Three Canadian Sport School Victoria (CSS Victoria) student-athletes will need to be bringing home additional luggage to carry all the medals they won at this month’s 2018 Canadian Junior Track Championships in Milton, Ontario. Cyclists Sarah van Dam, Riley Pickrell and Casey Garrison won a spectacular 18 medals over the three days of competition: 13…
Canadian Sport Institute Pacific (CSI Pacific) is pleased to announce a partnership renewal with YYOGA in Vancouver and Whistler. YYOGA has been supporting BC’s high performance athletes through their partnership with CSI Pacific since 2009. CSI Pacific is privileged to work with community partners who help athletes and coaches in the pursuit of high performance…
VICTORIA, BC – The Canadian Sport Institute Pacific is preparing to host some of the brightest coaching minds in high performance sport for their 2018 International Coaching School at their Victoria Campus between May 26th and June 1st, 2018. The International Coaching School and Sport Performance Coaching Certificate is designed for coaches working with a…
VICTORIA, BC – After Team Canada’s record setting Olympic Winter Games, the PyeongChang 2018 Canadian Paralympic Team followed suit, setting their own record for a Winter Games with an impressive 28 medals. This shatters their previous record of 19 medals in Vancouver 2010. Canadian Sport Institute Pacific (CSI Pacific) affiliated athletes were certainly a major…
Photo: Dr. Jeremy Sheppard works with Mark McMorris at PyeongChang 2018 Affiliated athletes and staff make major contribution to Team Canada’s record medal haul March 2, 2018 For Immediate Release VICTORIA, BC – The PyeongChang 2018 Olympics featured a record setting performance by Team Canada as a whole, winning 29 medals for the first time…
VICTORIA, BC – The Paralympics are approaching soon and, for the first time ever, the Canadian Sport School is proud to have a direct connection to the Games, as current student-athlete Mel Pemble has been named to Team Canada in Para-Alpine. The Canadian Sport School (CSS) is a program run by Canadian Sport Institute Pacific,…
French to follow In order to ensure that Canada continues its strong placements at major games, it is key that Canada’s future star athletes are identified in an efficient and effective manner. On top of working closely with current and former Olympians and Paralympians, the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Sport Institute Network (COPSI Network)…
February 7, 2018 For Immediate Release VANCOUVER, B.C. — The grassroots, community-based approach that British Columbia has pioneered to support athletes and coaches in achieving their goals is one that is highly unique, and clearly working. Team Canada has nominated 225 athletes, and 63 of those athletes, a remarkable 28%, have a connection to B.C. “We…
PyeongChang 2018, here we come! The Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang are starting soon – February 9-25 – and we couldn’t be more excited, particularly since 63 of Team Canada’s athletes have a connection to British Columbia. This equates to a remarkable 28% Canada’s Olympic Team being linked to B.C., an impressive number considering the…
When it comes to optimizing the performance of Canada’s top athletes, it’s important to know that it takes a lot of work, especially the collaborative kind. Much of this works goes on behind the scenes by a dedicated group of experts and specialists from a vast array of disciplines in sport science and sport medicine…