CSCO Regional Sport & Recreation Exchange a success in Mississauga !
On Sat, May 5, seven Community Sport Councils got together to network and share information. The 35 people in attendance were from the following Community Sport Councils in Ontario;
- Mississauga Sports Council (Host)
- Sport Aurora
- Sport Durham
- Sport Oakville
- Burlington Sport Alliance
- TO Accessible Sports Council
- Toronto Sports Council
Claudina Sula from the Mississauga Sports Council Board of Directors opens the day with a Welcome from their Board & Municipality!
What followed was a introduction to the Canadian Sport Film Festival from Alana Nugent, Director Marketing & Communications consisting of four parts. 1. Intro from ED Russell Field 2. Intro from 2018 Canadian Film Festival program-June 8-10 at TIFF Bell Lightbox, Two short films; The Runners & Kickstart & and then Kevin Arnsdorf provided an introduction to two business ideas for CSC’s to consider;
- Film Festival Ticket drive
- Community Sports Movie night pilotÂ
The following topics were presented & discussed during the day;
- Community Sport Report Card-Julie Stevens-Center for Sport Capacity Brock
- Enhancing relationship infomercials-Provincial Sport Associations such as Coaching Association of Ontario, Sport4ontario, Aboriginal Sport & Wellness Council of Ontario, Central Counties Tourism provided a review of services offered to Ontario
- Lunch & video booth (All CSC’s were interviewed on their impacts to their communities and a video is now in production stage for use in future promotion of local community sport councils in Ontario)
- Community storytelling-all CSC’s were asked to share their benefits to their communities
- Networking and sharing of ideas of how to be sustainable-all CSC’s shared ideas which have lead to their individual success & sustainability
- Closing remarks from CSCO Board Members Ron Weese/Jeff Carmichael