Last week, Canada Basketball wrapped up the first ever Canadian Basketball Congress in Toronto. The event brought together all the major stakeholders from around the country to meet and speak on a number of key issues and trends facing the sport today. Presentations included keynotes from Patrick Baumann, Secretary General from FIBA, Alberto Garcia, Secretary General of FIBA Americas, Jim Tooley, Executive Director of USA Basketball and Jay Triano of the Toronto Raptors. A number of other sessions were also addressed including topics on sport culture, paradigm shifts, recruiting and new Canadians. NBA TV Canada has produced a 30 minute summary of the weekend which is showing regularly on NBA TV and on its website. WATCH IT ONLINE NOW. To view some of the PowerPoint presentations used at the Congress...
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BUILDING A SPORT CULTURE
• Jim Tooley (Executive Director, USA Basketball)
"The Culture of USA Basketball"
PARADIGM SHIFTS
• Adam Wedlake (Executive Director, Basketball Manitoba)
"How We Promoted Basketball 10 Years Ago Is Not How We Promote It Now"
• Sam Gibbs (Head Therapist, Senior Men's National Team Program)
"Training Paradigms"
RECRUITING - WOMEN AND VISIBLE MINORITIES
• Jim Walsh (President, Canadian Association of Basketball Officials)
"Recruitment 101: Women and Visible Minorities"
• Kathy Brook (Coaching Association of Canada)
"Be the Best. Be Proud. Be One: Women in Coaching"
NEW CANADIANS
• Selina Aivaliotis (Canadian Citizenship and Immigration)
"Sports and Settlement"
• Clement Chu (President, Canadian Chinese Youth Athletic Association)
"Building Basketball Participation in the Chinese Community"
VIDEO: Canadian Chinese Youth Athletic Association
• Dan Mackenzie (General Manager, NBA Canada)
"Basketball: The Canadian Sport of the Future"
SUPPLEMENTARY DOCUMENTS
RECRUITING - WOMEN AND VISIBLE MINORITIES
• Nancy Lee (Former Head of CBC Sports)