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, […]
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 […]
2017 Year in Review – Day 2: And in second place…
Best performances of 2017 2nd place Kim McRae, LugeBronze, Women’s Singles After a fifth-place finish at the 2014 Olympic Games, McRae broke through to the podium in 2017 with a bronze at the World Championships. The 25-year old Calgary native only discovered luge after she attended a ski show where Luge Canada had set up […]
A Growth Mindset for Para Sport
Small Changes Can Make Big Differences For Para Athletes
Working with para athletes requires more than just the knowledge of sport specific training and physiology, it demands a special creativity. Tessa Gallinger and Bryan Yu are two CSI Calgary Strength and Conditioning Coaches working with para athletes, adapting their training environment where necessary to meet individual requirements. Pursuing her MSc., Gallinger is specializing in […]
Esau, Gallinger, and the Canadian Sport Institute Calgary Elevate Parasport Programs
Shane Esau and Tessa Gallinger did not set out to become the country’s leading parasport exercise physiologist and strength and power para-specialist. They each had set out on traditional sport career paths at the Canadian Sport Institute Calgary and fell into the relatively unchartered world of parasport science. Now, Esau and Gallinger are running programs […]