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Victoria, BC – Some of the brightest coaching minds in Canada will come together to deliver educational opportunities for high performance coaches and share their experiences – from provincial games all the way to the Olympic and Paralympic Games – at the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific’s International Coaching School from May 27 to June 3…
CALGARY – Alpine Canada is pleased to announce its nominations for the Canadian Ski Teams for the 2017-18 season. Athletes have been nominated to the team having met selection criteria and/or coaches’ discretion and/or invited to participate in selected camps and competitions. 2017-18 CANADIAN ALPINE SKI TEAM NOMINATION World Cup Men – Senior Benjamin Thomsen (Windermere,…
VANCOUVER – Recognized for over 30-years of sport leadership, Canadian Sport Institute Pacific Chief Executive Officer Wendy Pattenden was elected as a B Member of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) on Saturday in Toronto. A native of Victoria, BC, Pattenden was elected as part of the COC’s Annual Session alongside five other B members (Fred…
The Sponsorship Marketing Council Canada (SMCC) announced the recipients of the 2017 Sponsorship Marketing Awards (SMAs) at the awards ceremony held yesterday in Toronto. The annual awards event honours top tier properties, brands and companies who have positively shifted the landscape of sponsorship marketing through not only meaningful connections with communities across Canada, but also…
15 year old Riley Pickrell began cycling just a few years ago, but he has already shot up to the top of the Provincial cycling scene, and now has his sights set on representing his country in the future. Click here to see a report by CHEK News, featuring an interview from Canadian Sport Institute…
TORONTO – Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame revealed the six Athletes, one Team, and two sport “Builders” who will make up the Class of 2017. Induction into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame is considered the country’s highest sporting honour and reinforces the incredibly successful athletic careers of the nominees. This year’s Class has broken down barriers,…
The wait is finally over. Canada are cup champions on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Canada claimed its first ever cup title Sunday as they defeated the USA 26-19 in the Singapore Sevens cup title. Nathan Hirayama was named Player of the Final. Earlier in the day, Canada had beaten New Zealand in the…
VANCOUVER – Freestyle Canada unveiled the athletes that have been provisionally nominated to Team Canada for the 2018 Winter Games thanks to their 2016-2017 season results. Consequently, mogul skiers Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Andi Naude and Mikaël Kingsbury should all be headed to PyeongChang next February, as they have all met the “Method A” selection criteria. “I am…
Victoria, BC – Sydney Pickrem did what she wanted by breaking her own Canadian record in the 200-metre individual medley while Alex Loginov did the unexpected by winning the 50-m freestyle in Sunday’s final night of racing at the 2017 Team Canada Trials. Pickrem won the 200 IM in two minutes, 9:56 seconds. That shaved…