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The Ottawa Sport Council will soon be bringing together the leaders and change makers of community sport for our annual Ottawa Sport Summit hosted this Fall of 2025. Shape the future of our sector. We want to hear directly from you. - What supports does your organization need to thrive? - What learning opportunities would empower your team? - When should we come together to make this happen? Learn more [...]

Volunteer Recruitment Underway! Ottawa Sport Council represents your Sport Organization volunteer needs at the Volunteer Ottawa Expo Friday, September 19th. Volunteer Ottawa Expo is a live in-person event where potential volunteers can connect one-on-one with representatives from local charities and not-for-profits to learn more about how they can help. The Volunteer Expo is free to the public to attend and brings in many passionate volunteers looking to contribute. More info [...]

The Ottawa Sport Council is pleased to introduce Chris and Kerry MacLean as our latest Community Sport Heroes! Chris and Kerry founded the Maverick Volleyball Club 40 years ago and are set to retire from their leadership roles after building a cornerstone of the community. “You walk into any random gym where people are playing […]

The Ottawa Sport Council is set to lead the coordinated development of an Ottawa Basketball Sport Hosting Improvement Business Case. Ottawa's growing basketball scene, coupled with the City of Ottawa’s goal to host local, national and international sporting events, necessitates a strategic evaluation of current infrastructure and future development. This business case is a critical step in addressing facility gaps and capitalizing on the potential for basketball growth and sport tourism within the Ottawa region. 

The Future of Sport in Canada Commission has launched a public online survey and is inviting all Canadians to share their views on how to improve safe sport in Canada and strengthen the sport system as a whole. You can find a message from Commissioner Lise Maisonneuve and a link to the survey [...]

Safe Sport is Positive Sport – The Ottawa Sport Council is proud to share their involvement in a 2 day National collaboration held in Quebec City June 2nd and 3rd with Project Team Up for Safe Sport. This collaboration consists of each Province’s/region sport agencies championing safe sport principales and positive sport culture. This coming […]

The Ottawa Sport Council is pleased to announce it was one of the 28 organizations across Canada to be awarded Community Tennis Grant through Tennis Canada and in partnership through National Bank. This summer the OSC will be collaborating with the National Capital Tennis Association, Tennis Centre West Ottawa and Ontario Tennis Association to bring this initiative to all interested community tennis clubs in Ottawa. [...]

Coaching Boys Into Men (CBIM) is more than a program – it's a game-changer for teams and communities and NOW available in Ottawa through Interval House of Ottawa.  Designed specifically for coaches of young male athletes, CBIM provides a simple, effective way to lead powerful conversations about healthy relationships, consent, mental health, peer pressure, and standing up to harmful behaviours. These are conversations that build athlete-leaders — on and off the field — and coaches are in a unique position to deliver them. [...]

The first meeting of the new Sport in Ontario Collective will take place on Wednesday, June 18 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. The Collective wants to ignite an inclusive, multi-sectoral conversation about what can be done to address the issues and challenges that community sport faces today and will likely face in the future. In advance of the meeting, organizers have shared several timely research documents including a Community Sports Sustainability Report. Among its findings [...]

The Ottawa Sport Council is pleased to introduce Kian Nejad as our latest Community Sport Hero! Kian leads the BGC Ottawa Thunderbolts program, which has become a force and an inspiration on the Canadian prep basketball circuit. The BGC Ottawa Thunderbolts program provides youths with life-changing opportunities in sport, education and leadership at no cost. […]