Halifax, NS -- Team of the Month goes to sixteen-year-old  Gabrielle Levesque and twenty-year-old Pier-Alexandre Hudon figure skaters of Bridgewater who competed for Canada at the ISU World Junior Championships in Zagreb Croatia after placing third in the national championship. At Worlds, they placed 15^th  and set a short program personal best of 43.92 in a field of 100+ competitors from 20 countries. READ MORE

One of reSPORT's main goals is to encourage experiments in making sport more accessible. Around Nova Scotia, some communities are already coming up with creative ways to address barriers in sport.

In Amherst, the municipal recreation department waived its fees for ice time, opening up free skates and lowering costs for club programs. Hockey registrations jumped as result, and public skating increased by 60 per cent in the first year.

In the Annapolis Valley, municipalities have partnered with schools to offer free after-school rec programs that run a few days a week for eight weeks at a time.

“It makes sure that opportunity is available for students who wouldn't necessarily be able to participate on a sports team for a variety of reasons,” says Meg Cuming, the valley's regional manager of Community Sport and Recreation with the provincial departmennt of Communities, Culture and Heritage.  READ MORE

Throughout the sport world, competitive athletes have one common goal: they’re constantly trying to get better.

Shave a second off a personal best. Develop a quicker first step. Knock down that jump shot more consistently. No matter what the arena, from a local rink to the Olympic spotlight, every dedicated athlete and coach knows there’s always room to improve.

Good sport leaders and administrators feel that same restlessness when it comes to the big picture of sport delivery: if we’re doing decently today, we could be doing even better tomorrow.

That’s the philosophy behind reSPORT, a collaborative effort across Nova Scotia’s sport and recreation sector to find creative ways to make sure all Nova Scotians have equitable access to sport. READ MORE