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 […]
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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 […]
S4N Charlottetown – Physical Literacy for Newcomers With Sport PEI
Written by: Jordyn Connell, SportWORKS Officer, Sport for Newcomers Charlottetown Hi Everyone! We had a very busy first week of May starting off the week with some Judo sessions and finishing the week with a physical literacy session. On Friday May 5th we had a Professional Development day here in PEI. Normally, IRSA’s YSS department […]
S4N Charlottetown – Newcomer Youth Try Judo
Written by: Jordyn Connell, SportWORKS Officer, Sport for Newcomers Charlottetown Hello everyone! We have a very busy month ahead of us filled with lots of different events covering different sports. We kicked off this month with judo sessions at the Rikidokan Judo and Mixed Martial arts studio in Charlottetown. For this event we were able […]
Sport For Newcomers Calgary
Written by: Muhammad Abbasi, SportWORKS Officer, Sport for Newcomers Calgary Sport for Newcomers in YYC. Commonwealth Sport Canada’s goal is to promote sports in the Newcomer Community due to recent movement in migrations. The SportWORKS program is set to enhance the lives of youth and adult newcomers and low income families in Canada. Commonwealth Sport […]