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Webinar: Making Multisport Work

Making Multisport Work Recently the concept of multisport participation has gotten some exciting media attention with leadership from our friends at Active for Life and great examples from Canadian sport organizations. There are lots of research studies backing up the concept, and multisport is built…
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Webinar: Supporting Positive Sport Parenting: for Coaches, Clubs and Parents

Supporting Positive Sport Parenting: for Coaches, Clubs and Parents Sport parents often get a bad rap, but they play a very important role in community sport. They provide emotional support as children learn to win and lose, they model behaviour for their kids and other parents, and they help young…
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Building Resilience in Your Athlete: An Introductory Webinar

Building Resilience in Your Athlete: An Introductory Webinar What do LeBron James, Misty May-Treanor and the Seattle Seahawks have in common? They all practice mindfulness, to improve their game and their personal resilience. Whether you’re an athlete, coach or sport leader, your ability to take stress…
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Protected: Beckie Scott will deliver a keynote address at 2019 Sport for Life Canadian Summit

Beckie Scott retired in 2006 as Canada’s most decorated cross-country ski racer in the history of the sport. A 3- time Olympian, Scott won gold in Salt Lake City in 2002, becoming the first Canadian (and first North American woman) to win an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing. She followed that…
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A Workshop Toward Truth and Understanding

The complete history of the land known as Canada is rarely told. Most Canadians never learn the history of the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit, peoples from an Indigenous perspective, which is why the KAIROS Blanket ExerciseTM is so important. The Blanket Exercise consists of trained facilitators leading…
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The Impact of Quality Sport Programming in Bahamian Judo

Sport for Life, the global leader in the development of quality sport and physical literacy, aims to learn from and contribute to sport and physical activity programs around the world. Over the last four years, Sport for Life has worked with many sport organization across seven Caribbean nations. In…
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The Important Role that Officials Play in Sport

Sport for Life and many sport partners recognize the important role that officials play in sport. This means the recruitment, development and retention of officials must be built into the long-range planning of each sport organization. While many organizations are addressing the need to provide a positive…
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Cairo Sport Academy

In October 2017, Sport for Life formally began working with Karim Ghabbour, CEO of Egyptian manufacturing company MCV, his project managers to advance Karim's vision for a world-class sport academy located outside of Cairo.  Basing our work on the principles of Long-Term Athlete Development, we began…
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Elder Alex Nelson inducted into BC Sports Hall of Fame

At an induction ceremony in Vancouver, BC on Thursday, May 31st, Alex Nelson ‘Ok’wilagame’ joined sport legends such as Terry Fox, Rick Hansen, and Pat Quinn as he was awarded the BC Sports Hall of Fame’s W.A.C. Bennett Award for his outstanding contribution and leadership in sport. The W.A.C.…
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Minister Kirsty Duncan’s Announcement Advances Quality Sport

The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, is committed to removing harassment, abuse, and discrimination from the Canadian sport system. In her recent announcement, Minister Duncan outlined stronger measures to ensure all Canadians have the…
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Present at the 2019 Sport for Life Canadian Summit!

Victoria, B.C. – The Sport for Life Society is calling on leaders from across the sport, recreation, education and health sectors to share their leading-edge work, inventive programming, best practices, research and/or findings at the 2019 Sport for Life Canadian Summit. The Summit takes place in Gatineau,…
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Webinar : A Framework for Officiating Development Programs

A Framework for Officiating Development Programs Drop out from the amateur officiating ranks is a persistent, pervasive, and global problem. Annual attrition rates of up to 20-30% in most sports require an ongoing investment of time, effort, and money in recruiting and training new officials. Understanding…
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