Enhancing Provincial Sport Excellence
Powering Podiums is a series of high performance sport technical oriented workshops geared toward BC’s provincial and disability sport organizations. The aim of these workshops is to provide the sport sector relevant information to improve sport excellence in BC and achieve BC government benchmark of athletes on national teams. A wide variety of topics will be sourced based on feedback and observations from provincial sport organizations. Workshop sessions are typically 2 to 4 hours depending on the topic.
Powering Podiums is a joint program created by Canadian Sport Institute Pacific and viaSport
Recent Events
Maximizing the High-Performance Pathway
In this Powering Podiums session we heard from Dave Hill who shared some information about the evolution of the High-Performance Sport System in BC. We also heard from Jeremy Ainsworth from BC Hockey and Gabriel Assis from BC Soccer who shared their experiences of how their organizations were able to create the conditions to support for profit entities becoming part of the PSO landscape.
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Previous Powering Podiums Sessions
View content from previous Powering Podiums sessions:
- 10/25 – Maximizing the High-Performance Pathway
- 09/25 – The Cost of High Performance Sport
- 07/24 – 2025 Team BC Games Overview & Updates
- 06/26 – 2025 Team BC Guide to the Games
- 05/29 – 2025 Team BC Arriving Ready to Compete
- 05/01 – 2025 Canada Games Preparation – Athlete Panel
- 09/24 – Work-Life Rhythm
- 03/24 – Using Movement Screens to Support Athlete Development
- 11/23 – Succession Planning
- 06/23 – Data Management
- 11/22 – Coaching in a Safe Sport Environment
- 06/22 – Developing and Retaining Officials
- 11/21 – Enhanced Excellence
- 06/21 – Exploring the Art and Science Behind Practice Innovation
- 01/21 – Conversations Around Youth Mental Health
- 05/20 – Adapting Athlete Targeting During Unforeseen Crises
- 05/20 – Supporting Athletes Holistically During COVID-19
- 04/20 – Strength and Conditioning in a COVID-19 World
- 04/20 – Coach Mentoring
- 12/19 – Pathway Alignment: Targeting & Identifying Athletes Through Performance Profiling
- 06/19 – Crisis: Managing Our HP Programs When Things Go Wrong
- 03/19 – Powering Progression Through Data Solutions
- 10/18 – Keep Our Coaches Happy & Healthy
- 06/18 – An International Perspective on High Performance Athlete Development
- 03/18 – High Performance Coach Pathway
- 11/17 – Para-Sport Synergies