This online exhibition was developed with the support of the Virtual Exhibits Investment Program, Virtual Museum of Canada. The Virtual Museum of Canada is managed by the Canadian Museum of History, with the financial support of the Government of Canada.
Partners
- Alberta Sports Hall of Fame & Museum, Donna Hateley, Managing Director, Breanna Suk, Collection & Exhibit Coordinator
- Canada Games Council, Patrick Wert, Marketing and Sponsorship Coordinator and Patrick Kenny, Director of Marketing and Communications
- Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame
- Canadian Curling Association, Warren Hansen, Researcher
- CBC Sports, David Masse
- Historica Canada, Philippe Bergeron and Ryan Barnett
- Northern Life Museum and Cultural Centre, Rachel Dell, Curator
- Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame, Diane Imrie, Executive Director and Kate Dwyer, Curator
- Skate Canada Hall of Fame, Emery Leger, Archivist
- The Military Museums, Army Museum of Alberta, Rory Cory, Senior Curator/Director of Collections
Project Team
- Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame staff
- Mario Siciliano, President and CEO, Content Reviewer/Editor
- Janice Smith, Director, Exhibits and Programming, Project Manager
- Gerald Saccardo, Director of Finance
- Helena Deng, Manager, Exhibits and Collections
Digital Asset Coordinator
Researchers/Writers
- Janene Holman
- Joseph Mills
- Braden Te Hiwi
Students and Volunteers:
- Saima Asad
- Amanda Burwash
- Christian Cioffi
- Marvin Colcol
- Pauline Montemayor
Webisode researchers/writers and producers
- Caitlind Porter
- Rylan Strachan
Website Developer
- Andrew Ferencevic, Webscapes
Video Production
- Rick Castiglione, Cielo Pictures
- Kevin Green, Cielo Pictures
A very special thank you to our Honoured Members and supporters for being the host narrators of the fourteen mini-documentaries.
- British Empire Games/Commonwealth Games – Kyle Shewfelt - Inducted 2010 – Artistic Gymnastics
- Canada Games – Catriona Le May Doan – Inducted 2005 – Speed Skating
- Brier – Greg Stremlaw – Head of CBC Sports
- Military and Sport – Warrant Officer Jody Marchuk
- Paralympic Games – Michael Edgson – Inducted 2015 – Para Swimming
- Arctic Winter Games – Sharon Firth – Inducted 2015 – Cross Country Skiing
- Women in Sport – 1867 – 1947 – Danielle Goyette – Inducted 2015 – Ice Hockey
- Women in Sport – 1948 – Present – Angela James – Inducted 2009 – Ice Hockey
- Olympic Games – Pierre Lueders – Inducted 2012 - Bobsleigh
- Pan Am Games – Donovan Bailey – Inducted 2004 – Athletics, Inducted 2008 – 4x100 Relay Team
- Five Sports Invented in Canada – Scott Russell – CBC
- Canadian Innovation in Sport – Cassie Campbell-Pascall – Inducted 2007, Ice Hockey
- Cultural and Racial Diversity – George Reed – Inducted 1984 - Football
- Newcomers to Canada – George Reed – Inducted 1984 - Football
Content for this online exhibit was also procured from other organizations, individuals and museums. We recognize and thank each of them for their valued contributions to this final product.
Organizations/Museums
- Archives UQAM
- Arctic Winter Games International Committee, Jens Brinch, President, Doris Landry, Director Alberta North/Secretary International Committee
- BC Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
- Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Museum
- Canadian Paralympic Committee – Jody Kingsbury, Manager, Athlete Marketing & Alumni Relations
- Canadian Press Images, Andrea Gordon
- Canadian Museum of History
- Canadian Ski Museum
- Canadian War Museum, George Metcalf Archival Collection
- City of Ottawa Archives
- Commonwealth Games Association of Canada, Kelly Laframboise, Manager, Administration and Operations
- Drew & Associates, David Dafoe, Owner
- Galt Museum & Archives, Andrew Chernevych and Kevin MacLean
- Golf Canada Archives
- Library and Archives Canada
- Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Inc.
