Sports pathfinder

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Sport Canada
http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/sc/
Part of the federal Department Of Canadian Heritage. DOCH mission is “Towards a More Cohesive and Creative Canada”. Sport Canada aims to improve amateur athletics by developing policy (diversity in sports participation for example), athlete funding, ethics training, bilingualism in sports, and other high level oversight. They also maintain a bilingual Sport Lexicon http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/sc/lex/index_e.cfm which could be very useful to journalists.

Sport Information Resource Centre
http://www.canadiansport.com/
A multilingual sports research dissemination service for the public. Sponsored by Canadian Heritage, a federal agency. Includes a very useful categorized page of links to Canadian sports of all kinds.

NATIONAL (NON-GOVERNMENTAL) ORGANIZATIONS

Canadian Centre for Ethics In Sport
http://www.cces.ca/
Independent national non-profit organization which researches and educates about drug-free, ethical sport in Canada. Works with international organizations like the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance
http://canadiansporttourism.com/eng_home.cfm
Promotes Canada as a destination for athletic tourists.

Coaching Association of Canada
http://www.coach.ca/
A non-profit sports agency which promotes coaching in Canada, and formulates the National Coaching Certification Program.

Canadian Centre for Advancement of Women And Sport And Physical Activity
http://www.caaws.ca/
Promotes sports and physical activity to women; lobbies for increased numbers of women in sports leadership roles, and increased media coverage of women’s sports.

Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame
http://www.cshof.ca/index.html
Honours Canada’s famous athletes; preserves record of Canadian sports achievements for national heritage.

To Do, Canada
http://www.td.ca/
Useful set of links to sports for the physically disabled.

Sports Officials of Canada
http://www.sportsofficials.ca/
Promotes excellence in “sports officiating” through training and publications.

Micromedia ProQuest Canadian Sports Timeline
http://www.micromedia.ca/Timeline/Sports.htm
A useful list of notable sports events in Canada.

Sports Turf Association
http://www.sportsturfassociation.com/
An organization representing those interested in management of both synthetic and natural turf (grass) on which sports are played.

Canadian Blind Sports
http://www.canadianblindsports.org/
Useful list of inks to other sites for the blind (visually impaired) in sports, both international and from several Canadian provinces.

SPORTS-SPECIFIC AGENCIES — NATIONAL

Canadian Soccer Association
http://www.canadasoccer.com/
Promotes soccer at all levels for all Canadians. Affiliated with FIFA and the Canadian Olympic Association.

Rowing Canada
http://rowingcanada.org/403.shtml
National governing body for rowing in Canada. Associated with the Canadian Olympic Committee.

Canadian Shooting Sports Association
http://www.cdnshootingsports.org/
A site for members of the CSSA – sports shooters and firearms enthusiasts.

Women’s International Hockey
http://www.whockey.com/int/
Includes information specific to Canadian women’s hockey and links to each year’s world championships.

Canadian Hockey League
http://www.chl.ca/
The site for the CHL which determines draft picks for the NHL.

Canadian Wheelchair Basketball Association
http://www.cwba.ca/
Site for the Canadian Wheelchair Basketball League. Oversees programming and services supporting wheelchair basketball. Encourages participation of disabled and able-bodied people.

Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
http://www.cahperd.ca/eng/index.cfm
A volunteer-staffed charity whose mandate is to advocate for physical and health education for children.

SPORTS-SPECIFIC AGENCIES — ONTARIO

Ontario Cycling Association
http://www.ontariocycling.org/
Governing body for cycle racing in Ontario.

Ontario Soccer Association
http://www.soccer.on.ca/
Governing body for soccer in Ontario.

PROVINCIAL LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS

Sport Alliance of Ontario
http://www.sportalliance.com/new/home.html
A non-profit sports management agency. Presents the Ontario Sports Awards.

Canadian Sport Centre Ontario
http://csiontario.ca/home/
The Ontario chapter of a network of centres across Canada. Delivers personal and professional services (sports health services, testing, and much more) to Olympic and Paralympic athletes and coaches.

Ontario Track & Field Association
http://www.otfa.ca/Content/Home.asp
Promotes development of track and field in Ontario.

Sport Manitoba
http://www.sportmanitoba.ca/
Plans, programs, and funds amateur sport in Manitoba.

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS

Toronto Maple Leafs
http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/
Toronto’s NHL hockey team.

Toronto Blue Jays
http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp?c_id=tor
Toronto’s baseball team.

Montreal Canadiens
http://canadiens.nhl.com/1024.htm
Montreal’s NHL hockey team.

MEDIA OUTLETS

The Sports Network (TSN)
http://www.tsn.ca/broadcast/main.asp
Established 1984. The first national sports network. Affiliated with CTV. Runs sports coverage 24 by 7.

CanSport.com
http://www.cansport.com/
Website providing news and commentary about Canada’s top level amateur athletes, e.g. world and Olympic class.

The Score Television Network
http://www.thescore.ca/
A national specialty television network broadcasting sports events and news.

Rogers Sportsnet
http://www.sportsnet.ca/
Rogers’ site for publicizing their cable TV sports programming content, and sports news items.

Yahoo! Canada Sports
http://ca.search.yahoo.com/
A typical Yahoo! categorized list.

UNIVERSITY LEVEL SPORTS

Canadian Interuniversity Sport
http://www.universitysport.ca/e/index.cfm
Organize interuniversity sports championships, provide awards and scholarships to student athletes, and guidance to university coaches.

Sporting Canada
http://www.sportingcanada.com/
Private company which publicizes statistical sports information on Canadian Interuniversity Sport cross country, track & field, swimming and wrestling.