All Programs

From 2005-2008, the 2010 Legacies Now Connecting Communities Tour travelled to 36 communities to share the spirit of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games with close to 300,000 British Columbians.

2010 Legacies Now and its partners have created a new Aboriginal Sport Gallery at the BC Sports Hall of Fame to honour the unique contributions Aboriginal people have made to BC’s sport heritage.

The Aboriginal Youth Sports Challenge brings young Aboriginal athletes together for a day of inspiration, competition and fun.

2010 Legacies Now, the Province of BC, Tourism BC and numerous tourism partners are working to increase accessible tourism in BC and help to make the province a premier travel destination for people with disabilities. 

Arts Build Communities offers a range of resources, including toolkits and webcasts, to increase knowledge of the arts.

The BC Aboriginal Youth Sport Legacy Fund supports programs assisting BC's Aboriginal youth to prosper in sport.

The BC Activity Reporter is the province’s online source of centralized sport and recreation participation data.

The BC Sport Participation Program aims to increase sport participation in community and school-based sports, while also increasing participation by seniors and people with disabilities.

Catalyst invests in BC arts, cultural and heritage organizations wishing to enhance their artistic and administrative capabilities.

From 2005 to 2008, 2010 Legacies Now supported Chill, a snowboarding program for inner-city youth designed to increase self-esteem through sport.

Creative Communities invests in municipalities and other local governing bodies working to build cultural planning into their visions for the future.

Early Literacy and Learning services and resources are designed to support families, caregivers, early learning practitioners and educators who interact with children from birth to eight years of age.

Explorations summer camps provide BC children in kindergarten through Grade 7 with the opportunity to explore arts and/or sport and recreation.

Game Plan BC supports BC's high-performance athletes in 17 Olympic and Paralympic Winter sports with funds for coaching, cross-training, sport psychologists and travel for competition.

Heroes Live Here™ encourages children and youth to discover what makes a hero heroic, to celebrate the everyday heroes in their own lives, and to act heroically themselves through projects that reach out to their community.

Immigrant Parents as Literacy Supporters (IPALS) is a three-year pilot program helping immigrant families support their preschool- and kindergarten-aged children’s early literacy development, through interactions in English and their first language.

Innovations invests in BC arts, cultural and heritage organizations wishing to create new opportunities for community members to participate in arts and cultural activities.

The Integrated Performance System offers training and development pathways for athletes to move from provincial programs to national development programs and national teams.

The Jacques Demers literacy tour brought the Stanley Cup winning coach to three BC communities in September 2007. Mr. Demers shared his inspiring personal story of his struggle with low literacy.

The Literacy Now Communities program guides communities through a planning process to identify local literacy needs.

The Local Sport Program Development Fund aims to attract more people to community sport and provides funds to municipalities, sport organizations and Aboriginal communities.

Parents as Literacy Supporters (PALS) gives parents new strategies to encourage learning in their pre-school and kindergarten-aged children.

The RBC 2010 Legacies Now Speaker Series enables BC businesses and communities to learn from international experts in the Olympic and Paralympic Games industry.

The Sport Tourism programs aim to connect communities with sport event hosting opportunities and make BC a premier sport event destination.

The Vancouver 2010 Aboriginal Youth Legacy Fund will support education, sport, culture and sustainability initiatives for Aboriginal youth across Canada beyond the 2010 Winter Games.