Advocacy Opportunities for BC Athletes...
Do you want to share your voice?
Do you want to be an advocate?
Do you want to support initiatives you believe in?
This section of the BC Athlete Voice website hopes to connect BC Athletes with different opportunities to be involved in advocacy.
Below is basic information on a range of great initiatives that athletes can be a part of to share their voice and make a difference.
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Join BC Athlete Voice!
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Learn more about being an advocate and access leadership opportunities right here in BC! BC Athlete Voice is always looking for High Performance Athletes to be proactive members and contribute to our provincial sport system. BC Athlete Voice has a variety of roles for athletes interested in advocacy and leadership - from being a Board Member, to providing athlete feedback and everything in between, we need BC High Performance Athletes to share their voice and be part of BC Athlete Voice.
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ProMOTION Plus
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ProMOTION Plus is the BC organization for girls and women in physical activity and sport. It was established as a non-profit society in 1990 and is still only one of three provincial organizations in Canada dedicated to creating an environment of equity, access and opportunity for girls and women in the sport and recreation delivery system.
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Project Blue Sky
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Project Blue Sky is a place where you can connect with your favourite athletes, challenge your friends, tell your story and track your carbon reductions by logging the kilometres you walk, cycle, or ride on public transit. The Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games have a climate goal. Project Blue Sky’s goal is to ‘race’ the Vancouver 2010 Organizing Committee and its partners to that goal by collecting one billion kilometres worth of carbon-cutting contributions before March 2010. So what are you waiting for? Sign up and use our widget to log your human-powered kilometres today!
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Run for One Planet
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The Run for One Planet is an ongoing run endeavour focused on "Inspiring Environmental Action, One Step at a Time". The Run for One Planet 2008/2009 North America Tour is our kick-off initiative - a carbon neutral year-long run around the continent by two Canadians, Matt Hill and Stephanie Tait, to inspire Environmental Action. Our goal is to run 1 marathon each per day, inspire 1 million new Actions for Earth and raise $1 Million for our Legacy of Action. To do this, we will be running approximately 11,000-miles (or 17,700 km) into communities, towns, and cities to meet with, speak to, and inspire people to take simple daily actions. To improve our Planet's environment we know that "Small Steps Add Up" and that collectively we can each make a difference in our quest to improve ourselves and our environment. We hit the pavement from Vancouver on May 4th 2008. Upon completion of the tour, funds donated to the Run For One Planet will be used to set up a unique Legacy of Action that will be poised to lead the emerging field of environmental and lifestyle education for kids.
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Canada Amateur Sports Network (CASN/RSAC)
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CASN/RSAC is an initiative of the COC that will cover all of amateur sport – COC members and non-members alike. With the assistance of a team of professionals and experts in the sports and marketing community, the COC has launched an initiative to apply for an English language national digital broadcast license to operate as the Canadian Amateur Sports Network (CASN) and a French language national digital broadcast license to operate as Réseau des sports amateur canadiens (RSAC).
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True Sport
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True Sport is a national Movement of communities and groups across Canada working to ensure a positive, meaningful and enriching experience for all who participate in sport. The True Sport Movement is based on the belief that good sport can help build lasting strengths in individuals, as well as healthy, vibrant communities and a more socially connected Canada. At the heart of True Sport there are four core values: fairness, excellence, inclusion and fun.
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Play It Cool
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'Play It Cool’ is an innovative environmental program that teams elite summer and winter athletes concerned about global warming with the David Suzuki Foundation. By joining Play It Cool you’ll help inspire your team members, sports federations, and fans about solutions to global warming.
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Sport Matters
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The Sport Matters Group is a voluntary group of individuals who have come together to talk about the important contribution that sport makes to society, and to collaborate on various sport policy issues on an ad hoc basis. The Group has actively worked together on the Canadian Sport Policy, the new Sport and Physical Activity Act, and on increasing the resources available for sport in Canada.
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Right To Play |
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Right To Play is an international humanitarian organization that uses sport and play programs to improve health, develop life skills, and foster peace for children and communities in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the world. Working in both the humanitarian and development context, Right To Play trains local community leaders as Coaches to deliver our programs in more than 20 countries affected by war, poverty, and disease in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
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If you have any questions regarding the advocacy opportunities listed above, or know of other opportunities that should be included, please contact BC Athlete Voice at info(@)bcathletevoice.ca or on 604-333-3660.
