2018 The Year That Was: Olympic Winter Games Retrospective
Summing up an Olympic Games with a list of names and numbers is an impossible task. From first to last there is a uniquely human story attached to each, and it seems unfair to tally the wins and losses as data alone – it diminishes their weight. So, while we take this year-end glimpse back […]
2018 The Year That Was: Para-Nordic Passion
Over the next three weeks, we will look back at some of the Canadian Sport Institute Calgary’s favourite moments of 2018. Today, we reflect on a moment of the Paralympic Games that led to a bronze medal but that exemplifies the spirit coach Robin McKeever instigated with his team and that played an important role […]
Embrace Your YYC Olympic Spirit this Winter
The day after the November 13th plebiscite on whether Calgary should bid to host the 2026 Olympic Winter Games the newspaper headlines were unceremoniously defeatist: ‘Calgary No Longer an Olympic City.’ True, the outcome of the vote was decisive – a majority of Calgarians did not support the bid. But to the 46 percent who […]
Show Me the Money!
Reading the book, “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki, which advocates financial literacy and independence, was an illuminating experience for alpine skier Manny Osborne-Paradis. The four-time Olympian was 20 years old at the time and he says it opened his eyes to the importance of understanding and managing his own finances. He shared the […]
Parlons argent!
La lecture du livre « Père riche, père pauvre » de Robert Kiyosaki, qui traite de la culture et de l’indépendance financières, a été une expérience révélatrice pour le skieur alpin Manny Osborne-Paradis. Le quadruple olympien avait 20 ans à l’époque, et il affirme que cette lecture lui a ouvert les yeux au sujet de […]