Speakers

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"164","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","style":"width: 150px; margin-bottom: 20px; float: left; height: 201px; margin-right: 20px;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]]Canada’s Sport Policy- Building on our Shared Success  – The Honourable Bal Gosal, Minister of State for Sport, Government of Canada

As a father, soccer coach, and avid sports fan, the Honourable Bal Gosal recognizes the significant impact of sport on the well-being of all Canadians. He is passionate about sport and a proud supporter of amateur sport in Canada. As Minister of State (Sport), Bal works to strengthen the unique contribution that sport makes to Canadian identity, culture, and society making sure that Canadians of all ages and backgrounds can harness the power of sport to lead healthier and more active lives.

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"194","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","style":"width: 150px; margin-bottom: 0px; float: left; height: 201px; margin-right: 20px;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]]Scott Russell: How to Get Your Athletes/Sports in the Media

Scott brings vast experience, passion and knowledge to his role as host of CBC's Sports Weekend on CBC. A 20-year CBC Sports veteran, Russell has covered nine Olympic Games and co-hosted Olympic Morning for Beijing 2008: The Olympic Games. The Gemini-Award winning broadcaster and acclaimed author has also worked as a host and rinkside reporter on Hockey Night in Canada and has covered triathlon, gymnastics, rugby, cross-country skiing and biathlon at several Olympic Games, Pan Am Games and Commonwealth Games.

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"165","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","style":"margin-bottom: 136px; float: left; margin-right: 20px;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]]How to Get Your Sport and Athletes into the Media – Martin Cleary, Sports Columnist, Ottawa Citizen

For more than 20 years, Martin Cleary has written a column about amateur athletes, teams and issues in Ottawa and the Ottawa Valley. Since September, 2007, he has expanded The Citzen's high school sports coverage with a daily blog and maintained a website. His assignments over the past four decades have allowed him to cover six Olympics (Summer Games in 1976, 1984, 1988 and 2000 and Winter Games in 1980 and 1988), five world figure skating championships, the 1997 world women's hockey championship, and hundreds of Canadian, Ontario and Ottawa championships in about 60 sports. In 1983, he received the Doug Gilbert Medal as Canada's sportswriter of the year for his coverage of amateur sports in 1982. At the 54th annual Ottawa Sports Awards dinner for amateur athletes, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award for sports media in 2008.

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"190","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","style":"margin-bottom: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 20px;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]]How to Get Your Sport and Athletes into the Media – Carolyn Waldo, Sports Broadcaster, CTV Ottawa

Carolyn is a 2-time Olympic double gold medalist in synchronized swimming from the 1988 Olympics. She was the first Canadian woman to ever win 2 gold medals at the same Olympic Games. Carolyn has been a Sports Broadcaster for 22 years at CTV Ottawa. She will be heading to London for the 2012 Games as a CTV analyst and special reporter.

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"163","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","style":"margin-bottom: 88px; float: left; margin-right: 20px;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]]Positive Youth Development Through Sport –
Dr. Jean Côté, Director, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen’s University

Dr. Jean Côté’s research interests are in the areas of children in sport, coaching, positive youth development, and sport expertise. Through his research, Dr. Côté has developed a model of development in sport that has been adopted as a directive framework for sport organizations in countries such as Canada, Singapore, France, Portugal, Australia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Dr. Côté’s research on athlete development, coaching, and parents in sport have helped inform sport policies to keep youth engaged in sport and performing better. He has published more than 120 refereed papers on a variety of youth sport topics and given over 300 presentations around the world. In 2009, Dr. Côté was the recipient of the 4th EW Barker Professorship from the Physical Education and Sport Science department at the National Institute of Education in Singapore.

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"170","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","style":"margin-bottom: 24px; float: left; margin-right: 20px;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]]Edgar Musonda, Co-founder, Breakthrough Chiparamba Sports Academy (Lusaka, Zambia)

Building Leaders Through Sport: Learn how sport is used as a community building tool in a developing country. Edgar co-founded the Breakthrough Chiparamba Sports Academy (BCSA) in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2003. Edgar provides a first-hand account of how BCSA marries sport with life skills development for Zambian youth. Edgar will show how some of those youth have become sport leaders, paying it forward by positively impacting more youth.  To date BCSA has reached over 14 000 youth. BCSA - building tomorrow`s community leaders today.

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"195","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","style":"margin-bottom: 31px; float: left; margin-right: 20px;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]]Erin (Carter) Cameron: The Value of Athletes’ giving back to Community

With twenty years of competitive sport experience and representing Canada at World Championships and major Games events in the sport of cycling, Erin credits sport for enriching her life and developing her as a person. After retiring from sport Erin complete a Masters degree exploring why Canadian athletes are engaging in social responsibility. Erin’s results showed that athlete social responsibility (ASR) can play a vital role in an athlete’s career and connecting athletes to communities fostering a genuine partnership that can generate extraordinary results. Erin is now working on her PhD at Lakehead University.

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"198","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","style":"margin-bottom: 140px; float: left; margin-right: 20px;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]]Alexandra Orlando: The Value of Athlete's Giving Back to Community

Alexandra Orlando was born and raised in Toronto, and graduated from the University of Toronto where she completed a specialist degree in Political Science. Two-time junior and five-time Senior Canadian Champion in Rhythmic Gymnastics, Alex has attended all major international Games that any athlete could aspire to attend. Throughout her career she represented her country at three World Championships, two Pan American Games, and one Commonwealth Games. Alex won three gold medals at the 2007 Pan/Parapan Am Games, six gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and was named the Canadian Flag Bearer at both Closing Ceremonies. Alex, now 24, puts all her energy into promoting sport and being an athlete advocate, motivational speaker and author. She is currently a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee's Athlete Commission sitting on the Women in Sport and Education, Community Outreach and Youth Committees as well as a newly elected member of the PASO International Athlete Commission. She was former Vice President of AthletesCAN and continues to give back as an athlete with numerous organizations in her community including Kidsport and Right to Play."