Category: Sport Development

Five local speed skating clubs used funds from Intact Insurance Club Excellence Award to support grassroots development initiatives in their communities this season

Southwest Nova Speed Skating Club awarded $10,000 grand prize; Brampton, Lethbridge, Moose Jaw and Châteauguay clubs each earn $2,500 grant OTTAWA, ONTARIO – Five local speed skating clubs – from Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Quebec – used funds received from the most recent Intact Insurance Club Excellence Award to support important grassroots development… Read more »

Speed Skating Canada receives funding from federal government’s Community Sport for All Initiative to expand Skate for All and First & Fast Strides programs

Funding will help remove barriers and improve access to speed skating nationwide, giving more Canadians the opportunity to try the sport OTTAWA, ONTARIO – A recently announced investment from the Government of Canada will see Speed Skating Canada receive $220,000 in funding from the Community Sport for All Initiative to support the expansion of the… Read more »

Speed Skating Canada and Svante Launch ‘Save the Ice’ Climate Change Education Campaign

For every share of the campaign video featuring Olympian Gaétan Boucher, Svante will remove half a kilogram of CO₂ from the atmosphere OTTAWA, ONTARIO – Building on their recently announced partnership, Speed Skating Canada and Svante Technologies Inc. (Svante), a global leader in carbon capture and removal technology, are proud to announce a joint climate change awareness… Read more »

Speed Skating Canada welcomes Bell as title sponsor of the First & Fast Strides skating development program

Partnership will help grow Canada’s most successful Olympic sport by introducing more children to speed skating OTTAWA, ONTARIO – An exciting new partnership between Bell and Speed Skating Canada will see the country’s largest communications company support the expansion of Canada’s newest learn to skate program. First & Fast Strides, presented by Bell, will provide… Read more »

Speed Skating Canada joins RBC Training Ground to find new Olympic talent

New season of successful program gives Canadian athletes between the ages of 14 and 25 the chance to be scouted by fifteen Team Canada sports for free, including Speed Skating TORONTO, ONTARIO – Speed Skating Canada will again be searching for Olympic potential through the RBC Training Ground program this season. Developed in partnership with… Read more »

Gruppo Nutrition and Speed Skating Canada partner to help fuel speed skaters at all levels

Exclusive discount on sports nutrition products available to Speed Skating Canada’s national membership OTTAWA, ONTARIO – Speed Skating Canada and Gruppo Nutrition have announced a new partnership that will help fuel Canada’s most successful Olympic sport by making premium sports nutrition products available to speed skaters at all levels of the sport, from recreational athletes… Read more »

Speed Skating Canada publishes 2023-23 Annual Report 

Report highlights key accomplishments made on and off the ice over the past year  OTTAWA, ONTARIO – Speed Skating Canada is pleased to be sharing the organization’s 2023-24 Annual Report with our community ahead of our 137th Annual General Meeting of the Members this weekend in Montreal. The 2023-24 Annual Report highlights some of our… Read more »

Speed Skating Canada unveils annual award winners and Hall of Fame inductee for 2023-24 season

Triple Olympic medalist Marianne St-Gelais to be inducted into Hall of Fame; Maddison Pearman selected as Community Champion of the Year OTTAWA, ONTARIO – As Canadians from coast-to-coast prepare to lace up their long blades once again, Speed Skating Canada is proud to unveil the list of deserving individuals from across the Canadian speed skating… Read more »