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2015 Pan/Parapan Am Games Games Updates
Capital Projects and Legacy
Community Programming
Ward 43 Town Hall May 1st, 2014
OVERVIEW
• Introductions
• 2015 Pan/Parapan Am Games Update
• City of Toronto Pan Am Capital Projects
• Overview
• Toronto Pan Am Sport Centre
• City of Toronto Pan Am Legacy
• Host City Showcase Program
• PF&R Showcase Projects
• Toronto Pan Am Sport Centre - City Programming
2015 PAN/PARAPAN AMERICAN GAMES
2015 PAN/PARAPAN AMERICAN GAMES
City Pan Am
Capital Projects
TORONTO PAN AM CAPITAL PROJECTS
(Approx. $300M)
REFURBISHMENTS
Toronto Track & Field Centre
Birchmount Stadium
Centennial Stadium
Etobicoke Olympium
West Channel Watercourse
NEW BUILDS
BMX Course – Centennial Park
Toronto Pan Am Sport Centre (TPASC)
TORONTO TRACK & FIELD CENTRE
CENTENNIAL TRACK
BIRCHMOUNT TRACK
ETOBICOKE OLYMPIUM
WEST CHANNEL WATERCOURSE
BMX – Centennial Park
TORONTO PAN AM SPORT CENTRE
Toronto Pan Am Sport Centre (TPASC)
PARTNERSHIPS
•Co-owner: University of Toronto – Scarborough
•Anchor Tenant: Canadian Sport Institute – Ontario (CSIO)
•Funding Arrangement
Facility Amenities and Features
• 400,000 Sq. Ft. Facility
• 2 Olympic-size pools
• Dive tank
• 4 Gymnasiums
• 3 Multi-Purpose Studios
• Fitness Centre
• Climbing Wall
• Dry-land Dive Training
• Program and Meeting Space
• Sports Medicine Clinic
• Food Concessions
TORONTO PAN AM SPORT CENTRE
TORONTO PAN AM SPORT CENTRE
Vision for the TPASC
Many users and communities will feel that this is their facility
Community Sports and Recreation
University Sports, Recreation and
Varsity Competition
High Performance Training and Competition
TORONTO PAN AM SPORT CENTRE
TORONTO PAN AM SPORT CENTRE
TORONTO PAN AM SPORT CENTRE
TORONTO PAN AM SPORT CENTRE
Legacy
HOST CITY SHOWCASE PROGRAM
Toronto's Pan Am /Parapan Am Games Host City Showcase Program was
endorsed by City Council in July 2013. Up to $20M will be invested in
Showcase Program initiatives to support the City's economic development
and tourism, sport development and healthy living, resident engagement and
cultural celebration goals, and to extend the benefits of the Games to all parts
of Toronto.
1. $2.5M for a Public Celebration & Cultural Festival in Nathan Phillips
Square;
2. $2.7 M for a Host City Welcome & Engagement Program to support
Games related marketing and communication activities, and enhanced visitor
and business services;
3. $14 M for 28 innovative projects which will leverage the profile of the
Games to advance City Council endorsed objectives.
Economic Development & Tourism
•Wayfinding Strategy Pilot
•Toronto Global Forum including Speaker Series
•Rio De Janeiro Friendship City
•Export Development to Latin America
•Youth Sport Incubator (YSI)
•Enhanced Protocol Services
•Dignitary Hosting Program
•Toronto Event Hosting Strategy
•Test Event Support
Sport Development & Healthy Living
•Pan Am Park (Exhibition Place) Splash Pad
•Pan Am Path
• Sport Literacy Program
•Pan Am/Parapan Am Sport Development Fund
•ParaSport First Contact Program
• Let’s Get Coaching
•Toronto Sports Hall of Honour
•Discovery Walks
•Bixi Program Expansion
•Tobacco Free Games
Resident Engagement & Cultural Celebration
•Pan Am Poetry Slam
•Pan Am Spectator Jam
•Outdoor Viewing Sites in Tower Communities
• Luminous Veil
• Salsa on St. Clair Expansion
•BPM – Green Powered DJ
•Pridehouse TO
•TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Torch Relay
HOST CITY SHOWCASE PROJECTS
PAN AM PATH Multi-Use Path that will connect over 80 kilometers of Toronto’s trails East to
West of the City.
•Proposed route:
•Will connect key Pan Am & Parapan Am Games sites
•Will run from the edge of Brampton to Rexdale, down to the waterfront,
up the Don Valley and across to UTSC via the Gatineau Hydro Corridor.
The route will officially end at Port Union where it will connect with the Waterfront Trail
•In 2015, a portion of the Path will be temporarily routed onto city streets until
permanent off-road trail sections are completed starting in 2016
•“Friends of the Pan Am Path” - a citizen’s group, have committed to coordinate and fundraise
for 14 arts/cultural zones that will run through 21 wards along the Path and be activated May
through August, 2015
http://panampath.org/
SPORT LITERACY PROGRAM
Development of a program curriculum that when delivered by
competent leaders and coaches, will enhance and increase the fitness
and physical literacy of children aged 3-10.
