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The Future for Canadian Sport Excellence Awaits
WinSport Canada's vision is to build the nation's first winter sport institute, which will rejuvenate and modernize the existing facilities from the 1988 Olympic Winter Games in southern Alberta, while adding new facilities necessary to advance Canada's ranking in international sports.
Canadian Winter Sport Institute will be the incubator for high performance Canadian athletes and a place that develops and inspires young people to be the best they can be. Canadian Winter Sport Institute will be the first facility of its kind in Canada and one of the only training facilities in the world where athletes from many different sport backgrounds can come together and learn from each other's success. Canadian Winter Sport Institute will be a place where state-of-the-art training facilities, research, coaching, clinicians and sportsmanship are blended together to create one of the most unique athletic environments in the world.
Canadian Winter Sport Institute is not just about elite athletes, however, it is about a vision for Canada - a vision that will create a more prosperous nation. It is about the international doors that will be opened by hosting many globally televised competitions every year. It is about tourism, our national and international image, economic activity and the unparalleled opportunities it will provide for our children. |
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Our Visionary Plan
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Calgary is the perfect location for the Canadian Winter Sport Institute because the 1988 Olympic investment was made here, the city's altitude and proximity to the mountains gives athletes a distinct edge over competitors, and the climate is conducive to winter sports.
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$ 231 million |
To date, the federal government has committed $40 million, the provincial government a total of $69 million over three years and the City of Calgary a total of $20 million. |
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The Impact
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WinSport Canada is committed to supporting Canada's rise as a world-leading sports nation while at the same time expanding recreational opportunities and programs that inspire the pursuit of excellence and a healthy lifestyle. The inherent value of the Canadian Winter Sport Institute is that families can spend quality time actively participating in sports and be side by side with elite athletes – this is the start of the legacy.
On an individual level, the Canadian Winter Sport Institute will encourage healthy lifestyles by providing everyone with access to positive, Olympic and Paralympic-level role models for fitness, discipline and team work. On a national level, it will develop elite athletes, enhance our national economy, increase international tourism into our country and place Canada squarely in the international limelight.
Canadian Winter Sport Institute will transform Canada Olympic Park into a unique, world-leading facility, allowing us to:
- 1. Drive up the medal count at World Cup, Olympic and Paralympic competitions for Canadian athletes;
- 2. Nurture and develop high-performance athletes;
- 3. Provide leading edge and world competitive facilities;
- 4. Create and encourage a healthier lifestyle for Canadians by offering the best recreational facilities; and
- 5. Bolster international tourism into Canada.
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Excellence for Everyone
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The race for excellence has no finish line and Canada will fall behind if it does not adopt a fully integrated approach to developing elite athletes. Around the world, countries are developing facility-based sport institutes as their national high-performance sports centres.
These institutes form a basis for encouraging operating efficiencies of national sport organizations, providing access to world-class support services and leading-edge sports research. The benefits extend to coaching, cross-training and educating athletes, and hosting of national and international events. These sport institutes become hubs for tourism, attracting millions of dollars, as well as offering spin-off, non-quantifiable benefits to local communities; in terms of access to high quality facilities, and the inspirational leadership models of locally-trained winning athletes.
It is time to reinvest in sport and WinSport Canada is again taking the lead. Now, after the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are over, investment must continue to occur so the legacy for 2014 and beyond can develop. |
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The World of Sport
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There are many different facets to succeeding in sport; it is the goal of WinSport Canada to bring together as many of those facets as possible. WinSport Canada is the home to the following organizations:
- Sport organizations – including Hockey Canada and close to 20 national and provincial sport organizations will be housed at WinSport Canada.
- Canadian Sport Centre Calgary – will manage the high performance training centre and provide athletes and coaches with leading experts in the fields of exercise physiology, sport medicine, strength and conditioning, biomechanics, nutrition, mental training, coach education and life services.
- Own the Podium – providing important resources to Canadian athletes, coaches and support personnel is already located at Canada Olympic Park.
- National Sport School – a partnership with the Calgary Board of Education established this school in 1994 to provide Canada’s high performance athletes an opportunity to pursue excellence in their academic and athletic careers. It is our ambition to bring this school to Canada Olympic Park.
- Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame – will have a new home at Canada Olympic Park – directly across from the Victory Plaza facing the athletic and ice complex.
- Calgary Gymnastics Club – also located at Canada Olympic Park.
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Working together with partners in sport, WinSport Canada's vision is to build the nation's first winter sport institute.
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