The 2016 uOttawa Sports Business Club is extremely proud to announce the first ever uOttawa Sport Management Conference which is set to take place Friday, September 30th, 2016 at the Alex Trebek Alumni Hall.   

 

National Sport Organizations (NSOs) act as the governing bodies for their sports in Canada. These organizations serve a number of important functions, such as:

 

• governing all aspects of a sport within Canada;

• managing high performance programs;

• selecting and managing national teams;

• implementing national initiatives to develop and promote sport;

• sanctioning national level competitions and tournaments;

• providing professional development for coaches and officials in sports; and

• proposing and supporting bids for international competitions in Canada.

 

More often than not, students who aim to work in the world of sports forget about the incredible opportunities that NSO’s provide as a career. That being said, the uOSBC has targeted an area of the sport business industry that students and young professionals should learn more about by highlighting what we have to offer here in Ottawa. Since we are in the Nation’s Capital, the main focus of this event will be on discovering what the world of National Sport Organizations (NSOs) and Canadian Event Rights Holders have to offer!

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Our target demographic is students from the University of Ottawa, particularly graduate and undergraduate students from the Faculty of Human Kinetics (i.e. Sport Management, Sport Psychology, Coaching, Pedagogy, Physiology, Biomechanics, Motor Control and Learning). This diverse audience can all benefit from engaging and learning from Canadian NSO’s that operate within the Nation’s Capital. An invitation has also been extended to other students from the Ottawa region at the University of Ottawa, Carleton University and Algonquin College campuses. We will also cast a wider net to university students from Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec.  

 

We are extremely excited and look forward to providing students with an engaging learning experience. We hope they will leave with a better understanding of the Canadian sport industry and happy to have been part of something that has never been done at the University of Ottawa.