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Strategic Plan

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Special Olympics Canada is dedicated to enriching the lives of Canadians with intellectual disabilities through sport. Our vision is that sport will open hearts and minds towards people with intellectual disabilities and create inclusive communities all across Canada.
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3 Strategic Pillars

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Grow and Retain Athletes

Our raison d'être is to enrich the lives of Canadians with intellectual disabilities through sport.

To extend our impact within Canada, we will expand our recruitment and build more ‘lifelong’ athletes of all ages by offering holistic programming centered on sport, health, leadership, and social belonging.

Recognizing the power of sport to bring communities together and that the diversity of our athletes only strengthens the Special Olympics movement, we will place a renewed focus on empowering athletes from underserved and equity-deserving populations.

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Grow and Retain Volunteers

Volunteers are the oxygen to our programs.

We will seek to grow our volunteers by investing in our volunteer experience through comprehensive training, consistent communication, and broad support to ensure the next generation of volunteers have access to meaningful and flexible opportunities that best fit their unique circumstances.

We will demonstrate our deep appreciation for our world-class volunteers by fostering a sense of connection to people with intellectual disabilities by recognizing them for their contributions so that they will choose to be part of our community for many years to come.

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Grow High-Quality Sports Programs and Events

Programming is the vehicle through which our positive impact is delivered to Canadians with intellectual disabilities.

Offering world-class sports programs and competitions, and holistic non-sport experiences that address the needs of our athletes – fitness, health, leadership skills, and fun – is a key priority.

We will continue to strengthen our existing programming, while introducing new sports to appeal to athletes from  equity-deserving communities.

We will innovate what we offer and how we deliver it in order to bring more athletes into Special Olympics.

Enablers
Enablers represent the capabilities and resources that will contribute to the successful execution of the Strategic Plan. Within SOC’s Pan Canadian Strategic Plan there are seven identified enablers that span across the areas of strategy, operations and foundational components that are needed to effectively execute the strategic plan.

3 Strategic Enablers

2 Operational Enablers

2 Foundational Enablers

SOC Pan-Canadian Strategy Core KPIs

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