Out & About
Spring 2015
Spring 2015
By Christine Wong, Spring 2015 Based in scenic Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., Eventegration Inc. specializes in sport management software, analytics and consulting. Its Sport on the…
Strength in Numbers: Tapping into crowdfunding How athletes and sports teams are tapping into crowd funding By John Schofield, Spring 2015 For much of…
By Bonnie Schiedel, Spring 2015 THE EVENT “Raising the Bar” was the theme of the 2014 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG), held July 20-27…
By Lesley Young, Spring 2015 DETROIT FREE PRESS/TALMER BANK MARATHON Detroit, Mich. and Windsor, Ont. October 17-18, 2015 THE DRAW Founded back in 1978 by…
Spring 2015 In what Supovitz likens to a parting of the seas, the city of New Orleans agr eed to alter the dates of…
2017 and 2018 Shiseido Canadian Open Synchronized Swimming Championships Synchro Canada is now accepting proposals from Canadian communities interested in hosting the 2017 and…
2018 Canadian Gymnaestrada RFP Gymnastics Canada (GCG) has officially opened the bidding process for the 2018 Canadian Gymnaestrada. GCG will be hosting the event…
2017 and 2018 Synchro Canada Espoir Championships Synchro Canada is now accepting proposals from Canadian communities interested in hosting the 2017 and 2018 Synchro…
By Charlene Brooke, Fall 2014 Edmonton is renowned for embracing cold-weather sports and winter 2015 promises to be no exception as the city prepares…
By Angela Kryhul, Fall 2014 Over the past decade, stakeholders in Edmonton have pushed forward a collective vision to create a sophisticated and flexible…
Fall 2014 Rogers Cup presented by National Bank | Men’s Tournament | Toronto | August 2-10, 2014 Rogers Cup, Canada’s longest running and most prestigious professional tennis…
By Astrid Van Den Broek, Fall 2014 When the name Mont-Tremblant comes up, you probably think of swooshing down slopes, n’est-ce pas? But this…
He’s the larger-than-life mascot of the Ottawa Redblacks, inspired by a 19th century French Canadian folk hero. Jeff Hunt, president, Ottawa Sports and Entertainment…
ooo 00 Many communities raise money by selling the naming rights to their sports facilities. The most obvious opportunity is to put a sponsor’s…
By Astrid Van Den Broek, Fall 2014 It was an acronym that kept popping up: STEAM. Short for Sport Tourism Economic Assessment Model, this…
Amateur athletes need to start their days with the right nutrition. Here’s what’s cooking. ‘ By Bonnie Schiedel, Fall 2014 “In sports nutrition, timing…
By Bonnie Schiedel, Fall 2014 Pro teams are the rock stars of the sports world and, like their musician counterparts, often make unusual demands…
For young athletes, travel to an international competition is a mind-blowing chance of a lifetime. Behind the scenes though, it’s not all glamour and…
By Christine Wong, Fall 2014 Thanks to mobile technology, die-hard sports fans can carry a torch for their team of choice – anywhere, any…