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Press release by the Sport Matters Group's Senior Leader, Ian Bird - February 11, 2010
Description: Over 7 out of 10 Canadians want a top-3 result for Canada at the Vancouver 2010 Games and for an initiative like Own the Podium to continue.
A Submission by SMG to the Standing Committee on Finance, August 14th, 2009
Description: Sport plays a significant role in our communities, our society and in our economy. In the coming year, important federal government programs will sunset and amateur sport's corporate partners will be rebuilding, creating an unforeseen funding gap that will significantly impact the sport sector's ability to sustain its social and economic impact.
A Submission by SMG to the Standing Committee on Finance, August 15th 2007
A Pre-Budget Consultation brief for the 2008 Federal Budget with an emphasis on the focus of the Standing Committee this year (the tax system Canada needs), and puts forward two recommendations.
A Brief for the 2006 pre-budget consultations on the 2007 federal budget, Submitted to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance by SMG, September 2006
Description: The Sport Matters Group has identified ways to strengthen the investments by all segments of society in the sport and physical activity sector that will lead to a healthier, more productive population and by extension to a healthier, more competitive nation.
2006 Pre-Budget Consultation Brief Submitted to the Honourable James Flaherty, P.C., M.P. Minister of Finance, 19 April 2006
Description: A leading sport nation requires a comprehensive package of investments in sport and physical activity — in the form of financial resources, programming, and infrastructure — to leverage the contributions of some two million sport and recreation volunteers and to ensure that all Canadians have access to physical activity and sport at all levels.
Prepared by the Sport Matters Group, April 2006
Description: One percent of health spending represents the level of funding necessary to fully implement the Physical Activity and Sport Act, based on the framework set out in the Canadian Sport Policy— Enhanced Excellence, Enhanced Participation, Enhanced Capacity, and Enhanced Interaction.
Pre-Budget Consultation Brief to the Standing Committee on Finance by SMG, September 2005
Description: The Sport Matters Group has identified ways to strengthen investment by all segments of society in the sport and physical activity sectors that will lead to enhanced productivity and increased production of capital of all kinds—entrepreneurial, human, social, and, physical.
Submitted to the SMG, September 2005
Description: The purpose of this paper is to continue the discussion about leadership by providing an analysis of potential new leadership models for the sport and physical activity sectors.
Brief Prepared by Sport Matters Group November 2004, Revised February 2005
Description: The Sport Matters Group (SMG), in consultation with the Coalition for Active Living (CAL), has prepared a comprehensive brief for the federal government that sets out a plan as asked for by the Prime Minister, which will permit full implementation of the Canadian Sport Policy and the Pan-Canadian Active Living Strategy.
Prepared by SMG, January 2006
Description: This guide provides you with a simple process to guide your sport group to think about how you engage people – as participants, as volunteers and as governors. It asks you to think about what you do now and in doing so will also help you identify areas for change.
A Discussion Paper Prepared for the Sport Matters Group, December 2006
Description: This discussion paper provides a summary of the VSAP process and Conversation outcomes, gives information on sport in context of the greater Canadian voluntary sector, and provides an analysis of the role and importance of the voluntary sector, including sport, in the Canadian political reality.
Sport Matters Group Impact Questions - February 11, 2010
Description: Polling questions on the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games and the Own the Podium initiative
Detailed results and data from the SMG Impact Questions - February 11, 2010
Description: Results are based on two-sided tests with significance level 0.05. For each significant pair, the key of the category with the smaller column proportion appears under the category with the larger column proportion.
Tests are adjusted for all pairwise comparisons within a row of each innermost subtable using the Bonferroni correction.
Cell counts of some categories are not integers. They were rounded to the nearest integers before performing column proportions tests.
Economic Woes Raise Health Fears Among Canadians, prepared by the Canadian Medical Association, August 2009
Description: The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) released its ninth annual National Report Card on Health Care in Canada, focusing on both access to health care services and the effect of the economic downturn on the health of Canadians.
Since releasing the first Report Card in 2005, Active Healthy Kids Canada has been providing a comprehensive assessment of the current state of physical activity among Canadian children and youth: June 2009
Description: Advancing knowledge is the cornerstone of the core business of Active Healthy Kids Canada, providing the evidence base for its communications and issue advocacy work. In an ongoing effort to achieve this mandate, this year Active Healthy Kids Canada releases its fifth annual Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth.
Prepared for the Department of Canadian Heritage, July 2008
Description: The survey results will form part of current environmental scanning activities and be used in the development of a communication strategy and funding program initiatives designed to educate parents about the benefits of physical literacy, the learning of fundamental movement skills and their importance to life-long participation in sport and physical activity.
