Blogs
Mindset Shifts for Spring
Discussing parallels between changing calendar seasons and the seasons of an athlete's journey, and tools and strategies for when life is feeling grey.
A Conversation with Craig C Brown
"I have a passion for helping athletes" Craig C Brown is a Mental Performance Assistant with CSCM. He also works on various other projects, focusing on anti-racism in sport, newcomers in sport and more. We sat down to talk with Craig about [...]
Let’s Talk. Let’s Listen.
Bell Let’s Talk Day is an annual event, creating a campaign around mental health awareness and encouraging everyone to take meaningful action to create positive change.
Grand Slam Win for Racquetball Canada National Team Athlete Samuel Murray
From January 7th-10th, 2021, the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) hosted the Suivant Consulting Pro Pan Am tournament in Lilburn, Georgia, a prestigious Grand Slam event. This was the first men’s pro tour event since the COVID-19 shutdowns began in March 2020. Samuel Murray, a [...]
A Paralympian’s journey from sport to life beyond sport
When I retired, I experienced many negative thoughts, feelings and emotions. I felt like everything I did had to be perfect. I experienced failures in my working career which I took very personally since failure was—quite fortunately for me I guess—not something I had to undergo with very much regularity as an athlete. As a result, I think I lived for many years with anxiety and depression which, in addition to not being diagnosed, was unbeknownst to me.
Dual Citizenship: it’s AND, not OR
Dual Citizenship: it's AND, not OR by Luisa Miranda Alarcón CSCM's Marketing and Events Manager Luisa Alarcón shares her experiences as a first generation immigrant, and how sport helped to shape her Canadian identity. As we all prepare for the Canada Day long weekend [...]
