Voices - True Sport

Olympic Moguls Champion

Jennifer Heil

"Sport has given me so much -- and results totally aside -- it has given so much as a person and I definitely want to be able to give back."

Olympic Moguls Champion
Bridlewood Community: Fostering Healthy and Active Lifestyles

Dina Bell-Laroche

Nestled in the west end of Ottawa, Bridlewood is a community that offers sports programming, provides the opportunity to learn about excellence in sports at school and where parents can access the...
Ottawa Heart Institute

Dr. Andrew Pipe

"Our current youth obesity rates are staggering, and I believe Canada can do better by our young people. The True Sport report highlights the challenges ahead of us, while offering Canadians an...
The Heather Run

2010 Give-Back Challenge Finalist

The "Heather Run" in Cornwall, ON, far surpassed the expected number of participants and boasts the greatest number of participants of any local running event.
Professeur, Université Laval

Gaston Marcotte, Ph. D

"From my point of view, especially as an educator, sports are perhaps one of the best tools for young people, especially in terms of self development, I think. Team sports are like a real society."
True Sport 4 School Box

2012 Give-Back Challenge Finalist

Showing just how much one team can accomplish by pulling together to help those less fortunate.
Olympic biathlete

Martine Albert

"What sport has given me is discipline; qualities that will serve me for the rest of my life, in any undertaking I find myself involved in. So what sports have given me, and it's not just to be at...
Olympian and former CEO of Own The Podium

Dr. Roger Jackson

"I’ve lived in other countries and competed in other countries, where we did not have the same commitment of volunteers, or the same commitment of school sport, or community sport, or community...