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Co-directors of SOHA Elizabeth Vlossak, Associate Professor of History, and Julie Stevens, Associate Professor of Sport Management and Special Advisor, Canada Games, are pictured receiving one of the 14 boxes from Canada Games Council representatives…

A photo of Carla Macleod, a women's hockey player and coach from Alberta, Canada.

Fourth-year History student Kirsten Koop and graduates Mike Storms (BA ’22) and Paige Groot (BA ’22) look through some of the more than 6,000 Canada Games slides, photos and images being digitized for Brock’s Sport Oral History Archive. The trio were…

A photo of Julie Stevens, Associate Professor of Sport Management at Brock University, women's hockey coach, academic researcher and observer from Ontario, Canada.

- Team Photograph
- George Obushovski spiking (action shot)
- Scan of the front page of the final 1971 Games Report
- Scan of page 2 of the Final Report
- Scan of pgs 63 & 64 showing men's volleyball standings
- Scan of pgs 78 & 79 showing final…

My family attended the opening ceremonies of the first Canada Summer Games in 1969. The event took place at St Mary’s University in Halifax. I took the attached photos of the athletes parade and the dignitaries. The flag is a souvenir I still have.…

Gold and Silver medal

This means accomplishment, I worked hard, trained hard, over come pain , well worth the sacrifice, made so many friends, And the memories that will last a lifetime. This was truly an amazing experience. I have to say when I…

Olympic rower Guylaine Bernier was born in Quebec's Saint-Léon-le-Grand in 1948. She talks about her career as a professional rower, then moves on to discuss her involvement with the Canada Games as a member of the Canada Games Council from 2007 to…

Jonathan Younker is a former Canada Games athlete who participated in the triple jump at the 1997 Canada Summer Games in Brandon, Manitoba. Jonathan discusses his experiences as a Canada Games athlete on Team Quebec, including the relationships he…

Rosemary Goodwin is the wife of the late Don Goodwin, a CBC broadcaster and Canada Games founder. The pair retired in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, where Rosemary is a key member of the NOTL Tennis Club, and an advocate for sport and recreation…