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From VERSUS to AND (Richard Way)

Monday, 2 April, 2012

The structure of sport and physical activity in Canada creates an “us versus them” mentality. Organization versus organization; sport versus recreation; soccer versus hockey. The structure cause organization to all be competing for a piece of the pie – whether that pie be funding, quality coaches, administrators or support staff, or even athletes!

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General / Générale

Kaizen - LTAD and CS4L (Istvan Balyi)

Monday, 12 March, 2012

In the spirit of Kaizen, Continuous Improvement, we are looking to improve Canadian Sport for Life and Long-Term Athlete Development. With that in mind I announced new and improved 10 Key Factors and expanding the 5 S’s to 10 S’s at the 2012 Canadian Sport for Life Summit.

Actively Engaging Women and Girls – a new CS4L Supplement! (Dr. Vicki Harber)

Monday, 5 March, 2012

The “Big Ideas” shared at the recent CS4L Summit were amazing!  Clearly this is the place to be for shaping and testing new ideas, and I was honoured to be one of seven presenting a Big Idea.

I introduced the release of a new document entitled “Actively Engaging Women and Girls”.  This new CS4L supplement examines psycho-social factors that influence female athlete development, leadership and lifelong participation in sport and physical activity.  It is filled with evidence-based findings, real-life insights and recommendations for anyone working with women and girls in sport. 

Five Propositions for Good Sport Organization Governance (Paul Jurbala)

Monday, 27 February, 2012

# 1- Governance is both Structure AND Process:

Structure is committees and board composition, but processes are the rules for working together. We tend to focus only on structure, but when there is governance trouble that amounts to rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. We need to focus on how people work together to make governance effective.

#2- Long Term Organization Development:  

Governance has to change as the organization changes. Structures and processes are not carved in stone. Don't wait for a crisis before making governance improvements. That means revisiting governance structure and process every time you renew the strategic plan.

Got Talent? The Great Debate (Dr. Colin Higgs)

Monday, 20 February, 2012

Great athletes, are they born or made? What’s the contribution of genetics and training? Can you predict who will be a great athlete?

These are all very interesting questions. However, the most interesting question is, do the experts agree on the answers?

After our panel at the Canadian Sport for Life Summit 2012, we know there is no agreement! Four speakers, and four very different opinions on what is meant by talent. 

(Actually, you could say there were three opinions on what is meant by talent – and one speaker, Paul Jurbala, who made a great case for the removal of the word talent from the language of sport!) 

Wow, what a week! (Richard Way)

Monday, 13 February, 2012

Wow! What a week! The 2012 Canadian Sport for Life Summit was held last week in Gatineau-Ottawa and it was a huge success!

First off thank you to all of our delegates, presenters, panelists, poster presenters and exhibitors for making this year’s Summit our best yet. With over 550 delegates attending over 40 different sessions and 4 Pre-Summit Workshops. I’d also like to thank Minister of State for Sport The Honourable Bal Gosal for attending and giving a plenary address.

We kicked the Summit off with our Big Ideas, seven presenters giving 4 minute TED.com style talks which were innovative and pushed the boundaries of our thinking, from announcing the new Actively Engaging Women and Girls in Sport document to discussing the business of sport the Big Ideas were a huge hit. We’ll be posting the PowerPoint slides and the videos of all the Big Ideas on the website in the next little while, and we will also have some blog posts from the Big Idea presenters going into more detail about their topic.

Category: 
General / Générale

Le sommet national « Au Canada, le sport c’est pour la vie » promet de combler l’ensemble des participants (André Lachance)

Monday, 23 January, 2012

Le sommet national « Au Canada, le sport c’est pour la vie » est prévu pour le 1er et 2 février au Hilton du Lac Leamy à Gatineau. Le sommet réunit les leaders qui œuvrent à rehausser la qualité du sport et des activités sportives au Canada.

Plusieurs conférenciers francophones seront présents sur place afin de présenter leurs plus récentes découvertes. M. Guy Thibault du Gouvernement du Québec présentera la vision du Québec sur les sphères de participation au Québec de même que les programmes de support publics. M. Thibault présentera également les dernières initiatives de Kino-Québec en matière de qualité de programmes sportifs. Jonathan Chevrier de VolleyBall Québec présentera sur les objectifs, les habiletés entraînées de même que les lignes directrices en matière de développement à long terme de l’athlète pour le volleyball masculin au Canada. Monsieur Alain Roy du Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec entretiendra les participants sur la structure du réseau de même que les implications de celui-ci en matière de développement.

Canadian Sport for Life Summit - Messenger Training (Richard Way)

Monday, 16 January, 2012

As the 100,000 Canadian Sport for Life Champions campaign continues we are looking at new ways to inspire individuals to take action in their community. At this year's CS4L National Summit we will be launching the CS4L Messenger Program. The Messenger Program involves Champions, such as yourself, presenting to individuals, organizations or groups in your community about Canadian Sport for Life.

At the Summit we will be hosting Messenger Training sessions, which will provide you with all the tools, tips and tricks on how to deliver effective presentations on CS4L and physical literacy.

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Athletes with Disabilities / Les athlètes ayant un handicap
Coaches / Les entraîneurs
Educators / Les éducateurs
General / Générale
Parents / Les parents
Recreation Professionals / Les professionnels du milieu récréatif

One month to go until the CS4L Summit (Richard Way)

Monday, 9 January, 2012

Happy New Year to you all! I hope you had a safe and happy holiday season. With the New Year rolling in we are less than a month away from the 2012 CS4L National Summit and the first ever World LTAD Symposium!

Remember, today is the last day to register and get the regular rate; don’t miss this opportunity! Today is also the last day to book your accommodation at the Hilton Lac-Leamy under the special Summit rates.

If you have already registered, don’t forget to log in to your registration account and choose your sessions to ensure availability.

Category: 
Athletes with Disabilities / Les athlètes ayant un handicap
Coaches / Les entraîneurs
Educators / Les éducateurs
General / Générale
Parents / Les parents
Recreation Professionals / Les professionnels du milieu récréatif

Getting Going! (Paul Jurbala)

Monday, 19 December, 2011

In my last post I briefly described how an organization’s LTAD plan is, in fact, the foundation of their broader strategic plan. Integrating CS4L-LTAD into strategic and operational planning is indeed a way to introduce and integrate LTAD into the life of the organization, but it is not the first step. And there must be a first step!

As I work with sport organizations at all levels- National Sport Organizations (NSOs), Provincial/Territorial Sport Organizations (P/TSOs) and Community Sport Organizations (CSOs, or Clubs) the challenge of how to get going inevitably arises. I’ve developed some simple strategies for getting going, and I invite my colleagues who do organizational development work to chime in as well.

Category: 
General / Générale

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