Senior Leaders Forum - Halifax, NS
October 12, 2007

An Exciting Time for Sport

  • Mid-point of the Canadian Sport Policy;
  • Beginning of new Sport Canada strategic plan cycle
  • Expanded mandate through Physical Activity & Sport Act
  • Increased federal funding for sport

Sport Canada Strategies

  1. Strengthen Sport Leadership
  2. Provide Strategic Support for High Performance Programming
  3. Promote Technically Sound Sport Development
  4. Enhance Opportunities for Sport Participation
  5. Maximize the Benefits of Hosting
  6. Promote Linguistic Duality in the Canadian Sport System
  7. Strengthen the Ethical Foundation of Sport
  8. Expand the Body of Knowledge about Sport
  9. Strengthen Sport Canada Program and Policy Evaluation
  10. Harmonize the Canadian Sport System

Funding Snapshot

Sport Canada Budget Allocation 2007-08 and Beyond

Description of Image

Canadian Sport in Context

  • 2010 Winter Olympics & Paralympics
  • Increasing global competitiveness
  • Complexity of and interest in bidding and hosting
  • Requirements for infrastructure
  • Growing awareness of sport
    • For Canadian society
    • For improving health of Canadians
  • Strong F-P/T mechanisms
  • Building sport community collaboration

Trends in Canadian Sport

  • Are there trends, strengths or challenges missing from the environmental scan? What should be included? What are your observations of these trends, strengths or challenges?
  • Are there certain aspects of the trends which should be emphasized as we move forward?
  • What are the strengths on which we should be capitalizing?
  • What risks need to be managed?

Strengthening Foundations

  • 2002-2005 F-P/T Priorities for Collaborative Action
  • Canadian Sport for Life - development and implementation of LTAD
  • 2007-2012 F-P/T Priorities for Collaborative Action

New F-P/T Priorities for Collaborative Action 2007-2012

  • Sport Community Capacity
    • Develop Infrastructure Strategy
    • Increase Leadership Opportunities
  • Canadian Sport for Life (LTAD)
    • Alignment of Multi-Sport Games
    • Awareness of Physical Literacy
    • F-P/T Implementation Coordination
    • Promote Linkages and Integration
  • Canada Games
    • Review LTAD alignment
    • Examine contribution for athletes with a disability
    • Review governance of the Canada Games, and the resourcing of the CGC
  • Performance Management
    • Prepare Annual Report Card
    • Conduct Evaluation for 2002-2006
    • Monitoring for Ongoing 2002-2005 Priorities

Strengthening Policies

  • New policy on Aboriginal Peoples' Participation in Sport
  • New policy on Sport for Persons with a Disability
  • Review of Women in Sport policy

Strengthening Programs

  • Podium - targeted excellence
  • Updates to the SFAF
  • Participation funding
  • Bilateral Agreements with Provinces and Territories
  • Hosting Program innovations
  • Athlete Assistance Program updates and improvements

Common Themes

  • Becoming a Leading Sport Nation
  • Accountability: Linking Policy and Program
  • Diversity and Inclusiveness
  • Managing and Promoting Horizontality
  • Facilitating Communication
  • System Capacity Goals
  • Leveraging Resources
  • … and more…

Today's Discussions

  • Purpose
    • To explore some important issues & have a meaningful discussion
    • To inform on-going and future activities
Sport Canada Budget Allocation 2007-2008
Funding Allocation Percentage
Canada Games and ISSH 5%
Operating 8%
Other 2%
Athlete Assistance Program 18%
Sport Organizations 39%
Participation 9%
Targeted Winter Excellence 11%
Targeted Summer Excellence 8%
Canadian Heritage Sports 0.35%