The Pan American Games (also referred to as the Pan Am Games) are the world's third largest international multi-sport games which take place every four years. These competitions constitute a major event in America however, Canada, Ontario will be proudly hosting the next edition in the upcoming year of 2015 within the following cities of; Toronto, Mississauga, Hamilton, and Niagara (Toronto 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games, 2014). Holding a major multi-sport event requires a great deal of preparation and responsibility as the nation will be accountable for the performers, officials, and spectators. The abstract of this essay is to demonstrate how the Pan American Games will not only benefit the diversity and reputation of the city of Toronto, but as well present its offering to tourism. The City of Toronto is located in Southern Ontario and is known to be the most populous city in Canada, as well as Ontario's provincial capital. It is considered to be the most multicultural city in the world and is an immigration destination for new comers (Anisef et al. 2003). According to various international rankings and reports, Toronto is one of the most liveable and competitive cities in the world and it continues to …show more content…
offer a high quality of life for over 2.8 million residents who choose to live there (City of Toronto, 2014). It is known to be the cultural, entertainment and financial capital of Canada (City of Toronto, 2014) and thus holding the Pan American Games in such a city will not only benefit the event but also the city itself. The Pan American games will be hosted in Toronto as well as Mississauga, Hamilton, and Niagara by the upcoming year of 2015. There has been a debate over whether or not hosting this event will benefit the city or become a disadvantage, however, hosting this popular multi-sport competition may help redefine Toronto's reputation in a variety of ways. For example, although it is a privilege for any nation to host the Pan Am games, it is also a great responsibility in terms of quality, presentation and fulfilling the expectations of the highly competitive performers (Toronto 2015: Your Moment Is Here). Toronto will have the opportunity to demonstrate their commitment in providing services and hospitality to newcomers by addressing the needs of the Pan American Sports Organization athletes, teams, and officials. Aside from being accountable for others, Torontarians also truly value sport and culture. This will be proven by the immense funding and scholarship programs provided by Toronto to the high performing foreign athletes wishing to live and train in Canada with other Canadian athletes (Toronto 2015: Your Moment Is Here). Not only will this establish a more positive outlook towards the City of Toronto, but it will also create new opportunities for athletes. According to recent surveys, Toronto is the best metropolitan area for personal safety in the Western region (Toronto 2015: Your Moment Is Here). Athletes can expect to compete in clean and healthy conditions ideally suited for performance. The city ensures that every sport venue will be exceeding the International Sport Federation requirements by incorporating highly integrated security teams to employ state security and monitoring technology in order to protect games venues, participants and spectators (Toronto 2015: Your Moment Is Here). In doing so, the provincial capital will attain it's reputation of having the ability to meet healthcare needs of high profile events involving international visitors as well as being the safest region among western societies. The city of Toronto is already known to be one of the most diverse regions in the world and therefore, hosting the Pan Am event would further promote inclusion, respect, and non-discrimination among the community. Athletes of America and the Caribbean demonstrate their ability of sport performance as the popularity of the Pan Am Games continues to grow as an event. Hosting the games in Toronto would be an opportunity to showcase the cultural diversity among the region, as well as encourage multiculturalism by presenting such diverse teams and athletes. Not only will sport be presented but also music, art, culture, and diversity will be celebrated among both competitors and spectators ( Toronto 2015: Your Moment Is Here). The Pan Am games will enhance the people of Toronto by encouraging both activeness and participating within such diverse communities. Hosting the Pan American Games in Toronto in 2015 will advance cultures and society among Torontarians and the citizens of Ontario on both a micro and macro level.