•To be based on Canadian Sport for Life’s LTAD Model
•To be delivered in a series of age and skill appropriate modules
•Program leaders will be trained on the delivery of the curriculum,
assessments and the use of the assessment tool as well as Fundamental
Movement Skills and High Five training
•To be a core program in all Community Recreation Centres in 2015
and will be adapted for use in summer camps and after school programs
Game on Toronto! Strengthening community through sport
$500,000 in sport development grants will be made available to not-for-
profit City of Toronto community groups to encourage and facilitate
sport development and volunteerism.
•Projects will be required to fall within one of the following three categories:
1. Sport Development
2. Sport Enhancement
3. Building sport volunteer capacity
• Project proposals will be scored and finalists will be promoted online for
Toronto residents to vote for those they feel have the most merit and will
have the greatest impact. Projects will be awarded funding based on
voting results as well as results of a scoring panel
• Two levels of funding
• Up to $20,000 or up to $50,000
• Game on Toronto will be launched as part of
the 1 Year Countdown celebrations
taking place at Nathan Phillips Square on July 11/12, 2014
PLAY ON PARASPORT!
To highlight the 2015 Parapan Am Games and to increase awareness
and participation in sport for athletes with a physical disability, the City
of Toronto will fund weekly introductory sports sessions and skill
development sessions for 50 weeks.
•Two weekly programs to be run out of the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre
and the Etobicoke Olympium
•Program to focus on children, youth and adults
•Athlete ambassadors and coaches will introduce a variety of sports and will
provide multi-sport skill development sessions to provide participants with
an opportunity to learn the skills required for different sports
•All sessions to be provided at no cost to the participant
•Play On! PARASPORT will start in September, 2014
LET’S GET COACHING
This program will provide free community level coach certification
courses for 2015 Toronto residents in 2015. Both Fundamental
Movement Skills and Sport Specific courses will be offered in the
National Coaching Certification Program’s Community Coach Stream
•All courses will be offered at no cost to Toronto residents 16 years +
•Over 100 Sport Specific courses and Fundamental Movement Skills courses
will be offered in Toronto Community Recreation Facilities throughout Toronto
•Coaches Association of Ontario and Provincial Sport and Multi-Sport
Organizations will assist with the coordination and delivery of the courses
(Over 25 Provincial Sport Organizations registered to provide courses to
date)
TORONTO SPORTS HALL OF HONOUR In the spirit of hosting the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, the Toronto
Sports Hall of Honour (TSHH) will celebrate and promote exceptional
community sport contributions and accomplishments of individuals who
serve as inspirational role models and have brought recognition and honour
to the City of Toronto.
•Central display at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre
•Inductee plaque to be placed at Toronto
Community Recreation Centre of recipient’s choice.
•Annual Induction Ceremony
(Inaugural Ceremony, June 2015)
•A virtual Toronto Sports Hall of Honour will be linked to both the City of
Toronto and Toronto Sports Council websites
Toronto Pan Am
Sports Centre Inc.
Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre Inc.
• New Corporation: Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre (TPASC) Inc.
• Established on December 18, 2013
• City of Toronto and University of Toronto are co-owners
• A Board of Directors has been established with 10 members - five appointed members by each owner
• Recruitment is underway for the Managing Director and Senior Staff
Operational Overview Programs and services will be provided by the following:
• Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre Inc.
• City of Toronto, Parks, Forestry and Recreation
• University of Toronto Scarborough
• National and Provincial Sport Organizations
• Canadian Sport Institute Ontario
Community Involvement
TPASC Inc will create two advisory councils
1) Sport Advisory Council
2) Community Advisory Council
Terms of reference for these groups as well as membership structure is currently under development
Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre Inc.
Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre will oversee:
• Building Operations
• Fitness Centre Operation including fitness programming
• Rentals Opportunities (pools, gyms, various building amenities, special events, sporting competitions, Climbing Wall etc)
• A variety of TPASC specialized programs
• Leases and Agreements
City of Toronto Programming
• Swimming Lessons for all ages and abilities;
• Preschool & Children Programming;
• Youth Programs and Leadership Opportunities;
• Introductory Sports Programs;
• Arts & Dance Instructional Programs;
• General Interest and Social Programs;
• Older Adult Programs
• Aquatic Leadership; and
• Drop-in Community Programming
Fall / Winter FUN GUIDES will
be available on August 15,
2014
Registration begins
on September 7,
2014
Call 311 or visit
toronto.ca/parks
City of Toronto – Preschool & Children
City of Toronto – General Interest
City of Toronto – Sports
City of Toronto - Aquatics
Significant Dates
• July 2014 Substantial Completion
• September 2014 Facility Opening
• September 2014 through May 2015 Programs and Services
• February through May 2015 Test Events by TO2015
• May 15, 2015 TO2015 Overlay Begins
• July and August 2015 Pan / ParaPan Am Games
• September 15, 2015 Games Overlay Ends
• September 2015 Programs and Services Resume
The People’s Games: Great for Ontario,
Great for Toronto,
Great for Scarborough!
2015 PAN/PARAPAN AMERICAN GAMES
Thank You!