Special Olympics Ontario

En collaboration avec les Olympiques Spéciaux du Québec et de l'Ontario, ainsi que MLS WORKS, nous avons eu le plaisir de présenter le match unifié des Olympiques Spéciaux contre Toronto FC le 20 juillet dernier au Stade Saputo. Nous encourageons pleinement la diversité, l'égalité et l'inclusion à tous les niveaux du sport. Le CF Montréal tient à féliciter chaleureusement tous les participants pour leur engagement et leurs performances exceptionnelles. #CFMTL | Olympiques spéciaux Québec | Special Olympics Ontario | Major League Soccer

The flame of hope carried by our Special Olympics Ontario athletes at tonight's #RaceforPlunkett! We are so proud of our athletes, our members and the community who have raised over $25,000 to ensure Detective Constable Plunkett's legacy lives on!

❄️ In just over 200 days, the #SpecialOlympics World Winter Games #Turin2025 will be the most inclusive sporting event in the world! Get ready to witness the power of sports and the triumph of the human spirit! 🌍

Special Olympics Ontario is still on the hunt for a: Director, Marketing and Communications. This is an exciting role that will oversee the Marketing, Communications and Fundraising teams and report directly to the President & CEO. If you, or anyone in your network, is looking to join an amazing cause-driven organization please reach out directly - I'd love to hear from you!

Next month, we will be hitting the links for the Rob Plunkett Memorial Golf Classic and lacing up our running shoes for the #RaceforPlunkett. Both annual events are held in honour of Detective Constable Plunkett who we lost in the line of duty on August 7, 2007, while supporting his favourite charity Special Olympics Ontario. Register for Rob Plunkett Memorial Golf Classic on August 1st: https://lnkd.in/eU8wKcSJ Register for Race for Plunkett on August 7th: https://lnkd.in/e2wK7C_X

Embracing global inclusion, we are thrilled to celebrate Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025 and share that 33 athletes, coaches, and mission staff from Ontario have been named to the Special Olympics Team Canada 2025 Training Squad! After a hiatus since the 2017 Austria Games, the 2025 Games mark the return of winter sports competition on the world stage from March 8-17, 2025. Special Olympics Ontario is excited to support our athletes competing in short track speed skating, figure skating, cross country skiing, alpine skiing, and snowshoe, along with 16 supporting training coaches. Join us in celebrating #Turin2025 and the spirit of inclusion and sportsmanship. The future is here, and the time for inclusion is now! #ChooseToInclude Read the full Special Olympics Canada Announcement here: https://lnkd.in/gEW36Dbq

📢 Special Olympics Canada Research Announcement: An independent study led by researchers in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ontario Tech University has found young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities participating in Special Olympics programming have a 15% reduced risk of being diagnosed with diabetes than their peers. This is groundbreaking research – the first of its kind within the Special Olympics movement – and clearly demonstrates and validates the positive impact our community based sport programs have on our athletes. Read more about the new research findings at https://lnkd.in/gvcJb7Ar

Today, Sault Police turned up the heat with a staff chili cook-off to spice up our fundraising efforts for Special Olympics Ontario! The competition was fierce, with Chief Stevenson, Deputy Chief Duguay, Inspector Bolduc, and Sergeant Potter all vying for the top spot with their homemade chili. In the end, it was Sergeant Potter who chili-brated victory, winning by popular vote and cooking up $290 for a fantastic cause! 🌶️🏆 We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow at the International Bridge Walk / Law Enforcement Torch Run!

Last week Golf Ontario had the privilege of connecting with Special Olympics Ontario to bring awareness to the adaptive golf space. It was a great day of learning and opportunity. No matter who you are, you are welcome on the golf course anytime! Check out some fun pics of my team and I, and the Special O athletes. Who doesn’t love a selfie on every hole! 📸⛳️

This past week, some colleagues and I had the opportunity to take some of our students to the Special Olympics high school provincial games. Special Olympics events are unique in the world of sport. A lot can be said about equity, inclusion, representation, and voice. These are students for whom exclusion is a well known commodity, a cognizance of difference is present, opportunities for inclusion are generally more limited, and voice is almost entirely absent. But the experience of a thing like this flips the script for a brief, special moment in their lives. At the risk of sounding cheesy, or of indulging in cliché, the benefits are in the unquantifiable, in the glimmer in their eyes, the joy in their celebrations, the smile on their faces, the agony in their defeats, and their place in spaces of acceptance. There is some sought after normalcy in ceremony and celebration, in effort and inclusion, and as coaches and educators, upon reflection, maybe there are few things we do that are better than this. #braveintheattempt Special Olympics Special Olympics Ontario