Air Quality Update

Wildfire season is upon us and that means the potential for low air quality – read the following to find out more about how to deal with air quality this summer

International Rivals Band Together To Support Elite Wheelchair Athletes

VANCOUVER – It didn’t take long for Melissa Lacroix to admit her project might be cause for a little patriotic conflict. An Exercise Physiologist at the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific, Lacroix has worked closely with the Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association for the past four years, especially with Canada’s Wheelchair Rugby team, who are often pitted…

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Olympic Hopefuls Invited to Tryouts at UVic

McMaster University football player Jerimiah Brown came to Elk Lake in 2009, and without ever previously having picked up an oar, transferred his physical abilities from the field to the water. He ended up winning a silver medal in rowing at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Bobsleds have carried athletes from rugby and track and…

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RBC Training Ground To Debut Qualifying Event in Victoria

Victoria, BC – The search for Canada’s next Olympic star continues on Sunday, February 19, as the final RBC Training Ground local qualifier in British Columbia takes place at the Centre for Athletics, Recreation and Special Abilities (CARSA) at the University of Victoria. RBC Training Ground is a program designed to help sport officials uncover…

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Victoria Athletes Take Part in CSI Pacific’s Athlete Advance YYJ

The Canadian Sport Institute Pacific held the first of two Athlete Advance conferences on Saturday, February 11, at their Victoria campus at Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence (PISE). The Athlete Advance is designed to help educate and inspire British Columbia’s future and current Olympic, Paralympic, and World Championship athletes in their quest for podium performances.…

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Para-Snowboarder Leslie Feeling the Love

John Leslie is a living example of the proverb: “It takes a village to raise a child.” In the case of the elite para-snowboarder from Arnprior, Ont., a wide array of loving and supportive adults have guided and encouraged the positive and outgoing young man through a challenging life journey to bring him to the…

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Athletics Canada Soaks Up San Diego Weather for Training

Canada’s top track & field athletes are attempting to get their seasons off to a hot start as they gather in San Diego with the unique opportunity to train with athletes from across the country and staff from the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific (CSI Pacific). That is the goal behind a three-week warm weather camp…

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Canadian Winter Athletes Flourish at X Games Aspen 2017

Whistler, BC – A history-making performance by Canada Snowboard’s Max Parrot highlighted a series of podium performances by Canadian athletes at X Games Aspen 2017. After capturing gold in last year’s X Games Aspen Big Air, Parrot made history at X Games Aspen 2017 by landing the world’s first Quad Underflip in competition. The Men’s…

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