Edmonton, August 14th, 2008 – The Canadian Francophone Games Edmonton 2008 are proud to invite you to the Opening Ceremonies on Thursday, August 14th, 2008, beginning at 8:00 pm at the Heritage Amphitheatre in William Hawrelak Park (9330 Groat Road).
Edmonton, June 25, 2008 – Fifty days before the Games, The Canadian Francophone Games are proud to present their two spokespersons, Danielle Peers and ZPN. Ms Peers will represent the Leadership and Sports components and ZPN will represent the Arts.
Danielle Peers is a Francophile from Edmonton, but mostly she is one of the best athletes of her time in wheelchair basketball.
ZPN’s (David Muipatayi) path confirms all the passion that inspires him, while revealing an exceptional creator.
Edmonton, April 28th 2008 – The Canadian Francophone Games will host the second edition of the event « Run and Walk for the Canadian Francophone Games Edmonton 2008 ». The event will gather the population of Edmonton and surrounding areas in order to support the Games arriving in Edmonton in August of 2008. The event will take place at Gold Bar Park on May 24th at 9:30 am.
Participants will have two choices. They can choose to walk or run a recreational 5km, with a special start time for strollers, or run a competitive 10km.
Edmonton, September 5th 2007 – The Canadian Francophone Games will host the event « Run and Walk for the Canadian Francophone Games Edmonton 2008 ». The event will gather the population of Edmonton and surrounding areas in order to support the Games arriving in Edmonton in August of 2008. The event will take place at Gold Bar Park (4620-105 Avenue) on September 8th at 8:30 am.
Participants will have two choices. They can choose to walk or run a recreational 5km, with a special start time for strollers, or run a competitive 10km.
Edmonton, July 9th, 2007 – In exactly 400 days, the Canadian Francophone Games will be arriving in the city of Edmonton. Easily attaining their first objective, the organising committee has recruited 100 dedicated volunteers. However, they still need to find another 400 volunteers in order to truly make the Games a success.
Recruiting one volunteer per day until August 14th, 2008 remains the objective. The 100 recruited volunteers are involved in 13 different committees. Each committee is responsible for the organisation of a particular sector of the Games, such as the arts committee, the sports committee, the logistics committee or the newly created environmental committee, responsible for making the Games green and environmentally friendly. People interested in volunteering can either choose to be part of the organisational process or simply volunteer their time during the event.
Edmonton, June 13th, 2007 – The Canadian Francophone Games (Jeux de la francophonie canadienne) unveiled the Edmonton organizing committee official image today. This image will be in use until the end of the event which will take place held in Edmonton from August 14th to 17th, 2008. The unveiling ceremony, hosted by Mr. Randy Boissonnault, JFC Edmonton 2008 President, was held outside La Cité francophone.
The inauguration started with the presentation of the local image and slogan: “Edmonton 2008 : une énergie, une passion”.
Edmonton, April 3, 2007 – The Canadian Francophone will be held in Edmonton from August 14th to 17th, 2008. Therefore, we only have 500 days left before this event. In order to make these Games as successful as possible, we will need to recruit a minimum
of 500 devoted volunteers.
For those who are interested to become a volunteer for the Games, they must communicate with Gabrielle Berger Sidwell by phone at (780) 435-4580 or by email at gberger@jfc2008.ca.
WINNIPEG June 20th 2005 – The 3rd edition of the Canadian Francophone Games, being held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, from July 20 to 24, 2005, is expected to host over 850 participants, the Games Organizing Committee and the Fédération de la jeunesse canadienne-française announced at a joint press conference at la Fourche on Monday, the site of the July 20 opening ceremonies.
A total of 1 053 delegates, including 853 participants, have registered, just short of the record of 866 participants set in 2002 at Rivière-du-Loup. The 1st Canadian Francophone Games, in Memramcook, New Brunswick in 1999, drew 763 participants.
WINNIPEG June 2nd, 2005 – In cooperation with the Forks Development Corporation, the 3rd Jeux de la francophonie canadienne (Canadian Francophone Games) will get started on the Forks’ main stage with the Opening Ceremonies.
The Opening Ceremonies will be a celebration of francophone youth in Canada, of it’s vitality and the arrival of Les Jeux de la francophonie in Western Canada. It will consist of a parade of all thirteen delegations, the torch relay, participants, the official opening of the Games and various shows.
WINNIPEG March 3rd, 2005 – Eight Manitoban sports groups have combined their efforts to help identify, recruit and train bilingual sports officials and volunteers in Manitoba, the Francophone Sports Directorate of Manitoba, a Conseil jeunesse provincial (CJP) initiative, announced on Wednesday.
In an effort to enhance Manitoba and Winnipeg’s standing as a premier host for major national and international events, eight sports groups in Manitoba have combined their efforts to develop sports officials and volunteers over the course of the coming months.
OTTAWA January 12th, 2005 – In just a few months from now, from July 20 to 24, 2005, about one thousand young people aged 13 to 18 from each province and territory in Canada will gather for the Canadian Francophone Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Hundreds of youth will test their skills in an atmosphere of healthy competition in four sports and four artistic disciplines as they develop aptitudes like leadership and organizational thinking.
OTTAWA, October 22nd, 2004 – This morning, Marc Devigne and Sami Jo Small, two Canadians who have distinguished themselves nationally and internationally in music and sport, challenged young French-Canadians to come and compete at the 3rd Jeux de la francophonie canadienne in Winnipeg in July 2005.
The event’s honorary co-presidents, Marc Devigne and Sami Jo Small, are both French speaking Manitobans.
