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The Atlantic Current | November 2025
November Highlights
Youth Parapan Am Games – Chile
Atlantic athletes delivered strong performances across multiple sports at the Youth Parapan Am Games in Chile.
In Boccia, Andrew Woodrow (NL, BC4) captured Silver, while Joe Philpott (NL, BC1) narrowly missed the podium with a 4th-place finish.
Harry Nickerson (NS) added to Canada’s medal total by earning Bronze with the Goalball team.
Sport PEI opens ‘Performance Hub’ to strengthen athlete, coach development
2023 Canada Games Performance Hub to host Grand Opening, athlete combine on November 6 & 7
CHARLOTTETOWN, October 27, 2025 - Sport PEI will be opening the 2023 Canada Games Legacy Performance Hub, a new facility equipped with state-of-the-art testing equipment, to the general public beginning November 6th.
Learn MoreThe Atlantic Current | October 2025
Atlantic Canadian athletes make waves on the world stage
From the pool to the ice, the track to the sea, Atlantic Canadian athletes have once again shown their strength and excellence on the international stage. Throughout October, athletes supported by the Canadian Sport Institute Atlantic (CSIA) represented Canada with pride, earning podium finishes and standout performances at major world championships and international events.
Learn MoreDecember 13, 2021
CALGARY (December 14th, 2021) – From far and wide, Canadian Olympians and Paralympians have shown the world their uniqueness, grit, and talent – and continue to push the envelope on what it means to be an athlete.
December 16, 2021
Be nimble, be quick. Isn’t that how the old nursery rhyme goes? While Jack is busy jumping over candlesticks in preparation for the upcoming Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, we present lesson number one in the IST Lowdown: ISTs are nimble and ISTs are quick.
May 11, 2022
Halifax, N.S. CANADA: In partnership with Innerlogic, the Canadian Sport Institute Atlantic (CSI Atlantic) seeks to examine Team Nova Scotia’s performance preparation and culture at the upcoming Canada Games.
August 16, 2022
DARTMOUTH, N.S. (CANADA): Parliamentary Secretary Adam van Koeverden met with national team athletes in Atlantic Canada to discuss improvements to the high performance sport system. The conversation took place following the designation announcement of Canadian Sport Centre Atlantic to Canadian Sport Institute Atlantic (CSI Atlantic).
August 29, 2022
The Canadian Sport Institute Atlantic and Sport Nova Scotia are excited to open the second round of our Leadership in Sport program. This program is a two year program beginning in October 2022 and is designed to improve the skills of leadership. The program summary is below.
November 10, 2022
COMMUNITIES/CULTURE/TOURISM/HERITAGE--Nova Scotia Launches first Anti-Racism in Sport and Recreation Week
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December 06, 2022
In October, 100 top athletes across Canada were selected to compete at the RBC Training Ground National Final in Ottawa, a nationwide program designed to help discover athletes with Olympic podium potential in sports they may not have considered. Athletes were tested on speed, power, strength, and endurance against sport-specific, high-performance benchmarks. Up for grabs was a chance to secure funding and earn a spot on Team Canada.
December 08, 2022
2022 was a breakout year for 17-year-old Mya Archibald of Fall River, N.S. In May, the soccer player helped Team Canada win a bronze medal at the 2022 Concacaf Women’s U17 Championship in Dominican Republic, and in October, she travelled to India to play the U17 World Cup. “It was a crazy experience, just a dream come true,” Archibald said. “It’s still so surreal, I can’t even believe it happened.”
December 12, 2022
TORONTO (December 12, 2022) – On Monday, the federal Minister of Sport, the Honourable Pascale St-Onge, announced that an investment of $2.4 million would be allocated towards support for the Canadian mental health strategy for high performance sport.
This investment in the mental health strategy for high performance sport will enable organizations in the Canadian high-performance sport community to provide athletes, coaches, and other sport system stakeholders with more support for crisis care, education, and training.
December 13, 2022
When Chad Brooks got back from the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, he felt a bit off. The coach of the Canadian women’s kayak team returned to Nova Scotia with a strange empty feeling that some researchers are calling the post-Olympic blues. “It’s a weird sensation,” he said.
December 19, 2022
When Madison Gould was growing up in Eskasoni, she played hockey on the boys team. She knows what it’s like to be alone in a dressing room – and to be the only girl on the ice.
But now, girls in her home community have the opportunity to play alongside their peers, thanks to the Indigenous Girls Hockey Program put on by Hockey Nova Scotia and Canadian Sport Institute Atlantic.
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