Community Connections

Jays Care Foundation

Challenger Baseball

By registering to be a Jays Care Affiliate School, your school will receive a free 2 hour virtual training session on inclusive sport, adaptive baseball equipment, uniforms for all athletes (hats/shirts) and other amazing opportunities, such as attending a baseball game or the annual Jamboree on the field at the Rogers Centre! It’s all FREE and ANY school can sign up.

The link to register is here (Sept-Dec): https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/community/jays-care/affiliate-school-program/en.

Special Olympics School Programs

Elementary Sports Festivals

Sport Festivals provide an entry point to Special Olympics for our youngest athletes. Focusing on developing Physical Literacy and movement confidence, Sport Festivals target the Active Start & Fundamental stages of the Long Term Development Model.

Special Olympics Ontario will provide hosting support to schools who would like to host a local Sport Festival. Hosting support includes:

Registration and Advertisement
Equipment Loans
Event day logistics support
Staff support where necessary

If you are interested in hosting a Sport Festival, email: schools@specialolympicsontario.com. Please be sure to include your school and local community.

Secondary Programs

Secondary School Qualifiers provide quality competition opportunities to student athletes aged 13-21 in five sports: basketball, soccer, bocce, floor hockey, and virtual track & field. Teams are divisioned prior to each event to ensure competition is fair and balanced. Registration for each qualifying event is $5 per student. All competitions offer both a Traditional Division, where all athletes have an intellectual disability, as well as a Unified Division where teams are comprised of athletes with AND without an intellectual disability.

School Championships

The School Championships program is returning to in-person competition this year, hosting events across the province in all 5 Sports!

The School Championships program is primarily a Secondary School program providing quality competition opportunities to student-athletes aged 13-21 in five sports: soccer basketball, bocce, floor hockey and virtual track and field. Teams are divisioned prior to each event to ensure fair and balanced competition. Registration for each competition is $5.00 per student. All events will offer both a Traditional Division, where all athletes have an intellectual disability, as well as a Unified Division where teams are comprised of athletes with AND without an intellectual disability.

https://www1.specialolympicsontario.com/schools/

Para Sport Ontario

Wheelchair Basketball School Program

The Wheelchair Basketball School Program was created in partnership with Wheelchair Basketball Canada in 2017, and was initially made possible thanks to the generous support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation1. Since the program began in 2017, we have visited more than 200 schools across the Greater Toronto Area, introducing wheelchair basketball to well over 100,000 students!

Program Options:

Wheelchair Basketball Presentation
Sport Wheelchair Rental Week
Secondary School Festivals
Virtual Program

For program details, pricing, and information on how to book, please visit our Wheelchair Basketball School Program page!

‘Have a Go’ Sessions and Individual Loans

As part of our Bridging the Gap program, we provide a variety of programs and services for students with physical disabilities and their teachers to encourage full participation in physical education classes and other school sport activities.

‘Have a Go’ sessions to introduce our sports (and/or general wheelchair sport activities) to a specific class or group
Individual sport wheelchair loans to encourage active participation in physical education classes
Resource guides and ongoing support for teachers looking to provide more inclusive physical education programming for students with physical disabilities
Connections to community programs for students interested in participating in adaptive sport outside of school

Para-Athletics Student Support

Do you have a student with a physical disability interested in competing in wheelchair racing at OFSAA? We can help!

Support available:

Racing chair rentals
Education and resources for teachers/coaches, focused on safety and fundamentals
Introductions to local para-athletics coaches, athlete ambassadors, and community programs
Ongoing communication and support

This program has been made possible thanks to the generous support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation1.

https://onpara.ca/school-programs/about/