September 22, 2017 (Ottawa, ON) For 2017, AthletesCANs 25th Anniversary, Claire Carver Dias is the recipient of the 2017 Athlete Leadership Award and the Athlete Social Responsibility Award was presented to Brad Spence.
OTTAWA (July 13th, 2017) – AthletesCAN and Investors Group are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017 Team Investors Group Amateur Athletes Fund bursary.
March 22nd 2017
AthletesCAN celebrates the federal government’s decision to increase athlete funding by 18%
Canadian athletes are celebrating today as the federal government announced an increase to the Athlete Assistance Program, known as “carding” or AAP. The last increase to carding was in 2004.
Applications for the 2017 Team Investors Group Amateur Athletes Fund are now available!
In keeping with their commitment to amateur sport in Canada, Investors Group is once again offering $5,000 each to 20 of our country’s high performance athletes to assist with costs of training and competition. Since the program’s inception in 2000, the Team Investors Group Amateur Athletes Fund has provided Canadian athletes with $1,700,000.
After extensive consultation with more than 60 athletes, board members, past board members and sport stakeholders the AthletesCAN strategic planning committee and board of directors are proud to unveil AthletesCAN’s 2016-2020 strategic plan.
NEXT Athlete Application Deadline: Friday, September, 30, 2016 (5pm ET)
(Ottawa, Ontario – May 4, 2016) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) released today a document entitled, “Creating Inclusive Environments for Trans Participants in Canadian Sport - Guidance for Sport Organizations,” developed in consultation with the Trans Inclusion in Sport Expert Working Group.
AthletesCAN is excited to congratulate former Board Member Carla Qualtrough on being named Minister of Sport and Persons with a Disability.
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