For instance, individuals will have the opportunity to have one-on-one interactions between one another, while also enjoying different sporting competitions. The interrelations within the community will increase one's perception of self and belonging within a group dynamic, and therefore, strengthen Ontario's society as a whole. People of all age and nationalities will become far more encouraged to equally participate and engage within their communities. The Pan American games will not only play a major role on a societal and community level but will also effect Torontarians in a positive
manner. The Pan American Games are quite significant in terms of the population growth in Toronto. There will be large amounts of international visitors; approximately 10,000 being athletes, coaches and officials and 17,000 and plus volunteers (Quay, 2012). Although Toronto has always been a tourist attraction with nearly 19.5 million visiting in 2007, the Pan Am Games are expecting over 250,000 visitors to celebrate and participate in the event (Toronto 2015: Your Moment Is Here). Recent reports determine that the mutli-sport event will also establish a variety of social benefits or legacies for those living in the city. For instance, Toronto 2015 organizers, state the potential for the Games to create positive health legacies in Toronto such as; employment opportunities, affordable housing, public transit, and recreational activities (Michell et al. 2012). This will not only support local individuals but it will also encourage more newcomers to move into the city because of the possibilities stated above. The Pan American Games is a multi-sport event occurring every four years, mainly hosted in the Americas and the Caribbean. The next edition will be held in Canada's Toronto, Mississauga, Hamilton, and Niagara in 2015. The cities will have the opportunity to host the competitions and become accountable for meeting the requirements of all parties involved. Fortunately, Toronto has a tremendous reputation in terms of hosting lively events and providing hospitality. The Pan American Games will benefit both the visitors and citizens of the region due to potential future health legacies promoted by this event. Not only will Toronto's reputation attract more newcomers and visitors because of the Games, but a sense of society on both a community dynamic and individual aspect is also involved. The diversity and multiculturalism of the Pan Am games will further inspire equality among the persons of society regardless of their race or religion and promote acceptance amongst one another. The citizens of Ontario may also become motivated to lead more active and healthier lives because of the athletic performances as well as the new facilities being constructed. Although hosting the Pan American Games requires a great deal of responsibility, the City of Toronto is confident in doing so while also benefiting from it as a community.
Toronto is a city that is simultaneously rich in its ethnic diversity, yet paradoxically finds itself constrained by its colonial heritage. This is important, as colonial representations of race pervade history across...
By universal definition, "sport" is listed as "an activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively." Football, basketball, baseball, soccer and other primary activities have always been concretely defined as sports in society. However, one of the most physically demanding activities is constantly forgotten when it comes to the realm of sports- dance. Dance requires a tremendous amount of training and creates an aura of competition in which people compete to be the best, win, and take home the trophy- just like in traditionally accepted sports. These sports, however, do not possess an element of psychological health threats that some competitive dancers unfortunately must account for due to the emphasis placed on physical appearance.
Toronto, Canada's largest city, occupies the site of an old French trading post, Fort Rouillé founded in the 1790s. The city was founded as a British Army garrison town, Fort York, on the shores of Lake Ontario in 1793. It succeeded Niagara-on-the-Lake as capital of Upper Canada in 1797. Chartered as a city in 1834, its name was then changed to Toronto. Toronto served as the country's capital from 1849 to 1851, and from 1855 to 1859.
I really do not get all of the appeal behind The Hunger Games. This is similar to The Twilight Saga, not that both franchises are the exact same, but they're both highly overrated franchises that are geared mostly towards teenagers. The only difference is that The Hunger Games tries to appeal to all demographics, but just ends up being REALLY obnoxious--- once you see the poster for this movie 1000 times. The one with Katniss on it. This is one of the most ANNOYING movie posters, if not THE most annoying movie poster I have ever seen. It's everywhere, even when the second movie is about to be released. Sorry, but The Hunger Games will not be as memorable as Star Wars or Lord of the Rings. It's just another
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Truly, attending both events enabled me to assess and analyze the similarities and differences of two sports. Recognizing that the two sports are culturally different despite being very identical to each other was rather astounding. The social influence that the sports seem to have on the players and the fans also appears to have a positive outlook. It will be interesting to see how each sport progresses in the future in regards to the types of fans that come to the games, how the teams interact with the fans, and the overall atmosphere of the games as well.
