This news release has been updated to remove some unnecessary personal information that was originally included in the background section.
The Government of Yukon, in partnership with the Yukon Lottery Commission and Sport Canada, is proud to support Yukon’s sports community with $1,720,060 in funding through 2019-2020.
This annual funding supports sport development, leadership development, facility operations and maintenance in the territory. It also offers support to individual athletes and officials so they can access training and can compete at all levels of the continuum.
Territorial special recreation organizations also benefit from annual funding to ensure recreation opportunities are accessible by all Yukoners, especially youth.
This year, the Yukon government will provide:
- $851,325 to 27 territorial sport organizations and $235,735 to five territorial recreation organizations through the Yukon Recreation Advisory Committee (YRAC) program;
- $470,000 to 23 territorial sport organizations through the Yukon Sport 4 Life (YS4L) program;
- $98,500 to 35 athletes and seven officials through the High Performance Athlete Assistance program; and
- $64,500 to six athletes through the Elite Athlete Assistance program (carded by Sport Canada).
We are extremely proud of our territory’s athletes and the many sport organizations and individuals that support them in achieving their goals. This funding will help our athletes continue to perform to the highest level, both nationally and internationally, and help our sport and recreation organizations create opportunities for all Yukoners to live healthy and active lifestyles.
Minister of Community Services John Streicker
Yukon Recreation Advisory Committee funding helps Yukon sport governing bodies and Yukon special recreation groups develop and deliver sport and recreation programming throughout the territory and provides access to all Yukoners who choose to take part in the opportunities that promote healthy lifestyles for all.
Yukon Sport 4 Life is project-based funding that supports enhanced sport development initiatives.
The Yukon High Performance Athlete Assistance program provides funding for athletes who have demonstrated performance beyond the territorial level with potential for improvement at the provincial, national, or international levels.
The Elite Athlete Assistance program provides funding to the territory’s highest level of athletes who are also “carded” by Sport Canada.
2019/20 YRAC Grant Recipients
|
SPORT |
Total |
|
Alpine Skiing |
27,000 |
|
Athletics |
10,000 |
|
Badminton |
12,000 |
|
Basketball |
43,850 |
|
Biathlon |
27,000 |
|
Canoe & Kayak - Flat Water |
20,000 |
|
Canoe & Kayak – White Water |
12,000 |
|
Cross Country Skiing |
110,000 |
|
Curling |
10,000 |
|
Cycling |
15,000 |
|
Equine |
12,000 |
|
Figure Skating |
35,000 |
|
Freestyle Skiing |
28,000 |
|
Golf |
11,000 |
|
Gymnastics |
43,000 |
|
Hockey |
83,000 |
|
Judo |
35,000 |
|
Shooting |
8,950 |
|
Snowboarding |
30,000 |
|
Soccer |
90,000 |
|
Speed Skating |
20,000 |
|
Squash |
22,000 |
|
Swimming |
50,275 |
|
Synchronized Swimming |
19,000 |
|
Table Tennis |
15,000 |
|
Tennis |
9,250 |
|
Volleyball |
53,000 |
|
Totals |
851,325 |
|
RECREATION |
|
|
Total |
|
|
Girl Guides of Canada Yukon Council |
18,000 |
|
Yukon Scout Council |
13,500 |
|
Skookum Jim Friendship Centre |
65,000 |
|
Elder Active Recreation Association |
39,235 |
|
Friends of Mount Sima |
100,000 |
|
Totals |
235,735 |
2019/20 Yukon Sport for Life Grant Recipients
|
SPORT |
GRANT |
|
|
Alpine Skiing |
14,500 |
|
|
Athletics |
6,000 |
|
|
Basketball |
