Commonwealth Sport Canada

For other uses, see Canadian Commonwealth Games.

Commonwealth Sport Canada

Abbreviation| CSC
Headquarters| Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Location|

* Canada

President

| Rick Powers[1]
Website| Official Website

Commonwealth Sport Canada (CSC) (French: Jeux du Commonwealth Canada), formerly Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC), is the Commonwealth Games Association of Canada responsible for Commonwealth Games and the Commonwealth Sports movement in Canada.[2]

## History

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After conclusion of the 1930 British Empire Games, the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada established a permanent committee known as the British Empire Games Association of Canada. The association oversaw selection of athletes for the games, with Edward Wentworth Beatty as chairman, and Melville Marks Robinson as secretary.[3] By 1937, J. Howard Crocker was the president and secretary of the association.[4]

## Board of directors

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Board of directors are elected for a quadrennial term.[5]

Name | Designation

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Richard Powers | President
Andrew Pipe | Past President
Keith Gillam | Treasurer
Claire Carver-Dias | Director
Marty Deacon | Director
Karen Hacker | Director
Simon Farbrother | Director
Graham Smith | Director
Nicole Forrester | Athletes Commission, Commonwealth Games

Federation (CGF)

Andrew Pipe | President, Commonwealth Games Foundation of Canada
Bruce Robertson | Vice President, CGF
Linda Cuthbert | Sport Committee, CGF

## New Brand

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On 10 March 2020, during Commonwealth Day, the association launched its new brand. In addition to the new name, CSC has also introduced its new CSC logo which links to the new CGF brand by incorporating the three "Victory Marks".[6][7]

## Commonwealth Games Foundation of Canada

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The Commonwealth Games Foundation of Canada (CGFC) is a body within CSC, established in 1982 with an aim to raise the funds required to send the Canadian delegation—athletes and officials—to the Commonwealth Games.[8] Former president of the Hudson's Bay Company George Heller is the incumbent president of the CGFC, who was also the president and CEO of the 1994 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee.[9]

## See also

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* Canada at the Commonwealth Games
* Canadian Olympic Committee

## References

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1. ^ "Rick Powers | Commonwealth Sport Canada".
2. ^ "OUR PLAN, 2019 - 22 | Commonwealth Sport Canada". commonwealthsport.ca. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
3. ^ "Amateurs May Compete Against Pros in Team Games Only, Says A.A.U. of C." Lethbridge Herald. Lethbridge, Alberta. The Canadian Press. 11 November 1930. p. 11.
4. ^ "Anchors A-weigh!". Medicine Hat News. Medicine Hat, Alberta. The Canadian Press. 23 December 1937. p. 2.
5. ^ "Board of Directors | Commonwealth Sport Canada". commonwealthsport.ca. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
6. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES CANADA ANNOUNCES NEW BRAND | Commonwealth Sport Canada". commonwealthsport.ca. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
7. ^ "Commonwealth Games Association of Canada new brand". www.insidethegames.biz. 10 March 2020. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
8. ^ "Board of Directors | Commonwealth Sport Canada". commonwealthsport.ca. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
9. ^ "Executive Biographies – George Heller". hbc.com. Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 4 March 2005. Retrieved 13 August 2011.

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