...through the Olympic sports. In 2010 the winter Olympic sports were held in Vancouver, Canada. Bob Nicholson President of Hockey Canada says “Coming into Vancouver 2010, everybody expected Canada to win gold in both men’s and women’s tournaments.” The world see’s Canada as a hockey country and we believe it to be true. No one was surprised when Canada won gold in the 2010 Vancouver men’s hockey Olympics. On top of having home as advantage and the entire country supporting and following the sport we are commonly known for, and adding to the 8th men’s hockey gold medal since 1920, Canada is known for having some of the best hockey players of all time. Famous Canadian legend players include . Wayne Gretzky ,Bobby Orr , Gordie Howe and Mario Lemieux. With many great players throughout history, the image and reputation Canada hold’s on hockey will always stay with us.
High performance sport in Canada is seen to ameliorate our nation’s identity, unity and pride. Increasing these aspects does not come freely, athletes and the staff around them must be funded properly to help Canada train and prepare for high performance sports. The most well respected high performance sport venue in today’s society is the Olympic and Paralympic Games. This paper is intends to acknowledge the contributions of Own the Podium as one of Canada’s largest sport organizations for high performance sport. Own the Podium helps fund high performance Canadian athletes for the Olympics and Paralympics. The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader how Own the Podium is assisting in many key areas in Canada’s sport system. Also, this paper will state the very detailed vision and mission statements from Own the Podium made for Canada’s high performance athletes and the goals in mind for the future Olympic games. Specific indications on how Own the Podium has a direct impact on this broad topic of high performance sport, how they intend to carry out their goals and their dedication towards these athletes and future athletes. This multi-sport organization is the backbone of the hopeful success of Canadian athletes in the highest regarded sport spectacle; the Olympic games.
Canada is recognized for many different things but “two aspects of national identity that Canadians are most recognized for are hockey and multiculturalism” (Szto 2016, 208). Canada is home to families of a wide variety of backgrounds, largely due to immigration from other countries. Immigrants see that Canada has a lot to offer them in regards to being able to stay true to their culture as well as engage in Canadian culture. Hockey is one example of how different cultures come together and are able to bond with one another. Many immigrants have difficulty understanding and speaking English but over time they are able to learn and communicate and understand better. Hockey night in Canada has always been broadcast in English but for the past few years hockey night in Canada has also become available in Punjabi. During the summer Olympics in London news and updates were broadcast in many different minority languages, which allowed everyone in Canada to keep up with the Olympics coverage. From personal experience from Vancouver the winter 2010 and 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Omni, a multicultural channel had spoke over 10 different languages to help the minorities follow along this special event. Along with hockey coverage, news is also available in many different languages for example, Punjabi, Cantonese, and Mandarin. Adding examples within Vancouver, BC is the stores that we have local such as markets and smaller stores. In the cities in Vancouver, Canada is that we have a massive amount of immigrants. The non-speaking English and French people make it easier for them to read signs and store names. For example, in Surrey, BC, mostly or I should say half of the immigrants are South-Asians and they can not speak or read English or French so they have their own signs to be more helpful. That being said it’s a great opportunity to the immigrants to practice
Everybody loves video games! With advancements in technology, video games have been available to more people worldwide. While people have been playing these video games many studies have been conducted on them. Are they good are they bad? Well Emily makes an argument that they are actually bad for people. But how good exactly is this argument? In the argument The Violent Side of Video Games author Emily Sohn attempts to support the claim that video games have a negative effect on the people who play them through her use of pathos, ethos, and logos.
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Are high school sports beneficial or not for students? I personally believe if a student is in a high school sport they’re forced to prioritize between school and their sport, and at a young age I believe the student would decide to use his time to improve in his sport instead of school. Which in the long run would affect his academics, unless they decide to stay up late and work on their homework to keep up with both school and their sport. But, even like that in time the lack of sleep would catch up to them, and cause them to do even worse in both academics, and sports. High school sports are like the lotto in my opinion, many play but only a few get rewarded for their work. Therefore, high school sports cause more negativity than positivity.
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