Organizations We Partner With

Directly or indirectly, the branch works with a wide range of partner organizations and agencies. Some of them are listed here:

• Aboriginal Sports and Recreation Association of BC – the governing body that oversees the establishment of organized Aboriginal sports and recreation.
• BC Athlete Voice – this three-year pilot project empowers elite athletes in British Columbia and supports first-party representation at sport leadership tables.
• BC Disability Sports – the federation that provides competitive and recreational programs for persons with a disability, including the B.C. Disability Games.
• BC Games Society – includes the B.C. Summer Games, B.C. Winter Games, B.C. Seniors Games, B.C. Disability Games, and the Northern B.C. Winter Games.
• BC Healthy Living Alliance – this alliance brings together a wide range of partners to promote physical activity, healthy eating and living smoke-free.
• BC Recreation and Parks Association – a not-for-profit organization representing and providing programs and services to recreation and parks organizations in British Columbia.
• BC School Sports - encourages student participation in extra-curricular athletics, assists schools in the development and delivery of their programs and provides governance for interschool competition.
• BC Seniors Games – each year, more than 3,000 participants over 55 compete in a multi-sport games that encourages physical, social, and creative achievement through participation and friendly competition.
• Canada Games – Canada Summer Games and Canada Winter Games take place in alternate four-year cycles, and are viewed as stepping stones to international games and competitions.
• Coaches Association of BC – represents and provides services to coaches in British Columbia, including overseeing the National Coaching Certification Program and Competency-Based Education Training in British Columbia.
• 2010 Legacies Now - provides province-wide sport development programs and services that help put athletes on the podium and leave a lasting legacy for all of British Columbia.
• National Coaching Institute – provides training and certification for high performance coaches (NCCP levels four and five), with campuses in Victoria and Vancouver.
• Northern BC Winter Games – annual games held in host communities north of Clinton that promote athletic, social and cultural exchanges for young athletes.
• PacificSport – two Canadian Sport Centres (Victoria and Vancouver) and eight regional sport centres (Fraser Valley, Interior BC, Okanagan, Northern BC, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Victoria and Whistler) provide training and coaching to create a dynamic environment for sport performance at all levels.
• Premier’s Sport Awards – a resource program designed to help teachers, coaches, and instructors teach children, eight to 13 years of age, basic sport skills.
• ProMOTION Plus – a provincial organization providing recognition, consultation, education and development to promote opportunities for girls and women in sport and recreation.
• Sport BC – federation for amateur sport that acts as an advocate for sport and provides programs and services (such as administration, marketing, promotions and fund-raising) for its members.
• SportMed BC – a not-for-profit society providing a focal point for sport medicine and science within the provincial sport system.
• Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games – supports and promotes the development of sport in Canada by planning, organizing, financing and staging the XXI Olympic Winter Games and X Paralympic Games in 2010.