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Orange Shirt Day - 2021 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation A time to honour and uplift Survivors of residential schools Today, September 30, 2021, we take time to honour the lost children, Survivors of residential schools, their families, and communities. We, at I·SPARC, understand that the tragic and painful history and reality of residential schools continues to have ongoing negative impacts on our peoples, families, and communities. Through sport, physical activity, and recreation, we can come together unified in strength to heal [...]

Victoria, BC (September 18, 2020) – Today, the North American Indigenous Games Council announced that the Halifax 2020 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) will be further postponed due to the ongoing situation with the global COVID-19 pandemic. The Halifax 2020 NAIG was set to bring together over 5,000 Indigenous participants from across North America to compete in the multi-sport event and to celebrate cultural heritage in July of 2020.  Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced on March [...]

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN!  Information: Jarvis Googoo (Associate Director of Health for the Atlantic Policy Congress) and Indigenous Canadian Olympian Waneek Horn Miller discuss mental health, sport and how the pandemic has impacted indigenous communities. NAIG at Home is hosted by the NAIG 2020 Host Society in Kjipuktuk (Halifax) in Mi'kma'ki on the traditional and ancestral lands of the Mi’kmaq Nation. Join Jarvis Googoo on Tuesday at 7pm ET for a conversation on mental health with Waneek Horn-Miller. Join [...]

Team BC 14U female basketball shooting for another medal The 14U female basketball team shortly after they were selected at a development camp held at the Richmond Olympic Oval. The team will represent B.C. at the Halifax 2020 North American Indigenous Games from July 12-18, 2020. Front row (left to right); Cameron Dundas and Presley Hopf. Middle row (left to right); Head Coach Montanna Howe, Aliah Turner, Taegan Lee and Emma Leigh Nyce. Back row (from left to right); [...]