24,750 |
|
|
Biathlon |
12,500 |
|
|
Canoe/Kayak - Flatwater |
17,000 |
|
|
Cross Country Skiing |
65,000 |
|
|
Curling |
5,000 |
|
|
Cycling |
9,000 |
|
|
Equine |
2,000 |
|
|
Figure Skating |
28,000 |
|
|
Freestyle Skiing |
23,250 |
|
|
Golf |
7,500 |
|
|
Gymnastics |
27,600 |
|
|
Hockey |
44,000 |
|
|
Judo |
19,250 |
|
|
Snowboarding |
18,000 |
|
|
Soccer |
49,000 |
|
|
Speed Skating |
15,900 |
|
|
Squash |
8,500 |
|
|
Synchronized Swimming |
7,250 |
|
|
Swimming |
40,000 |
|
|
Tennis |
1,000 |
|
|
Volleyball |
25,000 |
|
|
Totals |
470,000 |
2019/20 Elite Athlete Grant Recipients
|
ATHLETES |
|||
|
Last Name |
First Name |
Sport |
Allocation |
|
Beatty |
Dahria |
Cross Country Skiing |
11,500 |
|
Frotten |
Jessica |
Athletics-Paralympic |
11,500 |
|
Geoffroy-Gagnon |
Etienne |
Freestyle Skiing |
8,500 |
|
Moser |
Nadia |
Biathlon |
10,000 |
|
Nishikawa |
Graham |
Cross Country Skiing |
11,500 |
|
Nishikawa |
Emily |
Cross Country Skiing |
11,500 |
|
TOTAL |
|
|
64,500 |
2019/20 High Performance Grant Recipients
|
ATHLETES |
|
|||
|
Last Name |
First Name |
Sport |
Allocation |
|
|
Deuling |
Hannah |
Cross Country Skiing |
2,500 |
G |
|
Deuling |
Derek |
Cross Country Skiing |
7,000 |
G |
|
Hynes |
Natalie |
Cross Country Skiing |
7,000 |
G |
|
Lindsay |
Cassis |
Swimming |
2,500 |
G |
|
Masson |
Sasha |
Cross Country Skiing |
4,500 |
G |
|
Pronovost |
Mael |
Canoe/Kayak -Whitewater |
4,000 |
G |
|
Thomson |
Amanda |
Cross Country Skiing |
5,000 |
G |
|
Amos |
Jack |
Athletics |
4,000 |
S |
|
Draper |
Jake |
Biathlon |
4,000 |
S |
|
Hanson |
Joseph |
Soccer |
2,000 |
S |
|
Howard |
Quinn |
Volleyball |
2,000 |
S |
|
Kramer |
Mikayla |
Figure Skating |
3,000 |
S |
|
Mather |
Samuel |
Snowboarding |
3,000 |
S |
|
Palfreyman |
Owen |
Hockey |
1,500 |
S |
|
Pronovost |
Luanda |
Canoe/Kayak -Whitewater |
3,000 |
S |
|
Roldan |
Aisha |
Cycling |
1,000 |
S |
|
Schmidt |
Sonjaa N |
Cross Country Skiing |
4,000 |
S |
|
Smith |
Dawson |
Hockey |
3,000 |
S |
|
Thibeault |
Victor-Emile |
Cross Country Skiing |
2,500 |
S |
|
Vincent |
Hunter |
Canoe/Kayak -Whitewater |
2,500 |
S |
|
Barrault |
Amelia |
Swimming |
1,500 |
B |
|
Champagne |
Romeo |
Biathlon |
1,500 |
B |
|
Dreyer |
Kassua |
Swimming |
1,000 |
B |
|
Gishler |
Thomas |
Swimming |
1,000 |
B |
|
Harvey |
Aidan |
Swimming |
1,000 |
B |
|
Hupe |
Aidan |
Biathlon |
2,000 |
B |
|
Irving-Staley |
Ava |
Cycling |
1,000 |
B |
|
Jewell |
Sofija |
Archery |
1,000 |
B |
|
Kapaniuk |
Wyatt |
Archery |
1,000 |
B |
|
Mckenna |
Gavin |
Hockey |
2,500 |
B |
|
Mikkelsen |
Neil |
Freestyle Skiing |
2,000 |
B |
|
Molgat |
Maude |
Gymnastics |
1,000 |
B |
|
Parr |
Elsa |
Swimming |
1,000 |
B |
|
Petriw |
Alexander |
Swimming |
1,000 |
B |
|
Roldan |
Mara |
Cycling |
2,000 |
B |
|
Money set aside for individuals attending World Championships |
3,000 |
|
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|
ATHLETES TOTAL |
|
91,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
OFFICIALS |
|
|
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|
Choy |
Kelly |
Badminton |
1,000 |
|
|
McClelland |
Carrie |
Figure Skating |
1,000 |
|
|
Onions |
Cynthia |
Speedskating |
1,000 |
|
|
Cairns |
Stacey |
Swimming |
1,000 |
|
|
Petriw |
Douglas |
Swimming |
1,000 |
|
|
Chabot |
Claude |
Cross Country Skiing |
1,000 |
|
|
Bramadat |
Ron |
Volleyball |
1,000 |
|
|
OFFICIALS TOTAL |
|
7,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GRAND TOTAL |
|
|
98,500 |
|
Kathleen Smith
Cabinet Communications
867-393-7472
kathleen.smith@gov.yk.ca
Odile Nelson
Communications, Community Services
867-332-0886
odile.nelson@gov.yk.ca