Unified Sports

The Unified Sports Conference and Youth Leadership Summit was a huge success!

With 75 educators and 30 students attending it became Alberta's largest Unified Conference yet. We want to thank Andrea Cahn from Special Olympics North America for joining us. She spoke on the growth of Unified Sports, and share a ton of resources that will be used to enhance our programs moving forward. We are excited to learn from each other and always make our programs better.

We are already seeing the positive impacts through many schools whole school initiatives. Creating Unified Clubs was one of the biggest takeaways from time spent collaborating and discussing strategies. By having an inclusive club that begins with friendship, communication and understanding, the Unified Sports has a more impactful presence in the school community. Memorial shared that at their school it begins with their Unified Club and from there they attend tournaments together. We hope to continue to collaborate and have the discussions on how we can build champions within our schools both on and off the court.

Thank you to our guest speakers:

Our Unified Duo: Juenp and Chris from Austin O'Brien High School

Jamie-Dee Marshall and her Leadership Students; Maira, Danika, Lenaya, Vivian and Cali who shared their experience through planning and hosting the Olds Spartan Spectacular.

Megan Brain - Physical Education and Health Consultant & Teacher from Edmonton Catholic School Board