Victoria, BC – The Canadian Sport School recognized its seven graduating student-athletes during a “Signing Day” celebration on Wednesday at the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific’s campus at PISE. The celebration comes just days after program alumni Caroline Crossley and Charity Williams earned silver medals with the Canadian women’s rugby sevens team at the Canada 7s…
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,…
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…
Victoria, BC – Seeing a student start the day in the Canadian Sport School classroom and end it in a Rugby Canada training session has become a regular occurrence in recent years at the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific’s Victoria campus. Operating out of the same facility at Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence, the connection between…
VICTORIA, BC – The Canadian Sport School Victoria (CSS) is proud to recognize alumnus Charity Williams, who became the first program graduate to be nominated to an Olympic team. A native of Toronto, Ontario, Williams was among the 12 athletes nominated on July 8 by the Canadian Olympic Committee and Rugby Canada to represent Team…
VICTORIA, BC – The Canadian Sport Institute Pacific (CSI Pacific) is proud to recognize the Canadian Sport School (CSS) graduating class of 2016, including eleven student-athletes who will be pursuing their post-secondary education next fall. The Canadian Sport School is a CSI Pacific initiative. The 2015-16 school year saw CSS bring in the most competitive…
VICTORIA, BC – After wrapping up her first year at the Canadian Sport Institute’s Canadian Sport School in Victoria, para-alpine and cycling athlete Mel Pemble is working towards her goal of qualifying for the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. “It is so much better, [Sport School] gives me set time to do school work,” said Pemble…
Canadian Sport Institute Pacific Has Open Call For Canada’s Next Generation Of Sporting Elite VICTORIA, BC – Canadian Sport Institute Pacific invites athletes to test their capacity for sport performance at PODIUM SEARCH on Saturday, April 9 at 11:30am at UVic’s new Centre for Athletics, Recreation and Special Abilities (CARSA). The age restrictions for these…
Victoria, BC – The Canadian Sport School Victoria is looking for the most hardworking, motivated and talented young athletes who are driven to one-day represent Canada at the highest level of competition in their sport. The Canadian Sport School program is designed to support the most dedicated individuals who strive to find daily balance through…
John Willcox, 16, qualified for Canada’s junior national track cycling team in April when he circled the Burnaby velodrome (with a much steeper bank than the West Shore Velodrome) for a total distance of three kilometres in three minutes and 30.92 seconds. “Willcox is an athlete first and foremost, he’s quite talented at picking up…