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Sport Funding Workshop
The TSC North York Branch presents a Fall Sport Funding Workshop Saturday November 13, 2010 between 9am and 4pm. This "must go" workshop is specifically geared towards non-profit sport and recreation groups.
Click here... >> to read the evite
Click here... >> to Register. Registration is limited to 50 spots!
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The Ministry of Health Promotion becomes the Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport
Government of Ontario has announced a name change for the Ministry of Health Promotion to the Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport
Click here... >> for the Media Release including Ontario Premier McGuinty's changes to his Cabinet and government.
The Ministry’s vision is to enable Ontarians to lead healthy, active lives and make the province a healthy, prosperous place to live, work, play, learn and visit. Health Promotion and Sport sees that its fundamental goals are to promote and encourage Ontarians to make healthier choices at all ages and stages of life, to create healthy and supportive environments, lead the development of healthy public policy, and assist with embedding behaviours that promote health.
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Sport Alliance awards the City of Toronto the 2012 Ontario Summer Games
Click here... >> to read the Sport Alliance successful announcement letter
Councillor Adrian Heaps, Jeff Carmichael and Adam Ali attended the Opening Ceremonies in Sudbury to receive the hand off from Sudbury.
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Return to Play Series
The Coaches Association of Ontario and the RBC First Office for Injury Prevention at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre are pleased to jointly offer the "Return to Play Series".
"Brain Injury 101" was well received providing an overview to participants of the brain and what happens during and after an athlete sustains a brain injury. Participants will learn about the seriousness of concussion - the most common brain injury. Next session:
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 11:30 AM - Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 12:30 PM (ET)
To register: http://returntoplay.eventbrite.com/
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Tobacco-Free Sport and Recreation Grant Info Session August 18
Grants are available to community sport organizations to develop and promote a Tobacco-Free Policy. Tobacco-free sport and recreation means that everyone taking part in a sport or recreational activity does not use tobacco industry products. It means participants, spectators, coaches and leaders do not smoke, snuff, dip, or chew tobacco while engaged in the activities of your organizations.
Click here... >> for the flier on two upcoming information sessions for sports and recreation organisations interested in Tobacco Free Sports and Recreation seed grant funding.
To find more about the process to apply for a grant, please contact Janvere Lyder, Consultant Health Promotion with Toronto Public Health at
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To find our more about the benefits of adopting a Tobacco-Free Policy and tobacco industry products, got to: www.playlivebetobaccofree.ca
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YMCA drowning prevention program
The surge in the number of reported drownings this summer was recently highlighted in a study commissioned by the Lifesaving Society. Results indicated that ‘new Canadians’ – particularly those who have been living in Canada for less than five years – are at higher risk for drowning when boating and swimming.
To encourage and promote drowning prevention, The YMCA of Greater Toronto has organized Swim to Survive programs in a number of their facilities, including the Metro Central, West End, North York, Scarborough, Mississauga, Brampton, and Markham YMCA’s. The program is free for everyone – no YMCA membership is required.
The Swim to Survive program, developed by the Lifesaving Society, is a survival training program that defines the minimum skills needed by all Canadians to survive an unexpected fall into deep water. The program promotes basic swimming skills as a fundamental requirement in attempting to eliminate drowning in Canada.
The YMCA hopes that the free program will encourage all families and individuals with little knowledge of lifesaving swim techniques, to take advantage of their closest YMCA facility and programs and learn the essentials and basic steps to survival in water. For additional information on centre locations and program dates/time, please visit: www.ymcatoronto.org
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First Canadian Track & Field Championship Celebrity Relay Challenge
First Canadian Track & Field Championship Celebrity Relay Challenge a huge success ! This event attracted 20 (4 x 100 meter) teams to compete for the KPMG Cup. Event was initiated to support the University of Toronto's Faculty of Physical Education and Health and Goldring Center for high performance sport. The challenge relay ran on thursday, July 29 at 3.30 pm at the Varsity Centre at the University of Toronto as part of day 2 of the 2010 Canadian Track & Field Championships.
"Seven Olympians, three mascots, a CFL Commissioner, a member of the Miami Heat and CFL star turned bobsledder headlined the Corporate Relay Challenge" according to Athletics Canada.
The Toronto Sports Council Relay team of celebrity anchor Dave Reid (1500 meter Canadian record holder-1993), Thomas Fogh (TSC marketing Committee), Jeremy Lobo and TSC marketing specialist Kevin Arnsdorf teamed up to place 16th out of 20 teams participating in this event, with a time of 60.07 seconds. Top time for the event was posted by a team from KPMG with a time of 54 seconds. TSC board member and Olympian Molly Killingbeck anchored another corporate team showing good speed for this 1984 and 1998 Olympian.
For more information on the event see Athletics Canada press release available at: athletics.ca/display_news.asp?newsid=1011
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Canadian Men’s National Volleyball Team to Host Cuba for Pre-World Championship Exhibition Game in Toronto
The game will take place on Tuesday, August 24th at 7:30pm at the Hershey Center, 300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga. This game is part of a series of exhibition games in which players of the Canadian national team will face the Cuban national volleyball team in Toronto, Ottawa and Quebec. The exhibition matches will serve as preparation for both teams for the 2010 World Championship being held in Italy in September.
Cuba, currently ranked 9th in the world, has had success at the America’s Cup 2008 in Brazil where they won the gold medal. Last year, the Cubans won the 2009 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship in Puerto Rico and finished in second place at the 2009 FIVB Men's Grand Champions Cup in Japan.
Members of the public and the media are encouraged to come and support Canadian players.
As of July 9th, at 10:00am tickets for the Toronto game can be purchased through Ticketmaster
For more information, please visit www.volleyball.ca or contact Ariane Thibault, Volleyball Canada, Marketing Coordinator at 613-748-5681 ext. 222 or
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07/13/2010: Public Meeting Design Options for the Port Lands Sports Centre
Here is the update from the July 13 meeting. Read more... >>. Here is the presentation from the meeting.
The City of Toronto is examining the feasibility of developing the Port Lands Sport Centre, a multiple ice pad facility to be built in the Port Lands, in the area south of Commissioners Street and west of the Don Roadway (85 and 95 Commissioners Street).
A public meeting on the Port Lands Sports Centre project was held:
Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Location: Toronto Fire and EMS Training Centre, 895 Eastern Avenue
The purpose of this public meeting was to provide an overview of the Port Lands Sports Centre project status as well as to obtain feedback on design options for the project and related considerations. City staff and the project architect will make presentations, followed by an interactive question and comment period.
Feedback from the public meeting will contribute to a staff report to City Council in August regarding project next steps, as well as detailed planning and design for the project.
Please distribute this notice to others who may be interested in the Port Lands Sports Centre project.
Contact: Gwen McIntosh, Acting Director, Waterfront Secretariat. 416-397-4821
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Summer Consultations on Port Lands Hockey Arena Plan
Plans to build a four-pad hockey arena in Toronto's port lands will be finalized this summer in a public consultation with neighbours and stakeholders before coming to the August meeting of Toronto's Executive Committee. The current plan is to build the four-pad arena at the corner of the Don Roadway and Commissioners Street, with the parking lot on the south side stretching to the shipping channel. Read more...>> and Read more... >>
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