For Immediate Release June 30, 2021 In March 2020, Team BC partnered with Canadian Sport Institute Pacific (CSI Pacific) to create the Team BC Games Prep Program, an initiative to help the province’s best athletes prepare for the Canada Games. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the postponement of the Canada Summer Games to 2022,…
SPORT MEDICINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATE: COVID-19 Pre-Games Testing As Playbook 3 has been released with updated information from Tokyo 2020 and the Japanese government, the following information is vital for all teams headed to Tokyo this summer. It is recommended for all athletes and staff travelling to Tokyo for the Games to read the Playbook…
SPORT MEDICINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATE: Disease Update: As we move into April of 2021 the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 world-wide is over 126 million with over 101 million recovered and 2,766,000 deaths. A number of new variants originating in the UK, South Africa and Brazil have recently been identified. In Canada we have over…
Post courtesy Canadian Paralympic Committee – Beijing 2022 runs March 4-13, 2022 – Canadian Paralympic Media Consortium, including CBC/Radio-Canada and AMI, to bring live broadcast coverage of the Games across Canada Ottawa, March 4, 2021 – Canada’s Paralympians will be taking to the slopes, ski course, and ice at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games…
SPORT MEDICINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATE: Disease Update: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 is over 68 million with over 47 million recovered and 1,550,000 deaths. Mortality rate in Canada is 5.2 %. In Canada we have over 423,000 cases, 12,700 deaths and 339,000 (80%) recovered. Some provinces continue to experience record numbers of cases…
SPORT MEDICINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATE: Disease Update: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 world-wide is over 52 million with over 36.7 million recovered and 1,290,000 deaths. Mortality rate in Canada is 5.2 %. In Canada we have over 278,000 cases, 10,700 deaths and 223,000 (80%) recovered. Canada is presently experiencing a significant increase in…
Post from Victoria Times-Colonist, October 25, 2020 View original post: https://www.timescolonist.com/sports/victoria-s-wendy-pethick-named-top-canadian-sports-scientist-by-own-the-podium-1.24227117 Only the Tokyo Olympics were postponed, not the humidity. That still awaits. Canadian athletes can thank Wendy Pethick if they acclimatize well to the 30-plus degree summer temperatures expected next year in Japan for the pandemic-delayed 2020 Plus One Olympics and Paralympics. The manager…
SPORT MEDICINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATE: Disease Update: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 world-wide is over 40.2 million with over 30.3 million recovered and 1.1 million deaths. Mortality rate in Canada is 4.9 %. In Canada we have over 202,000 cases, 9,781 deaths and 167,112 (84%) recovered. The number of cases in Canada continues…
SPORT MEDICINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATE: (Excerpt) Disease Update: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 is over 20 million with over 13.5 million recovered and 746,000 deaths. Mortality rate in Canada is 7.4 %. In Canada we have over 120,000 cases, 8,900 deaths and 106,000 (89%) recovered. There are 4,685 presently active cases in Canada…
SPORT MEDICINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATE: (Excerpt) Disease Update: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 is over 13.5 million with over 7.9 million recovered and 582,000 deaths. Mortality rate in Canada is 8%. In Canada we have over 108,450 cases, 8,800 deaths and 72,000 (66%) recovered. Of the 27,500 presently active cases in Canada 97%…