Released by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) on behalf of Canada's True Sport Movement, November 2008.
Description: The purpose of this report is to enable communities, policy makers, and business leaders to see the tremendous potential that lies within our community sport system and to catalyze new approaches that will put this potential to work for Canadians.
Component of Statistics Canada, Canadian Social Trends: June 3, 2008
Description: This article will examine trends in regular organized sports participation of children aged 5 to 14, using data from the General Social Surveys (GSS) of 1992 and 2005. It will also look at the factors that influence children’s participation in sports including parental involvement in sports, socio-demographic characteristics of the family, and geography.
A report by Statistics Canada released February 7, 2008
Barely 3 out of every 10 Canadians aged 15 and over participated regularly in one or more sports in 2005, a dramatic decline from the early 1990s when the proportion was closer to one-half, according to a new report.
Report presented to Sport Canada, prepared by Michael Bloom, Natalie Gagnon & Derek Hughes at The Conference Board of Canada, February 24, 2006
Description: This study examines the literature to determine if there is evidence that high performance sport affects social benefits such as national pride, branding, culture and health; as well as, economic benefits such as job creation, tourism and consumer spending. It highlights Canadian and international experience in communicating the benefits of high performance sport to help inform government policy decisions and corporate investments. Finally, it identifies limitations in the literature and suggests areas for additional research.
Prepared by Victor Lachance to assist the Charities and Tax Policy Capacity Group of the Sport Matters Group: February 2007, Amended September 2007
Description: The purpose of this paper is the review some of the policy implications of the recent court case involving the Amateur Youth Soccer Association (Ontario) versus the Canada Revenue Agency [AYSA vs. CRA April 2006].
Published by the Minister responsible for Statistics Canada, 2006
Description: In the course of their busy lives and many commitments, millions of Canadians make a conscious effort to contribute to others and their communities through charitable giving, volunteering their time to charitable and nonprofit organizations and by helping individual Canadians directly on their own. The CSGVP enriches our understanding of these activities by enabling us, among other things, to explore the extent to which Canadians engage in these behaviours and their reasons for doing so.
By Michael Bloom, Michael Grant and Douglas Watt, August 2005
Description: Strengthening Canada examines the impacts and benefits of sport participation on individuals and communities, and on Canada’s economy and society. It explores how sport participation affects economic performance, health, skills development and social cohesion. It considers the connections between enhanced sport participation and other public policy priorities.
Prepared by the Strategic Counsel for the True Sport Secretariat, July 2005
Description: The survey is intended to capture broad public perceptions with respect to true sport values such as fun, respect, community, and accessibility among others.
Published by the Minister responsible for Statistics Canada, 2005
Description: The NSNVO provides a comprehensive picture of the role that nonprofit and voluntary organizations play in Canadian life. It documents their numbers and regional distributions, the areas in which they work, the populations they serve, the extent to which they provide public benefits, the financial resources they rely on, their role as employers, and the volunteers they engage. It also identifies the challenges organizations report with respect to their capacity to achieve their missions.
Prepared by: Susan E. Vail; Vail and Associates, January 25, 2005
Description: The purpose of this research is to provide compelling evidence of the benefits of regular participation in sport to targeted government departments (e.g. Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Policy Analysts) for the purpose of advancing collaborative work and facilitating program partnerships.
The Public Policy Forum & Sport Matters Group, March 2004
Description: This paper is intended to stimulate discussion and consideration of the importance of citizen and community participation and to put forward an argument for investment and leadership.
Coalition forms to rally for team sports in Canada, December 14, 2009
Description: Ninteen sports join cause, including Hockey Canada and the Canadian Soccer Association; Elite individual athletes also speak up for the 'foundation' of their careers. In addition to communicating the unique benefits of team sports, the Canadian Team Sports Coalition (CTSC) will collaborate on common issues and opportunities including sponsorship, public policy, sport tourism, multi-sport event hosting, athlete services and funding.
A Supplement to: Canadian Sport for Life, Published by Canadian Sport Centres, April 18, 2008
Description: To create an active and healthy population ALL Canadian children need a sound foundation of movement and sport skills to build on later in life; and this foundation is called Physical Literacy.
Prepared by Sport Canada
Description: Over the next five years federal-provincial/ territorial governments will continue to work on ongoing activities. This document not only captures these ongoing actions but also identifies those key areas where federal-provincial/territorial governments will focus their efforts leading into 2012.
Published by the Canadian Sport Centres, 2005
Description: This consultation paper describes a 7-stage Canadian model of LTAD, a training, competition, and recovery program based on developmental age — the maturation level of an individual — rather than chronological age.
