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 […]
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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 […]
Discovering Trinidad: Month One
Written by: Tyler Powell, Canadian SportWORKS Officer – Trinidad & Tobago I am Tyler Powell, a Sport and Recreation Management student at Mount Royal University in Calgary. Currently, I am living in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and I am on the organizing committee of the Commonwealth Youth Games happening here August 4 – […]
S4N Edmonton: Are you up for the Ultimate challenge?
Written by: Sarah Smith, SportWORKS Officer, S4N Edmonton Welcome back everyone! This past month we had 4 events planned: 2 Ultimate Frisbee experiences hosted by Edmonton Ultimate Players Association (EUPA); Track & Field day with the Edmonton Track and Field Council to prepare some Jr. high newcomers for their track and field competition later in […]
Cricket Introduction to Newcomers
Written by: Muhammad Abassi, SportWORKS Officer, S4N Calgary Cricket is a sport that has captured the hearts of millions of people around the world. From the majestic beauty of a perfectly executed cover drive, to the intensity of a close-run chase, cricket offers something for everyone. In this blog post, we’ll take a closer look […]
S4N Charlottetown – Newcomer Boys Basketball Clinic
Written by: Jordyn Connell, SportWORKS Officer, Sport for Newcomers Charlottetown Hi Everyone! This past weekend we held another very successful sporting event! With the help of Basketball PEI and their coaches we held a come try basketball camp for newcomer youth boys at Holland College in Charlottetown. We had just about 50 boys come out […]