Written by: Sarah Smith, SportWORKS Officer, S4N Edmonton The month of July was an incredibly busy one for the Sport for Newcomers Edmonton Initiative. Busy enough that the final blog post has taken us into week two of August to complete! But, never fear, the blog post is here. Over the past month we hosted […]
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Trinidad and Tobago Recap – Tyler Powell
Written by Tyler Powell, Canadian SportWORKS Officer, Trinidad and Tobago Tyler’s international experiential learning experience is funded by the Queen Elizabeth Scholars (QES) Program. This collaborative initiative is made possible through the leadership of the Rideau Hall Foundation, in collaboration with Community Foundations of Canada, Universities Canada, and Canadian universities. Through its promotion of international […]
S4N Charlottetown – Come Try Golf Clinics at Belvedere Golf Course
Written by: Jordyn Connell, SportWORKS Officer, Sport for Newcomers Charlottetown And that’s a wrap! Hi Everyone, Our Sport for Newcomers initiative in Charlottetown that we have been working on has finished. We wrapped up our events this week with our final newcomer golf session at the Belvedere Golf Club in Charlottetown. Much like our previous […]
June Recap: Hikeathon and Games Rapidly Approaching!
Tyler’s international experiential learning experience is funded by the Queen Elizabeth Scholars (QES) Program. This collaborative initiative is made possible through the leadership of the Rideau Hall Foundation, in collaboration with Community Foundations of Canada, Universities Canada, and Canadian universities. Through its promotion of international student exchange and civic engagement, the QES program is helping […]
S4N Edmonton: The Sustainability of Partnerships
Written by: Sarah Smith, SportWORKS Officer, S4N Edmonton Accessibility in sport can seem like an insurmountable task when viewed alone. Barriers can pile up quickly; having reliable transportation to get back and forth from practices and games, enough funding to pay your way through the ever increasing costs, battling through systems that are not always […]
S4N Charlottetown – Come Try Golf Clinic at Red Sands Golf Course
Written by: Jordyn Connell, SportWORKS Officer, Sport for Newcomers Charlottetown Hi Everyone! Throughout the month of June we partnered with the Prince Edward Island Golf Association (PEIGA) to put on a 4-week Sport for Newcomers (S4N) Come Try Golf Clinic. We started on Wednesday June 7th and the program ran every Wednesday in June afterwards […]
S4N Charlottetown – Come Try Hip Hop Dance Camp
Written by: Jordyn Connell, SportWORKS Officer, Sport for Newcomers Charlottetown Hi Everyone! I’m back to tell you about the fun and exciting event we put on this past weekend. On Saturday June 24th, with the help of Dance Virtuosa, we hosted a Come Try Hip Hop Dance Classes for Newcomers, ages 6-18. This event was […]
S4N DiverseCity Surrey – Learn to Skate
Written by: Kaivel Kartaar Singh Sandhu, SportWORKS Officer, S4N Surrey Greetings all! During the month of May for the Sport for Newcomers Surrey project, DiverseCity Surrey partnered with Canlan Ice Sports to provide an incredible experience for newcomers to learn to skate. The event was held on Mondays at 4:50pm in Burnaby. We all met […]
S4N Charlottetown – Come Try Basketball Clinic for Newcomer Girls
Written by: Jordyn Connell, SportWORKS Officer, Sport for Newcomers Charlottetown Hi Everyone! This past weekend we concluded our S4N “Try-A-Sport” basketball clinics with a full day clinic for newcomer girls in grades 1-12. The clinic was held on Saturday June 3rd in the Holland College gym in Charlottetown and the morning began by welcoming girls […]
S4N Hamilton – A Month in Review
Written by: Savannah Baker, SportWORKS Officer, Sport for Newcomers Hamilton May was a busy and exciting month at the YMCA of Hamilton/Burlington/Brantford. This month newcomer youth got to participate in 4 sport sessions, soccer x2, volleyball, and pickleball. For the first two weeks of May, the newcomer youth got to participate in soccer sessions. The […]