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I·SPARC's Spring Intake of Equipment Grant Applications NOW OPEN! Victoria, BC (March 24, 2017) - I·SPARC (The Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity & Recreation Council) is now accepting applications for its Spring edition of the Equipment Grant Program. The Equipment Grant Program offers First Nations, Métis Chartered Communities, Aboriginal Friendship Centres and some other not-for-profit organizations serving Indigenous communities across British Columbia the opportunity to apply for funds to purchase sport, recreation and/or physical activity equipment. The equipment must be used to [...]

Team BC Player Selection Camp Registration Extended Until Monday, March 27, 2017 I·SPARC seeking top Indigenous male and female hockey players from across the province. Registration for the Team BC Player Selection Camp for the 2017 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (NAHC) has been extended and will remain open until midnight, Monday, March 27th. Indigenous male and female hockey players are invited to participate in the 2017 Team BC Player Selection Camp where players will be evaluated over a three-day period by [...]

  Photo Credit Geoff Howe(Standing, from left to right) Dr. Evan Adams, Chief Medical Officer FNHA, Rick Brant, Executive Director, I·SPARC, Christopher Sheppard, President, National Association of Friendship Centres, Bill Guerin, Regional Director, INAC, Annette Morgan, President, BCAAFC, Scott Fraser, MLA, Port Alberni, Clara Morin Dal Col, President, MNBC, Gordon Hogg, Parliamentary Secretary for Youth Sport, Melanie Mark, MLA Vancouver-Mount Pleasant, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Joan Phillip(Seated, left to right - Recipients) (back) Harold Moore, Lyndzie Caron, Janet Atchison [...]

Team BC Recruits for the 2017 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships Team BC seeking Coaching Staff and Trainer for female team  March 7, 2017 – The Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation Council (I SPARC), formerly the Aboriginal Sport, Recreation and Physical Activity Partners Council, is pleased to re-announce the details of the Player Selection Camp for Team BC’s participation in the 2017 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (NAHC). I SPARC is also seeking coaches of Indigenous ancestry (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) [...]

Team BC Seeking Wrestling Athletes for 2017 NAIG Wrestling Expression of Interest Application Deadline Extended Until March 24, 2017 The Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity & Recreation Council (I·SPARC) is seeking female and male wrestlers (First Nations, Metis, Inuit) born 1999 through 2002 to apply for consideration to Team BC. Team BC is currently recruiting athletes to compete in the sport of Wrestling at the 2017 North American Indigenous Games, to be held in Toronto, Ontario from July 16 to 23, 2017. Wrestlers who are interested in [...]

The Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity & Recreation Council is pleased to present Team BC's Expression of Interest Application for the sport of Rifle Shooting. Team BC is currently recruiting athletes to compete in the sport of Rifle Shooting at the 2017 North American Indigenous Games, to be held in Toronto, Ontario from July 16 to 23, 2017. Rifle shooters who are interested in Team BC for 2017 NAIG are invited to compete this “Athlete Expression of Interest” form. The form must be submitted by 5:00 PM Monday, March 20, [...]

February 16, 2017 On behalf of the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) Council, I am pleased to officially open the bid process for the 2020 North American Indigenous Games. Attached is the 2020 NAIG Bid Procedures Manual. It outlines the processes from which an interested city, community or organization within Canada, can bid to host the Games.  The Manual provides the major milestones that must be met by all bidders and expectations after the games are awarded. The 2020 NAIG [...]

FitNation Spring Leader Training! REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS Partners Council Launches Second FitNation Provincial Leader Training Forum In partnership with the BC Healthy Living Alliance and the BC Ministry of Health, the Aboriginal Sport, Recreation and Physical Activity Partners Council (Partners Council) is pleased to announce that it will be delivering a second FitNation Leader Training Forum, which is set to take place in Vancouver, B.C. from April 24-26, 2017. Thanks to the BC Physical Activity Strategy Action Plan, the Partners [...]

Call-Out for U19 Male Volleyball Players for Team BC Spring Selection Camp Team BC Seeking U19 Male Volleyball Athletes to Represent the Province at the 2017 NAIG Team BC is seeking U19 Male Volleyball players who are interested in representing the Province at the 2017 NAIG. Male volleyball athletes born 1998-2003 are invited to register for Team BC’s Spring Selection Camp. Registration for the camp will remain open only for the Team BC Male Volleyball Program. This camp will determine [...]