Key Partners
The International Sport Directorate achieves its mandate and implements a series of bilateral and multilateral initiatives through partnerships and strategic alliances. Current partners include:
Canadian Heritage Branches: Sport Canada, and the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Secretariat.
federal departments: Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT), and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
National Sport Organizations and Multisport Organizations, and their international affiliates: the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, the Canadian Sport Centres, and Commonwealth Games Canada.
bilateral partner countries: Brazil, China, Cuba, France, Russia, and South Africa.
international and intergovernmental bodies: the United Nations, the Organization of American States (OAS), the Commonwealth Secretariat; the Council of Europe, Conference of the Youth and Sports Ministers of French-speaking Countries (CONFEJES) (only available in French), the Sports Council of the Americas (only available in Spanish), etc.
international organizations: Right to Play, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).