Corporate Social Responsibility (with Vancouver White Caps FC)

05/14/24 • 44 min

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Jennifer Scott - Jennifer is passionate about leveraging the power of sport to build leaders, capacity and communities. As the VP, Community & Social Impact, she is responsible for the organization’s community initiatives, ensuring the club is a transformational force in the communities it serves. Prior to joining the Whitecaps, Jennifer was the Director, Sport Burnaby, where she built partnerships with local stakeholders and sport organizations to bring their notable events to Burnaby, BC in order to create positive social, sport and economic impacts. She had the privilege of working for the Richmond Olympic Oval, Own the Podium and the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Jennifer was the Chef de Mission for Team BC at the 2019 Canada Winter Games and the 2022 Canada Summer Games. She was the youngest and first female Chef de Mission in Team BC history. Tosaint Ricketts- Tosaint is a former 14-year professional soccer player and 2017 MLS Cup winner working at Vancouver Whitecaps FC as Liaison, Club and Player Engagement. Tosaint represented the Men’s Canadian National Team 61 times and retired 7th among all-time leading goal scorers. His work ethic on the field translated to his life off the field, earning his Bachelor’s degree in Sports Management and MBA while playing soccer full-time. Through his philanthropic work, which earned him the Whitecaps Humanitarian of the Year award three consecutive times, he has significantly impacted the community and is committed to inspiring future generations. Tosaint Ricketts is Vancouver Whitecaps FC’s 2024 eMLS athlete and represents the Men’s Canadian National Team at the governance level as the player representative on the Canada Soccer Member's Council. Vancouver White Caps FC is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Vancouver. They compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. Links: Vancouver White Caps: https://www.whitecapsfc.com/community/ ---- Please subscribe to the Sports for Social Impact Podcast wherever you get your podcast! Leave us a review and a 5 star rating to help bring others in the world of sports into the conversation! The Sports for Social Impact podcast was nominated for a Sports Podcast Award and Canadian Podcast Award. Send us an email at ⁠[email protected]⁠ Linktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/sportsforsocialimpact⁠ Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/sports-for-social-impact⁠ Follow us on Instagram (@SportsSocImpact) Visit our website at https://www.sportsforsocialimpact.com/

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Canadian Sport Film Festival (with Alicia Tyson)

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Alicia Tyson is the Managing Director of the Canadian Sport Film Festival. She is a Health Promotion Specialist who works with communities and organizations to create social and physical environments that promote health and wellbeing for all. She has provided leadership and support to individuals as a fitness instructor and personal trainer and has led sessions in chronic disease prevention for municipalities and the Province of Ontario at the Muskoka Parry Sound and Simcoe Muskoka Health Units.
Alicia has been a leader in health and physical activity promotion at Active Healthy Kids Canada and has led community engagement in provinces and territories across the country through ParticipACTION‘s Sports Day in Canada program — a national celebration of sport to build community and facilitate healthy, active living.
Alicia produced the short documentary The Power of Sport, about the key role sport and physical activity play in the rehabilitation and ongoing recovery of three stroke survivors. A driving force on the Canadian Sport Film Festival team since 2019, Alicia is always excited for CSFF Opening Night and currently works as an independent consultant.

The Canadian Sport Film Festival (CSFF) brings together the theatre of sport and the medium of film to tell unique, provocative, and passionate human stories from around the world. We envision a global community that embraces sport for all.

Their mission is to provoke dialogue on the power of sport to inspire social change.

Links:

CSFF: https://sportfilmfestival.ca/

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Please subscribe to the Sports for Social Impact Podcast wherever you get your podcast! Leave us a review and a 5 star rating to help bring others in the world of sports into the conversation! The Sports for Social Impact podcast was nominated for a Sports Podcast Award and Canadian Podcast Award.

Send us an email at ⁠[email protected]⁠

Linktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/sportsforsocialimpact⁠

Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/sports-for-social-impact⁠

Visit our website at https://www.sportsforsocialimpact.com/