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CGC’s first annual IDS Game of Life Run/Walk raises over $30,000

Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC)’s inaugural IDS Game of Life Run/Walk raised more than $30,000 in registration fees and donations for CGC’s International Development through Sport Unit.

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Capacity Support Program extends its reach: 15 young Canadians to go abroad in 2011-2012

In the first year, there were three who went to the Caribbean and the Americas. In the second year, five more went to Africa. And now, in the third year of Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC)’s groundbreaking Capacity Support Program (CSP), 15 talented young Canadians will be placed throughout the Commonwealth...

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Kicking AIDS Out of the Caribbean

Francine MacDonald is a Kicking AIDS Out (KAO) Leader Level II based in Spanish Town, Jamaica. KAO, a Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC) partner program, offers an innovative, high-energy approach that links sport...

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Former intern named CGC’s International Internship Programs Officer

A year ago, Jennie Petersen was in the midst of a 14-month placement in Trinidad and Tobago as part of Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC)’s innovative Capacity Support Program (see story, above)

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Taking Games Preparation to Another Level

Team Canada’s experiences with the recent Delhi Commonwealth Games will have a long-lasting impact on how future Canadian teams prepare for major international multi-sport competitions. That’s one of the core conclusions to come out of a post-Games analysis led by Commonwealth Games Canada’s (CGC) Director of Sport, Scott Stevenson.

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Broadcasting executive Nancy Lee elected to CGC Board of Directors

Nancy Lee (Toronto, ON), Chief Operating Officer of Olympic Broadcasting Services Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics, and former head of CBC Sports, is the newest Vice-President of Commonwealth Games Canada’s (CGC) Board of Directors. The board elections took place at CGC’s Annual General Meeting, held March 4-6 in Toronto.

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Scott Stevenson to serve as interim CEO at Commonwealth Games Canada

OTTAWA, April 7, 2011 – Commonwealth Games Canada Director of Sport, Scott Stevenson, has been appointed interim Chief Executive Officer until a replacement can be found for the outgoing CEO, Thomas Jones.

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Commonwealth Games Canada positions IDS for the future

Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC) is restructuring to reflect the evolution of its International Development through Sport (IDS) Unit and to position it for the future.

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