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Game Plan, Canada’s Holistic Athlete-Support Network

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About Game Plan

Game Plan is Canada’s holistic athlete-support network. Its nationwide team of world-class experts and specialized advisors empower national athletes with practical ways to live healthy, balanced, and personally successful lives at every stage of their journey. Game Plan’s growth-centered programs, structured services, and everyday resources are custom designed to support the total well-being of every individual athlete.

Established in 2015, Game Plan is a globally leading initiative which functions in collaboration with the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC), Sport Canada and the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Sport Institute Network (COPSIN).

"Game Plan works because it values the person as much as the athlete."
– Ellen Allard, Canadian women’s wheelchair basketball

Our Vision

Total well-being for Canada’s national athletes—past, present, and future.

Our History

Game Plan was founded in response to the needs identified by athletes, coaches and sport system stakeholders in two key publications:

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The 2010 Olympic Games Debrief Report, in which recommendations were put forward addressing the role of life-sport balance and post-sport career planning to optimize sport performance

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The 2011 Business Report, which examined the status of athlete career transition support in Canada relative to other world-leading programs.

Drawing from these findings, international best practices, extensive input from current and retired athletes, and identified gaps in the current service delivery, a series of recommendations were put forward to implement a world-class program addressing the unique transition needs of Canadian athletes.