Dr. Roger Jackson & Associates Inc., April 2006
Description: The implementation of this plan will establish, for the first time, a coordinated highly effective Canadian high performance sport system. With very strong and focused leadership in place, it will build effective partnerships with governments, sports and associated organizations. The result will be world-class programs, policies and financing that will place Canada amongst the top nations at the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Prepared by Cathy Priestner Allinger & Todd Allinger, September 10, 2004
Description: This study evaluates the specific medals that Canada can win in 2010. By increasing funding we can ensure that each of our sports has the best chance of success in the Olympic Winter Games in 2010.
Prepared by the Coalition for Active Living, 2004
Description: The goal of the strategy is to implement a comprehensive, national, integrated, and collaborative strategy to promote health through increasing the physical activity levels of all Canadians, with a short-to-mid term target of a 10% increase in each province and territory by 2010.
This report contains initiatives that governments are committed to pursuing over three years from 2002-2005 as the first steps towards implementing the Canadian Sport Policy.
As endorsed by Ministers in Iqaluit, Nunavut on April 6, 2002
Description: The Canadian Sport Policy presents a powerful vision for sport in Canada. It reflects the interests and concerns of 14 government jurisdictions, the Canadian sport community, and of the countless other organizations and agencies that influence and benefit from sport in Canada.
HST Review in Ontario - The impact of Ontario Harmonized Sales Tax on the Sport and Recreation Sector in Ontario, 2009
Description: In the 2009 Ontario Budget, Finance Minister Duncan announced tax reforms in Ontario that would include a new blending of the current Ontario Retail Sales Tax (RST at 8%) and the federal Goods and Services Tax (GST at 5%). The government plans to implement the new harmonized, “value-added tax” in July 2010, pending passage of a Bill in the Provincial Legislature and an agreement with the Federal Government.
A submission on the community nonprofit sector of Canada to the Blue Ribbon Panel on Grants and Contributions under the Federal Accountability Action Plan, Imagine Canada, 2006
Description: The purpose of this Brief is to communicate the views of Canada’s community nonprofit sector to the Blue Ribbon Panel on grants and contributions. This Brief incorporates the views of a cross-section of organizations which, in turn, represent regional and sub-sector views.
Project A Discussion Paper Prepared for the Sport Matters Group December 2006
Description: This discussion paper provides a summary of the VSAP process and Conversation outcomes, gives information on sport in context of the greater Canadian voluntary sector, and provides an analysis of the role and importance of the voluntary sector, including sport, in the Canadian political reality.
Description: A guide to a new program that has just been launched. It’s a shared effort among Canadian charities and nonprofits to inform and educate the public about their incredible contribution to quality of life.
Imagine Canada, 2006
Description: The voluntary sector in Canada represents one of the most impressive illustrations of our shared humanity; that there are millions of people who choose—as volunteers, as staff people, as donors, as administrators—in thousands of different ways, to commit their time and effort to making our world a better place. And in turn a vibrant community of 161,000 organizations has been formed, each dedicated in their own way, to make a difference to quality of life in our country.
Imagine Canada, February 2006
Description: Asked to react to a paper (“Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts”) participants discussed the pros and cons of a unified awareness campaign for our sector. The purpose of the following Summary Report is to provide a distillation of what we heard from the Community Conversations.
Published by the Minister responsible for Statistics Canada, 2006
Description: In the course of their busy lives and many commitments, millions of Canadians make a conscious effort to contribute to others and their communities through charitable giving, volunteering their time to charitable and nonprofit organizations and by helping individual Canadians directly on their own. The CSGVP enriches our understanding of these activities by enabling us, among other things, to explore the extent to which Canadians engage in these behaviours and their reasons for doing so.
An Organizational Self Assessment Guide
This guide provides you with a simple process to guide your sport group to think about how you engage people – as participants, as volunteers and as governors. It asks you to think about what you do now and in doing so will also help you identify areas for change.
Imagine Canada, 2006
Description: A summary of the Sport and Recreation Organization findings from the 2003 National survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations (NSNVO).
Imagine Canada, 2005
Description: Using data from the 2000 National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating (NSGVP) and the 2003 National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations (NSNVO), we explore the key characteristics of Sports and Recreation organizations, their financial and human resources, and the challenges they face as they attempt to fulfill their missions.
Prepared by Imagine Canada, 2005
Description: The purpose of this study was to examine sport volunteerism in small communities in the Northwest Territories. Their goal was to identify the factors that influence participation in sport volunteerism in an effort to increase the number of volunteers involved.
Published by the Minister responsible for Statistics Canada, 2005
Description: The NSNVO provides a comprehensive picture of the role that nonprofit and voluntary organizations play in Canadian life. It documents their numbers and regional distributions, the areas in which they work, the populations they serve, the extent to which they provide public benefits, the financial resources they rely on, their role as employers, and the volunteers they engage. It also identifies the challenges organizations report with respect to their capacity to achieve their missions.
