Tis the season when we gather around the big screen, dressed in holiday colours, cheering on our national junior hockey team. Sports is a uniform platform that can bring diverse people together to feel included in a common cause.
Whether you are cheering on your national team, playing on a team, or just enjoying hanging out at your local community centre, the health and wellbeing elements extend beyond the physical benefits.
The unifying power of sports
“Despite a lot of challenges we face as a city – racial inequality, social justice issues, rising levels of poverty – here at this critical moment in time, we came together and crossed all those boundaries under the banner of a shared opponent and a shared team,” said Jennifer Keesmaat, Toronto’s former Chief City Planner and recent mayoral candidate
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President Obama: Sports helps bring people together like nothing else
Former U.S.President Barak Obama shares his thoughts on how sports can bring diverse groups of people together to play as one team.
Film Riding Red
A group of Sea to Sky Indigenous youth join together to find constructive outlets in the mountains. Through snowboarding, climbing and other Sea to Sky activities, this group finds a new appreciation for their ancestral lands, community and culture that provides them with the opportunity to heal and grow into the future.