2015 Canada Winter Games

In five days, up to 3,600 participants compete for gold in 19 Official Sports. Get the schedule at canadagames.ca/2019! Dans cinq jours seulement, quelque 3... 600 participants rivaliseront pour remporter l’or dans l’un des 19 sports officiels. Consultez l’horaire aux jeuxducanada.ca/2019! See more

After an 8.5-year journey, the Prince George 2015 Canada Winter Games Host Society has officially dissolved. Earlier today, the Host Society held its last meeting to sign dissolution papers, review finals audits, and to present its final surplus and legacy plans. As a result of the 2015 Canada Winter Games, a total of $1.1 million in legacy funds were generated, with $500,000 identified as a Pre-Games Legacy Fund. The remaining surplus of $600,000 will now be provided to the... Northern BC Community Sport Development Society to help support northern athletes, coaches, officials, and volunteers. Additionally, the Host Society has also established an MOU with Pacific Sport Northern BC that transfers the Novak Family Legacy Wall fundraising initiative to Pacific Sport Northern BC, to help raise funds to support, promote and develop Northern British Columbia sports organizations, athletes, officials, coaches and volunteers. Pictured (from left to right): Wade Loukes, Northern BC Community Sport Development Society, Anthony Everett, Chair, 2015 Games, and Sara Hipson, Pacific Sport Northern BC.

Commissioner of Official Languages has high praise for the 2015 Canada Winter Games. Here is what he had to say during a recent Standing Committee on Official L...anguages meeting: By planning and investing time and effort, it is possible to ensure that francophones and anglophones travelling across the country will be able to fully participate in celebrations that give both official languages their rightful place. For example, I would like to talk about what was done in Prince George for the Canada Games. A fairly remote community in the middle of British Columbia made a major effort to ensure that the games provided a welcoming atmosphere for francophone and anglophone athletes and their families. There were signs, manuals, announcements and documentation in both official languages. It was a huge success. Their best practices can be used by other communities planning celebrations for 2017. // Le commissaire aux langues officielles salue ce qui a été fait aux Jeux d’hiver du Canada 2015 en matière de langues officielles. Voici ce qu’il a dit lors d’une récente réunion du Comité permanent des langues officielles : En planifiant et en investissant temps et effort, il est possible de faire en sorte que les francophones et anglophones voyageant à travers le pays puissent participer pleinement à des célébrations où les deux langues officielles occupent la place qui leur revient. Prenons comme exemple ce qui a été fait à Prince George pour les Jeux du Canada. Une communauté située dans une région relativement éloignée au centre de la Colombie-Britannique a déployé de grands efforts pour assurer que les Jeux offrent une atmosphère accueillante aux athlètes francophones et anglophones et à leurs familles. Il y avait des affiches, des manuels, des annonces et de la documentation dans les deux langues officielles. Ce fut un énorme succès. Leurs pratiques exemplaires peuvent être adoptées par les communautés qui planifient des célébrations pour 2017.