2018 SPIN Summit
Once again CSI Calgary is sending a strong contingent to the upcoming SPort INnovation (SPIN) Summit, hosted every year by Own the Podium (OTP) in a different Canadian city, this year in Montreal. The SPIN Summit is Canada’s leading-edge symposium for professional development and networking in the areas of applied sport science, sports medicine, and […]
Sommet SPIN 2018
Une fois de plus, l’ICS Calgary envoi de nombreux représentants au prochain Sommet du Sport et de l’Innovation (SPIN), qui est organisé tous les ans par À nous le podium (ANP) dans une ville canadienne différente. Il se déroulera à Montréal cette année. Le Sommet SPIN est le symposium canadien d’avant-garde de perfectionnement et de […]
Lowell Taylor: Embracing New Challenges
Lowell Taylor’s preparation for the 2015 Paralympian Search event in Calgary was less than ideal. He had just spent a week in Disneyland with his family and woken up at 4am to travel home and directly to the event, where he arrived late and tired. But Taylor’s participation was highly anticipated and throughout the testing, […]
Lappage is Back
Danielle Lappage has endured a lot of heartache throughout her long wrestling career. Just after the 2014 World Championships, where she placed eighth, Lappage tore the ACL in her right knee, leading to reconstructive surgery and a long recovery. And then, just minutes before her opening match at the 2016 Olympics in Rio di Janiero, […]
Onwards and Upwards with the Smith School of Business
Nelson Mandela said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Combine education with the qualities gained in high-performance sport and the result is no doubt a profound capacity to achieve great success in life, and even change the world. Facilitating the acquisition of a world-class education is an […]
Hurry Hard at CwRJ!
Back by popular demand – it’s time for Curl with a Rock Jock! The raging success of last year’s inaugural event is ready for a re-boot. On Thursday October 4th twenty-four corporate teams will pair up with an Olympian or Paralympian to play in a fun and (slightly) competitive bonspiel to raise money for the […]
Balayez fort vers « Curl with a Rock Jock »!
De retour à la demande générale : c’est le temps de « Curl with a Rock Jock »! Après le succès retentissant de l’événement inaugural de l’année dernière, nous relançons l’événement cette année. Le jeudi 4 octobre, 24 équipes composées de membre du siège social seront jumelées avec un athlète olympique ou paralympique pour participer […]
Finnian Young is Ready to Soar
When native Calgarian Finnian Young was in local ski racing lessons as a youngster he kept getting into trouble for doing too many jumps, which annoyed his coach. Instead of scolding him for his high-flying ways, his mother switched him to freestyle skiing instead. Now Young, 19, is the newest member of Canada’s NextGen freestyle […]
Kyle Shewfelt: One of a Kind
Legacy Link After walking forty long blocks through downtown Calgary one afternoon in the fall of 2012, Kyle Shewfelt pondered a big question: ‘What am I doing?’ The 2004 Olympic gymnastics champion had just finished an interview with an executive search team, after years of dabbling in various post-retirement ventures like real estate, life coaching […]
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