The BC Indigenous Provincial Championships and Athlete Development Camps series is an important component of the Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity & Recreation Council’s Provincial Strategy. The series was designed to support the effort to develop a consistent, coordinated Indigenous Team BC program and better prepare athletes and coaches for upcoming North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) and other elite competitions.

The events provide a unique opportunity for Indigenous athletes and coaches from First Nations, Métis Chartered Communities and Friendship Centres throughout the province to gather and participate or compete in events that promote sport excellence while celebrating cultural unity and pride. The championships and development camps are generally held through the summer and fall in a variety of communities across British Columbia.

The 2025 Host Application Process has been launched for First Nations, Métis Chartered Communities, Friendship Centres, and Indigenous organizations to apply to host event(s) within the 2025 series of BC Indigenous Provincial Athlete Development Camps. Successful community hosts will be awarded a Hosting Grant to help offset the majority, if not all, of the event operating costs. Communities awarded a Provincial Camp will work in partnership with I·SPARC’s Provincial Coordinator, Performance Sport, and the Provincial Sport Committee in the delivery of the event.

These events have been strategically established to support Indigenous athlete development in sports featured in the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG).  The 2025 upcoming series of Camps being offered this year are the following:

Arctic Sports

I∙SPARC is pleased to present its 2025 Arctic Sports Development camp. This camp is in partnership with Fort Nelson First Nation and Kyle Worl.

This one-day event is being held on Saturday, January 25th at the Chalo School in Fort Nelson, BC.

Inuit Games, also known as Arctic Sports, are a collection of Indigenous games based on hunting and survival skills of the north. The games trained both physical and mental abilities that allowed the indigenous people of Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Chukotka to thrive in the Arctic for millennia. Today athletes from across the Arctic and beyond carry on the tradition of the games in events such as Native Youth Olympics, World Eskimo-Indian Olympic, and Arctic Winter Games.

Kyle Kaayak’w Worl is an award-winning Arctic Sports athlete and coach currently residing in Juneau, Alaska. He is Tlingit of the Lukaax.adi clan, Deg Hit’an and Yup’ik. Over his 10-year career in the sport he has won over 70 medals, traveling from Alaska to Greenland to compete in various events. Along with training and coaching year-round in Alaska, Kyle travels across the world to demonstrate Arctic Sports, including the Riddu Riddu Festival in Northern Norway, Orenda Art International Gallery in Paris, and Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.

Indigenous youth (First Nations, Métis, Inuit), ages 10-18 are invited to participate.

2025 BC Indigenous Arctic Games Development Camp Registration

Kindly requesting registration before 4:00 pm, Tuesday, January 21 2025.

Basketball

I∙SPARC is pleased to present its 2025 BC Indigenous Basketball Development Camp. This camp is in partnership with Vancouver Sea to Sky Métis Association and the Vancouver Bandits.

This one-day event is being held on Saturday, February 1 2025 at Mulgrave School in West Vancouver, BC.

Indigenous youth (First Nations, Métis, Inuit), ages 10-18 are invited to participate.

The basketball camp has reached its maximum capacity and will not be accepting any further registrations.

For more information on the BC Indigenous Provincial Athlete Development Camps, please email Joel Harry, Provincial Coordinator, Performance Sport at teambc@isparc.ca or 250.856.0850.