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Founded as a legacy of the inaugural Commonwealth Games in 1930, Commonwealth Sport Canada (CSC) is a founding member of Commonwealth Sport and is responsible for the growth and development of the Commonwealth sport movement in Canada.
Canada Names Five Additional Paralympic Program athletes to the swim team for 2026 Commonwealth Games
Swimming Canada bolsters technical support adding three staff members
News & Highlights
MacPherson Named Commonwealth Games CEO
OTTAWA, July 5, 2011 – Dr. Andrew Pipe, President of Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC), today announced that Brian MacPherson is the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer.
Canadian Sport Policy Renewal Survey
The Canadian Sport Policy presents a powerful vision for sport in Canada. The federal provincial/territorial Ministers responsible for sport have agreed to renew the Canadian Sport policy. Now is the time for interested Canadians and sport communities...
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.
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...
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...
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)
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.
Federal political candidates lobbied to raise importance of physical activity
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Using sport to drive youth empowerment and social development across the Commonwealth.
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