Sport can be a powerful means of promoting development, but Malcolm McEachern, 22, a Correspondent from Halifax, Canada, now living in the UK, argues that without adequate funding and rules the programs can fall short of their goals. The recent success of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, highlights that sport is truly an international …
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The shooting death of an unarmed soldier challenged Canada’s attitudes about multiculturalism and patriotism, writes Alvin Ma, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Canada, who argues that sport can help heal community during divisive times. I’m glad to see that my professor and former Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sport chair Bruce Kidd is cited in Malcolm …
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The Commonwealth’s Sport for Development and Peace team ran a workshop on 16 June 2015 in Trinidad and Tobago, encouraging young people to identify and discuss the issues and opportunities for how to advocate for sport as a development tool in their communities. Young journalists Arielle Collins and Ryan Nanton from the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago …
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Getting involved in the recent PanAmerican Games gave Dilshan Jayasinghe, 18, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Mississauga, Canada, opportunity to discover how an international sports competition means more than just new facilities and extravagant ceremonies. Recently I volunteered with the PanAm and Para PanAm Games in Toronto. There have been many debates as to why such international games …
Janine Thornhill of Trinidad and Tobago has been elected Chair of the Commonwealth Youth Sport for Development and Peace Working Group (CYSDP). She will lead the group as it works to provide a voice for young people in the Commonwealth in matters of sport for development and peace (SDP). Thornhill, who has served as a …
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The Commonwealth Youth Sport for Development and Peace Working Group (CYSDP) has grown tremendously within the past year, adding a number of new team members from across the multicultural Commonwealth. While you may be aware of the CYSDP’s mission and vision, it’s important to know who our members are. Every month we’ll introduce a CYSDP member …
John Oluwadero, the Africa Regional Representative of the Commonwealth Youth Sport for Development and Peace Working Group (CYSDP), recently completed the residential fellowship component of President Obama’s Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) West Africa at the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON) in Lagos from September to October 2016. YALI was launched by President Obama as a …
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By Janine Thornhill, CYSDP Chair About 2 million adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 worldwide are living with HIV. This accounts for about 5 percent of all people living with HIV . As the global community commemorates World Aids Day 2016, the Commonwealth Youth Sport for Development and Peace (CYSDP) working group joins …
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The Commonwealth Youth Sport for Development and Peace Working Group (CYSDP) has grown tremendously within the past year, adding a number of new team members from across the multicultural Commonwealth. While you may be aware of the CYSDP’s mission and vision, it’s important to know who our members are. Every month we’ll introduce a CYSDP member …
To mark the 2017 International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, the Commonwealth Youth Sport for Development and Peace Network (CYSDP) in partnership with the United Nations Information Center (UNIC), Lagos, hosted a Public Forum on Sport for Development and Peace in Nigeria. The Event which took place on Thursday 21st April 2017, was …
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