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Nunavut joins Vancouver 2010 Team as a contributing Territory
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Jul 8, 2009
Iqaluit, Nunavut (July 8, 2009) – With only seven months to go until the start of the 2010 Winter Games, Nunavut has joined in the excitement. The territory’s unique culture will be showcased to a global audience during the Games as part of a partnership agreement signed with the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) while also contributing directly to the success of the Canadian Olympic Team.
The spirit of the 2010 Winter Games was alive today as Premier Eva Aariak and Economic Development & Transportation Minister Peter Taptuna joined Taleeb Noormohamed, Director Corporate Strategy and Partner Relations of VANOC to announce that Nunavut has joined VANOC’s Contributing Province/Territory Program (CPTP).
“I’m pleased that Nunavut will be a contributing partner at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games,” said Premier Eva Aariak. “Our contribution will ensure we will be able to showcase our arts and culture during the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad. Nunavummiut will support the staging of the Games and will be especially proud when the Olympic torch comes through our territory on November 5, 2009.”
“We are proud that Nunavut will be a participant in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games and its historic torch relay,” added Minister Peter Taptuna. “The Olympic Torch will travel 6,630 kilometres by land and water in our territory, involve 90 torchbearers and visit three communities, including Iqaluit, Resolute and my hometown of Kugluktuk. The torch will also be in Canadian Forces Station Alert, the most northern permanent settlement in the world.”
“We want to thank Nunavut for contributing to the success of our Canadian athletes and for showing a commitment to the 2010 Winter Games,” said John Furlong, Chief Executive Officer VANOC. “The territory has a rich geography and unique traditions fostered in local arts and culture - we look forward to using this spectacular celebration to showcase Nunavut to the world.”
Of the $166,667 thousand dollar investment from Nunavut, $83,333 will go toward the Own the Podium 2010 program, which supports Canadian athletes in their preparation for the games, and $83,333 will be dedicated to ensuring the territory takes full advantage of a wide range of benefits associated with the VANOC partnership. A comprehensive background document on the CPTP follows.
Background: Contributing Province/Territory Program
VANOC’s Contributing Province/Territory enables Nunavut to participate in the following:
•Organize a Nunavut Day at the 2010 Winter Games to promote the territory;
•Participate in the Cultural Olympiad, which will include opportunities for Nunavut’s artists;
•Encourage Aboriginal participation in the Games and preceding events;
•Access VANOC promotional materials;
•Use the Vancouver 2010
Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and Own the Podium 2010 logos;
•Promote educational and volunteer opportunities relating
to sport and culture, and encourage healthy lifestyles; and
•Participate in the historic torch relay for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
VANOC’s Contributing Province/Territory Program offers a structured avenue for all provinces and territories to participate in the 2010 Winter Games. Under the CPTP, signatory provinces and territories receive a package of benefits that create a close association with the games, similar to those of corporate sponsors. In return, participating provinces and territories make a financial contribution towards the success of Canadian athletes in 2010 through the Own the Podium 2010 program; culture and arts, through the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad; and directly, to staging successful Games in 2010. VANOC developed this new program in response to interest demonstrated by Canada’s provinces and territories outside of British Columbia to allow for greater involvement in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
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