- New Brunswick Museum, Jennifer Longon, Archives & Research Library
- New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
- Provincial Archives of Alberta
- Revelstoke Museum & Archives, Cathy English, Curator
- Ringette Canada, Alayne Martell, Media and Public Relations
- Special Olympics Canada, Sarah Eyton, Vice-President, Business Development & Marketing, Lisa Dunbar, Director, Marketing & Communications
- The Military Museums, PPCLI
- The Military Museums, Air Force Museum of Alberta
- Virtual Museum of Canada, Marc Beck, Program Officer
- Woodland Cultural Centre
- York University Libraries
Individuals:
- Matt Baldwin – Inducted 1973, curling
- Jocelyne Bourassa – Inducted 2015, golf
- Peter Boyle
- Ian Brittain
- Jim Butters
- Al Cameron
- Michelle Cameron-Coulter, Inducted 1991, synchronized swimming
- Craig Campbell, Hockey Hall of Fame
- Bernice Carnegie
- John Cartmel
- William F. Clark, executor, MM Robinson collection
- Scott Crawford, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in St. Mary’s Ontario
- Justin Cuff, Reynolds Alberta Museum
- Duthie Family
- Cathy English, Revelstoke Museum and Archives
- Bryan Findlay, Solo Swims of Ontario Inc.
- Mark Fuchko
- Brock Gerrard, Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
- Nicolas Gill – Inducted 2015, judo
- Marcia Gudereit – Inducted 2000, curling
- Warren Hansen
- Lucie Heins, Royal Alberta Museum, Western Canadian History
- Haight Family
- Benita Hartwell, The City of Edmonton Artifact Centre
- Det. Dave Hawthorne, Edmonton Police Service
- Kathleen Heddle – Inducted 1997, rowing
- Jennifer Heil – Inducted 2015, freestyle skiing
- Russ Howard – Inducted 2013, curling
- Tracy Keith
- Frank King
- Diane Jones Konihowski
- Marion Lay – Inducted 2012, swimming
- David Legg, PhD.
- David Loaring
- G.R. (John Loaring)
- Manson Family
- Kevin Martin
- Chris Matthews, Crowsnest Museum and Archives
- Evelyn McCall
- Ian Millar, Inducted 1996, Equestrian
- Tyler Mosher
- Lori-Ann Muenzer – Inducted 2015, cycling track
- Steve Nicholls, CBC Archive Sales
- Silvia Pecota
- Derek Porter – Inducted 2012, rowing
- George T. Read
- Tom Reid, Ski Jumping Canada
- Dr. Robert Steadward, Inducted 2007, multi-sport
- Allison Sydor, Inducted 2013, cycling track
- Jason Yardley
- Marina Van Der Merwe – Inducted 2015, field hockey
- Julie Vincent Photography
- Tom West
- Katie Wooler, Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame
- Larry Wood
- Rhoda Wurtele Eaves/ Rhona Wurtele Gillis – Inducted 2015, alpine skiing
Student Reviewers
- Kirk Sorenson - BC
- Raymond Mak – Alberta
- Brittany Yuen - Alberta
- Janise Michel – Saskatchewan
- Kaitie McNabb – Saskatchewan
- Taylor Allen – Manitoba
- Ahbi Sidhu - Manitoba
- Brianna Christopher – Ontario
- Jared Armstrong – Ontario
- Nicole Tanner – Nova Scotia
- Kellen Saunders – Nova Scotia
- James Ring – New Brunswick
- Sierra D’Ambrose – Nova Scotia representing New Brunswick
- Mikala Gallant-Snively – Nova Scotia – representing PEI
- Robert Snively – Nova Scotia – representing PEI
Thank you to the following individuals in Fort Smith, NWT who provided valued interview content and images for use in this online exhibit.
- Peter Daniels – Dene Games
- Meika McDonald – Arctic Sports
- Kezia McDonald – Arctic Sports
- Veronica McDonald – Arctic Sports
- Patti-Kay Hamilton - Biathlon
- Don True – Biathlon
- Shari Olsen – 2018 AWG Committee
- Kevin Smith – 2018 AWG Committee
- Richard Daitch – Father of Sarah Daitch
- Mary Pat Short – Mother of Sarah Daitch