Blog Addressing Under-reporting of Concussion in Para Sport August 14, 2019 Given the high-impact nature of many Para sports, concussions may seem like an inevitability. According to Dr. Andy Marshall, Chief Medical Officer of the Canadian Parapan Am and Paralympic Team,...
Knowledge Nuggets Pan American Games Congratulations Team Canada! The Pan American Games closed yesterday, with Team Canada winning 151 medals (35 gold, 64 silver, and 52 bronze), including a number of first-ever Canadian Games medals...
Knowledge Nuggets Did You Know? The Pan American Games feature a number of unique sports that aren’t included at the Olympic Games. These include: roller artistic skating, roller speed skating, extreme canoe slalom, racquetball, squash,...
Knowledge Nuggets Major Games At the Pan and Parapan Am Games, the service environment an athlete experiences can influence their competitive performance. For event managers, creating a great games experience entails meeting athletes’ basic...
Blog Balancing Athlete Performance and Satisfaction at Major Games August 7, 2019 Competing at a major international multi-sport games, like the Pan and Parapan American Games, should provide lasting and positive memories for athletes, regardless of where they place at the end...
Knowledge Nuggets Technology Swimming events kick off today at the Pan American Games. In this short video from CBC Sports, Head Coach Ben Titley describes how Swimming Canada is using data analytics and...
Knowledge Nuggets Gender Equity After Day 6 at the Pan American Games, Team Canada women have won 32 of Canada’s 55 medals (58%) plus 4 mixed team event medals. This success is in line...
Knowledge Nuggets Technology The “BodyCap” is an ingestible computer used to monitor athletes’ core temperatures. After tracking the athlete’s temperature during warm-up, pre-race cooling and competition, data can be downloaded via BlueTooth for...
Blog If you build it, those with vouchers will come July 31, 2019 In 2015, the Town of Milton, Ontario, constructed the $56 million Mattamy National Cycling Centre, which hosted the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games’ track cycling competitions. The Mattamy National Cycling...