Sport in Ontario Collective 2nd Online Meeting-Sept 25

Community Sport Council Ontario (CSCO) wants all sport in Ontario to register for the ‘Sport in Ontario Collective’. Not all registrants were able to attend the June 18 online kickoff event so below is a link to the meeting recording that includes a backgrounder on the process for the Collective and several informative presentations. The backgrounder slide deck is also attached. Links to some of the reports referenced in the presentations are at the bottom of this email.

Click here for recording on the full meeting

We recognize how busy everyone is and that’s why we’ve adopted a ‘hop on, hop off’ approach to this important conversation. Please join us when you can. This will not be a short journey — we’re in it for the long game. The next meeting of the ‘Sport in Ontario Collective’ is on Thursday, September 25, from 4:30 – 6:30 pm and you will receive a virtual link to that meeting by mid-September.

The main focus for our next meeting will be an open conversation on what we want to achieve together. At our September 25th meeting, we will start a conversation on what is the Common Agenda(s) for the Collective. For example, should we develop one Common Agenda with one Theory of Change or should we develop more than one Common Agenda with more than one Theory of Change on topics/issues such as safe sport and/or leadership development and/or club development and/or athlete’s rights and/or equity in sport and/or inclusive sport  and/or volunteer recruitment and retention and/or reducing the cost of participating in sport and/or facility access etc… As well, is it best that we connect, communicate, support and integrate with other organizations that are currently addressing or want to address a topic/issue in sport that is important to all of us? There’s a lot for us to think about and discuss.

You are always welcome to share your thoughts with us by replying to this email. We look forward to an open and transparent conversation where every perspective on sport is valued and matters.  We’re keeping a record of all conversations we’re involved in between meetings and will provide a summary of those at the beginning of each meeting.

You are also welcome to invite other people into our conversation — just ask them to send an email to collectivecsco@gmail.com and we’ll send them a link to the September 25 virtual meeting.

We feel that we got off to a great start on June 18. We’re hoping that, with a spirit for collaboration and ongoing communication, we can take small steps that result in big change.

We wish you and your family a safe and enjoyable summer.

We hope to see you in the Fall.

CSCO ‘Sport in Ontario Collective’ Steering Committee

Donna Harrington, Jeff Carmichael and Bill Harding