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Weekly Roundup – Jan. 29 – Feb. 4

Hudak takes gold Prince Albert’s Brittany Hudak contributed to one of Canada’s four gold medals collected at the IBU Para...

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Black History Month 2025

For almost 50 years, February has marked Black History Month in Canada, which celebrates the contributions that Black Canadians have...

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Newkirk, Wiens named Athletes of the Year at 40th Annual Saskatchewan Sport Awards

Paris Paralympic bronze medallist Shelby Newkirk and Olympic bronze medallist Rylan Wiens were named Female and Male Athlete of the...

Weekly Roundup
Weekly Roundup – January 22-28

Team Saskatchewan has been named for Scotties and Brier It’s official, the teams that will represent Saskatchewan at the Scotties...

Saskatchewan Stories
Oatway returning to top form with eyes on 2026 Paralympics 

By Ryan Flaherty for Canadian Sport Centre Saskatchewan  Kurt Oatway thought he would have success this season, but the amount...

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Building A Winning Personal Brand: Webinar Hosted By P&G

As an athlete, you have an incredible platform to share your unique story with the world. Building a compelling personal...

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CSCS Holistic Athlete Grant Recipients

Congratulations to the ten CSCS registered athletes who were awarded a $1,000 Canadian Sport Centre Saskatchewan Holistic Athlete Grant. The...

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Building a Vision Board – CANCELLED

Join us for an engaging and creative two-part workshop designed to help you visualize your future and set meaningful goals!...

Weekly Roundup
Weekly Roundup Jan. 8-14 

Canada claims gold at U18 Women’s Worlds  With a 3-0 shutout victory over the United States in the final, Canada...

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Saskatchewan Sport Awards Recipients and Finalists Announced

Ahead of the 40th Annual Saskatchewan Sport Awards, a number of Canadian Sport Centre Saskatchewan registered athletes and three high...

Weekly Roundup
Weekly Roundup – During the holiday break

Local teams compete at 2025 Mixed Doubles Curling Trials Three teams with ties to Saskatchewan concluded their time at the...

Saskatchewan Stories
Perseverance pays off for Longboat winner Margo Erlam 

By Ryan Flaherty for Sask Sport, Canadian Sport Centre Saskatchewan When 2024 began, competing at the Paris Olympics seemed like...

Weekly Roundup
Weekly Roundup – Dec. 11-17

Dash to join Canada at Wheelchair Curling Championship Gil Dash, of Wolseley, SK, is set to join Team Canada at...

Saskatchewan Stories
Etta Love: Cleans up on world records

From mirroring the actions of her mother at the gym as a child, to standing on the youth weightlifting stage...

Weekly Roundup
Weekly Roundup – Dec. 4 – 10

Mixed results at Canadian Seniors Curling Championships Two Saskatchewan teams wrapped their time at the 2024 Everest Canadian Seniors Curling...

Weekly Roundup
Weekly Roundup – Nov. 27 – Dec. 3

Newkirk sets two Canadian records Shelby Newkirk, who hails from Saskatoon, set two Canadian records at the Ken Demark International...

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Weekly Roundup – Nov. 20 – 26

Norsten named to Canada’s rugby 7s team Waldheim-born, Carissa Nortsen was named to the Canadian rugby sevens team for the...

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Weekly Roundup – Nov. 13-19

McKnight named to Team Canada for Pan American Water Polo Championship Brody McKnight, of Regina, was named to help represent...

Weekly Roundup
Weekly Roundup – Nov. 6-12

Saskatchewan fourth at National Women’s U18 Hockey Championship Team Saskatchewan concluded their time at the 2024 U18 Women’s National Hockey...

Saskatchewan Stories
From the Olympic stage, to life after

After committing years to wrestling, Jillian Gallays chose to move on from being a high-performance athlete and was forced to...

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June is Indigenous History Month

May 31, 2023

Canadian Sport Centre Saskatchewan is proud to partner with Sask Sport to recognize June as National Indigenous History Month in Canada. Throughout the month, the rich sport history and athletic achievements of Indigenous Peoples across the province will be celebrated.

Follow along with Sask Sport every Wednesday in June for articles, resources, and information that celebrate Indigenous History Month through the eyes of sport.

CSCS partners to help in the delivery of a number of programs that are designed to encourage Indigenous participation in sport throughout the year.

Aboriginal Apprentice Coach Program

The Aboriginal Apprentice Coach Program is a partnership between the Aboriginal Sport Circle, the Provincial/Territorial Aboriginal Sport Bodies, the Provincial/Territorial Coaching Representatives, the Canada Games Council and the Coaching Association of Canada. The program provides the opportunity for each province and territory to send two coaches of Indigenous ancestry to the Canada Games in apprenticeship roles.

Indigenous Sport Enhancement Program

The Indigenous Sport Enhancement Program is committed to raising the performance level of Indigenous athletes in sport and increasing the capacity of Indigenous coaches, officials and volunteers. The program is aimed at developing and preparing athletes for major competitions and multi-sport games, with a focus on the North American Indigenous Games. It is also designed to support year-round, high-intensity individual and sport-specific training programs devoted to skill and fitness development and competition-specific training.

Team Saskatchewan North American Indigenous Games support

In the words of the inaugural event’s chairperson, Charles Wood, the North American Indigenous Games were founded to provide a place where “young Aboriginal people could come together to excel in their athletic field of endeavour and to come together to do other things: to make new friendships, to renew old ones, and so on.” The first Games were held at Edmonton in 1990, with this year’s event — the 10th in NAIG’s history — scheduled for July 15-23 in Nova Scotia. Host communities include Kjipuktuk (Halifax), Dartmouth and Millbrook First Nation. Saskatchewan has hosted NAIG twice, at Prince Albert in 1993 and Regina in 2014, and has won the overall medal count six times through NAIG’s first nine events.

Indigenous Coaches and Officials Program

For the past 16 years the Indigenous Coaches and Officials Program (ICOP) has helped provide training and development opportunities across Saskatchewan for Indigenous Peoples to become more involved in sport as a coach or an official. The program was launched in 2007 and intended to run only until 2009, but became a permanent fixture due to the ongoing demand for training. ICOP participants take part in NCCP Community Sport, Competition and Instruction modules, Aboriginal Coaching Modules, NCCP sport-specific clinics and officials clinics. Today the program remains available free of charge and, as of June 2022, over 7,800 coaches and officials had participated.