COMMUNITY NEED GORDIE HOWE SPORTS COMPLEX
There is a clear need for more safe, modernized and accessible sports fields. To increase the community benefits of participation in sport and athletics more space is required for developmental, recreational and competitive programing from U9 through Masters' levels. The addition of an outdoor Multipurpose Training and Practice Field, and Multisport Competition Field will help fill the growing demand for more space and field-time for sports and athletics such as softball, baseball, rugby, lacrosse, cricket, ultimate disc, football, track and field, and more. RECONCILIATION Sport has the power to change lives.
communities. We seek to build respectful and meaningful relationships with Indigenous peoples and communities and recognize this path forward can only be accomplished by acknowledging and understanding the past. Located in Saskatoon's Holiday Park area, the Gordie Howe Sports Complex positively impacts
Sport and community events bring people together, fostering understanding and unity. As a sporting complex promoting fair play and respectful competition, we acknowledge that our shared history with Indigenous Peoples include both times of collaboration and times of great conflict and enduring consequence. We
the Indigenous youth in our city. The new running track is particularly well- suited to attracting and serving vulnerable children and families living in the five identified low-income burrows in Saskatoon. Reducing barriers to participation, the accessible facilities at the GHSC are laying the foundation for
acknowledge and honor the deep and continued connections First Nation and Metis peoples have to the land we are situated on, which have existed for countless generations.
As a gathering place on Treaty 6 land, the Gordie
Howe Sports Complex plays a significant role in the community, especially in the well-being and growth of children, youth, and families. Truth and Reconciliation is a priority. We commit to being mindful of our organizational practices and their impact on Indigenous people and
new programs and initiatives directly targeting Indigenous youth engagement in sport, like the Running Wild Athletics Club, established in 2018, and the recently developed Youth+US Sports Days program developed in partnership with a donor.
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