SportWORKS

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SportWORKS Projects

Commonwealth Games Canada has been involved in over 125 sport for development and sport development projects in over 30 countries around the world. Brief summaries of some of these projects are given below which includes: their geographic location, partners involved, and the associated CGC initiative.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development highlights sport as “an important enabler of sustainable development”. It recognizes the growing contribution of sport to the realization of development and peace in its promotion of tolerance and respect, and the contributions it makes to the empowerment of women and girls, young people, individuals, and communities, as well as to health, education, gender equality and social inclusion objectives. Thanks to the generous support of the Government and Canada and our other donors, CGC is proud to be one of the world’s pioneers of international sport for development and sport development work.

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Sports for Juvenile Justice

  • Caribbean & Americas
  • USA

Sports for Juvenile Justice places juvenile offenders into one of several Philadelphia Youth Sports Collaborative (PYSC) member programs. These initiatives offer activities such as tennis, squash, fishing, lacrosse, and Ultimate Frisbee, as well as homework help, adult mentoring, and similar interventions. The program’s goals are to reduce recidivism rates, promote positive youth development, and cultivate adult to youth and youth to youth relationships.

CGC worked with the PYSC to help establish an organizational growth plan.