Heather Moyse

Heather Moyse is an amazing all-around athlete; she has managed to represent her country in three different sports: bobsleigh, rugby and cycling. Heather got her start in bobsleigh less than six months before she made her Olympic debut in Torino 2006. She is probably best known for the gold medal she won with Kaillie Humphries at the 2010 Olympics. Heather will once again be teaming up with...Read more

Heather Moyse

Heather Moyse est une impressionnante athlète talentueuse qui a représenté son pays dans trois sports différents : au bobsleigh, au rugby et en cyclisme. Heather a commencé le bobsleigh moins de six mois avant qu’elle fasse ses débuts olympiques à Turin, en 2006. Elle est probablement reconnue pour la médaille d’or qu’elle a gagnée avec Kaillie Humphries aux Olympiques de 2010. Heather fera de...Read more

Kaillie Humphries

With Kaillie Humphries at the wheel Olympic success is definitely in the cards for the Canadian women’s bobsled team. Since winning gold in Vancouver 2010, Humphries has been taking the bobsleigh circuit by storm winning consecutive gold medals during her 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 seasons. In Sochi, Kaillie will be competing once again with golden teammate Heather Moyse, with the duo looking to...Read more

Kaillie Humphries

En ayant Kaillie Humphries à la tête de sa formation, l'équipe de bobsleigh féminine canadienne a assurément de bonnes chances de savourer une victoire olympique. Après avoir remporté l'or à Vancouver en 2010, Kaillie n'a pas chômé, décrochant des médailles d'or consécutives lors des saisons 2011-2012 et 2012-2013. À Sotchi, Kaillie fera de nouveau équipe avec sa partenaire, la médaillée d'or...Read more

Not Your Average Winter Sports - SIRC Newsletter

Winters in Canada are filled with fun, lots of snow and hot chocolate! When we think of winter sports, the first that come to mind are skating sports such as hockey, ringette or figure skating, snow sports such skiing, snowboarding or cross-country skiing. But winter sport enthusiasts are always finding fun and unique ways to spend time outside. Some of these sports may sound familiar whereas...Read more

SAIT Slides into Sport Research

We often speak about the significance that participating in sport brings to improving our well-being socially, mentally and spiritually. But on the competition side, those involved in sport are also always looking for ways to improve their performance, which will range from the psychology and physiology of sport to improving the equipment used . These tools of the trade not only include moving...Read more

The 2018 Olympic Winter Games City Named in July 2011

In just over seven week’s time, on July 6, 2011, the Since 2002, all IOC voting members are no longer allowed to travel to candidate cities and must rely on the bid city presentations. Only the small team that forms the evaluation committee is permitted to visit the cities, so that they can prepare the reports to share with the rest of the IOC members. Yesterday in Switzerland at the IOC...Read more

Words from Whistler

Canadian Athletes Rule on February 24 What an outstanding day for our Canadian athletes. Our women won both gold and silver in Bobsleigh, the women’s short track speed skating team won silver, Clara Hughes won bronze and the men’s hockey team soundly beat Russia in the quarter finals. Coincidentally, February 24 is also the day the men’s hockey team won gold at the Salt Lake City, Olympics...Read more

Words from Whistler

Ski Cross was Wild Today was the Olympic debut for Ski Cross and it was wild. Ski cross seems to be described as a cross between motorcross, roller derby and skiing. While the Canadian skiers had tremendous support as the hometown boys, it was great to see so many different countries participating and clearly demonstrating the sport has a global appeal. Errol Kerr, the friendly giant wearing...Read more