Sport Matters Group and the Public Policy Forum, March 2004
Description: This paper is intended to stimulate discussion and consideration of the importance of citizen and community participation and to put forward an argument for investment and leadership.
Prepared for the Chairperson of the Big City Mayors Caucus: Mayor of Regina, Mr. Pat Fiacco, November 2005
Description: The brief makes the case that an integrated and strategic approach to civic policy making on sport, recreation, physical activity, and active transportation is the response that is required. City-based, pan-Canadian leadership is necessary to ensure that we respond to the active city infrastructure deficit and imbalance, and that we meet the youth crisis point head-on with tangible solutions.
Fitness of Canadian Children & Youth: Results from the 2007-2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey, March 2009
Description: The fitness of Canadian children and youth has not been measured in more than two decades, a period during which childhood obesity and sedentary behaviours have increased. This paper provides up-to-date estimates of the fitness of Canadians aged 6 to 19 years.
Fitness of Canadian adults: 2007-2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey, March 2010
Description: Estimates of obesity, based on body mass index (BMI) reveal that Canadian adults have become heavier over the past quarter century. However, a comprehensive assessment of fitness requires additional measures. This article provides up-to-date estimates of fitness levels of Canadians aged 20 to 69 years. Results are compared with estimates from 1981.
H1N1 Information, November 2009
Description: H1N1 Information For Sports Organizations Prepared for Sport BC by the Ministry for Healthy Living and Sport
Imagine Canada keeping Canadian's informed on the H1N1 influenza, November 2009
Description: Up-to-date information from a SMG partner on the H1N1 Influenza. Keep yourself informed!
Sport4Ontario's H1N1 Virus plan, November 2009
Description: Information on the H1N1 influenza from our Partner Sport4Ontario
The facts on the H1N1 Flu Virus from the Public Health Agency of Canada, November 2009
Description: Get the facts on the H1N1 influenza, from general information to info for specific groups. Tips on staying healthy during this flu season.
Canada Games Council - Preparedness and Management of H1N1 inlfuenza, November 2009
Description: A document on how to prepare and manage a sporting event during a pandemic.
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Health, 2008
Description: This report explores the public health approach, the health of the Canadian population, variances in health status among the population and factors that contribute to health inequalities.
Released May 27, 2008 by Active Healthy Kids Canada
Description: The overall grad of D on the Report Card has been consistent from 2005-2008 because definitive and measurable progress is not yet fully evident, demonstrating the need for sustained and increased efforts. "Screen time" is one of the key culprits. The 2008 Report Card assigned an F grade to the proportion of children and youth meeting Canada's screen time guidelines, down from a D- in 2007.
Published by the Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2008
Description: To date, evidence on the changing structures of urban environments and implications for obesity rates has not been subject to a systematic review. The evidence base for the process and outcomes of implementing effective environmental interventions is even less well delineated. It is these gaps in knowledge that will be addressed by this State of the Evidence Review.
Government of Canada: October, 2007
Description: The Federal government responds to the Report by the Standing Committee which reflects a growing understanding of the impact and extent of unhealthy weights in the population.
Report of the Standing Committee on Health Rob Merrifield, MP Chair, March 2007
Description: The Committee recognizes that childhood obesity is a complex and multi-dimensional problem that must be tackled immediately. The two key variables of food intake and physical activity output require simultaneous but separate actions. Each of these variables is, in turn, influenced by the complex interplay among several social, economic and environmental factors that must be taken into account.
Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrant - August 2009
Description: The Ontario government had been funding a pilot project through OCASI to develop and test a sport and rec program model for immigrant youth. They have completed their work, the results of which can be found in a couple of documents, varying in length from a brochure to a full blown report. I found the final Inclusive Model for Sport and Recreation Programming for Immigrant and Refugee Youth report to be the most useful as it contains the review of lit results as well as program design and delivery suggestions but the brochure offers a nice highlights version.
Prepared by David Carmichael, Active Healthy Links Inc., 2008
Description: Evidence that youth engaged in organized sport are not likely to participate in criminal activities.
Prepared by the Sport Matters Group for the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
Description: The purpose of this paper is to promote considerations about what sport and recreation can do to strengthen its contributions to Canadian communities in addressing major social challenges.
Institute for the Future, Andrea Saveri, Howard Rheingold, and Kathi Vian, January 2005
Description: When social communication media grow in capability, pace, scope, or scale, people use these media to construct more complex social arrangements—that is, they use communication tools and techniques to increase their capacity to cooperate at larger and larger scales.
