EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITY HIGH FIVE® Trainer Course Mark your calendars! The rescheduled HIGH FIVE® Trainer Course will be taking place: September 25- 27, 2019 Bonsor Community Centre 6550 Bonsor, Burnaby This course is designed for people who have extensive experience delivering workshop content and overseeing children's programming and/or recreation and sport. Consider enrolling yourself or sending your staff! By taking part in the HIGH FIVE® Trainer course: YOU WILL BUILD a sought-after marketable skill set that employers are looking to incorporate into [...]

Nominations are now open for Softball BC's Indigenous Youth Excellence in Softball Award. All nomination/application forms must be completed in full to be considered by the selection committee. Softball BC's Indigenous Youth Excellence in Softball Award - Nomination Form Please submit your nomination form by email to info@softball.bc.ca. DEADLINE: Saturday, August 31, 2019 @ midnight For more information, visit https://www.softball.bc.ca/.

External Opportunity Registration is now open for the Rainforest Trail Run! Visit www.rainforesttrailrun.com for full details and to register. Race Details Location: Swangard Stadium (Central Park), Burnaby, BC on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish People Date: Sunday, September 29th, 2019 Time: 10:00AM (PST) Pre-Race Details: Face Painting, Music, Warm up Post Race: Finishers Medal, Food, Hydration, Festivities, other Entry Fee: $30.00 CDN Race Registration In order to maximize the runner's experience and protect the trails, [...]

External Opportunity 2019 CANADIAN NATIVE FASTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS Hosted by Peguis First Nation August 1-4, 2019 at the John Blumberg Softball Complex in Headlingly, Manitoba. For full details, please visit: http://www.nativefastball.com/ Download registration forms here: http://www.nativefastball.com/registrationforms.php Contact Information Mike Sutherland Phone: 204-806-5712 Email: peguis_recreation@hotmail.com Randy Strong Phone: 204-996-5107 Email: rstrong@gmail.com Donna Sutherland Phone: 204-645-2434 Email: Gaming.Dir@peguisfirstnation.ca

Victoria, BC - More Indigenous athletes and coaches from around British Columbia will be able to represent their communities and compete at the 2020 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) in Halifax, thanks to funding from the Province. “Every athlete should be able to experience the benefits of sport and the thrill of competing. But between travel and registration fees, competitions can be expensive,” said Premier John Horgan. “These costs shouldn’t hold families back from sending their kids to the Games. [...]

Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities The Government of Canada announced investments to expand the use of sport and physical activity programming as a means to improve social development in Indigenous communities. The new Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities program component will be delivered via two streams. Stream Two of the Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities (SSDIC) component funds Indigenous governments, Indigenous communities and other not-for-profit Indigenous and non-Indigenous delivery organizations to deliver sport for [...]