concordia’s Rajotte headlines U SPORTS women’s rugby major award winners November 2, 2017 U SPORTS - LETHBRIDGE, Alta. (U SPORTS) – Concordia centre Frédérique Rajotte was honoured as the U SPORTS women’s rugby Player of the Year Thursday morning, as the national award winners were celebrated at the annual All-Canadian breakfast. Championship Website...
News FRC - U SPORTS Football Players of the Week (#10): Henry, Landry, Hope honoured November 2, 2017 U SPORTS - TORONTO (U SPORTS) – Alberta receiver Tylor Henry, Alberta defensive back Tak Landry and Saint Mary’s kicker Brian Hope are U SPORTS Football Players of the Week, for the period ending October 29, 2017. Henry, a fifth-year...
News Home Hardware Road to the Roar Pre-Trials underway Monday in Summerside, P.E.I. November 2, 2017 Curling Canada - Some of Canada’s best curling teams will have a chance to take a significant step toward their gold-medal dreams when the 2017 Home Hardware Road to the Roar Pre-Trials gets underway Monday at Credit Union Place in Summerside,...
News Trials and Tribulations November 2, 2017 Canadian Sport Institute Calgary - Black, white and a bit of grey. That's how you could describe the criteria that many athletes face in order to qualify for international competitions like World Cups and the Olympic Games. In this upcoming Olympic...
News Recap | 2017 Magnificent Sevens pres. by the Toronto Wolfpack November 2, 2017 Rugby Ontario - (MARKHAM, ON) - The 2017 Magnificent Sevens Rugby Festival presented by the Toronto Wolfpack took place this past weekend at Fletcher's Fields in Markham. With 82 teams across 10 divisions, the 2017 edition of the Magnificent Sevens was a...
News RCA National Training Centre and Facilities Strategy Update November 1, 2017 Rowing Canada Aviron - In early August, RCA asked National Team athletes to re-locate to a single training centre in Victoria for the short term. This decision was made by the RCA High Performance Leadership Team (HPD and Head Coaches). The...
News COC to launch PyeongChang 2018 Canadian Olympic School Program resources November 1, 2017 Canadian Olympic Committee - TORONTO (October 31, 2017) – On Thursday, November 2, 2017, the Canadian Olympic Committee will launch its PyeongChang 2018 Canadian Olympic School Program resources aimed at getting students active while promoting safer and more inclusive sport environments....