Community of Vancouver

The 2010 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships for Men and Women received $10,000 in funds from Hosting BC.

The 2005 Canadian Gymnastics Championships for Artistic, Trampoline and Tumbling received $15,000 from Hosting BC.

Close to 500 inner-city youth participated in the Chill snowboarding program on Cypress Mountain.

The Full Circle: First Nations Performance Society received $13,600 from Catalyst  for the "nchu7mut" Project.

The Shameless Hussy Society Productions received $2,500 from Catalyst to make SpinGirl, a theatre production, suitable for high school audiences. 

More than  2,400  students attended Explorations summer camps in Vancouver.

The Contemporary Art Gallery received $6,500 from Catalyst to implement a volunteer training program to meet an increase in demand for guided gallery visits.

The I.E. Artspeak Gallery Society received $20,000 from Catalyst to produce  Vancouver Art and Economies, a book on the city's history of visual arts and culture.

The New Forms Media Society received $5,000 from Catalyst to create a comprehensive business plan.

ArtStarts in Schools received $17,900 from Catalyst to  develop a  Virtual ArtStarts Education Centre.

The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts received $16,000 from Catalyst for its Roots and Shoots Music Series.

The Vancouver Moving Theatre Society received $13,100 from Catalyst to partner with the Carnegie Community Centre on an arts-based community development project focusing on addiction and recovery.

The Eastside Culture Crawl Society received $3,000 from Catalyst to develop an informative seminar for new art collectors.

The Realwheels Society received $15,000 from Innovations  for  Skydive, a theatre production staring persons with disabilities.

The Theatre For Living Society received $12,500 from Innovations for The Indo-Canadian Project, a theatre production on violence.

Judith Marcuse Projects received $20,000 from Catalyst  to establish a Youth Performing Group.

The Pacific Baroque Orchestra $6,000 from Innovations for the PBO East Side Community Concerts, a  concert series of baroque, classical and contemporary music.

The Purple Thistle Community Society received $5,000 from Innovations for Purple Thistle Exhibits and Workshops at the Interurban.

The Chief Dan George Centre for Advanced Education received $17,510 from Innovations for  Story Scapes Gastown, a project gathering Aborignal stories related to Gastown.

Movement Enterprises received $17,000 from Innovations to create  SURGE, a choreography inspired by the industrial environment.

Pacific Cinematheque received $25,000 from Arts Innovations to develop open i: A Digital Filmmaking Project by Youth with Disabilities.

The  2007 CP-ISRA Boccia World Cup received $5,500 from Hosting BC.

The 2007 FIFA World Youth Championship for soccer received $5,000 from Hosting BC.

The 2005 World Cup Fencing Competition received $35,000 from Hosting BC.

The  Four Weapon International Fencing World Cup received 35,000 from Hosting BC.

The Firehall Theatre Society received $8,000 from Catalyst to redesign its website.

The Vancouver Intercultural Orchestra received $4,100 from Catalyst for Music of the Whole World, a six-part educational series on intercultural music.

Co. ERASGA Dance Society received $3,240 from Catalyst for Mentorship: Business and Financial Practices using Computer Programs.

The Vancouver Out on Screen Film & Video Society received $6,000 from Catalyst to conduct an audience development assessment.

The Leaky Heaven Performance Society received $6,900 from Innovations for its Satellite Circus,  a mentorship program for young theatre artists.

40 athletes participated in the 2006 Mobility Cup for disabled sailing, which received  $15,000 from Hosting BC.

Musqueam First Nations received $14,000 from Catalyst to develop a plan to protect  cultural assets at the Musqueam Cultural Centre.

The Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery received $15,000 from Catalyst to publish the book Discovering BC's Studio Pottery Movement.

Turning Point Ensemble received $4,500 from Catalyst to hire a consultant to develop a long-term business plan.

The UBC Museum of Anthropology received $15,000 from Catalyst to conduct a feasibility study for a new Asian wing.

The Norman Rothstein Theatre received $6,500 from Catalyst to redesign its website and the Chutzpah! Festival website.

The Charles H. Scott Gallery received $20,000 from Catalyst for the Vancouver Special Artists Books Project.

The Karen Jamieson Dance Society $14,200 from Catalyst to document and  archive the work of Karen Jamieson.

The Mascall Dance Society received $5,000 from Innovations for JOSHUA: multimedia body project.

Pink Ink Theatre Productions received $6,100 from Catalyst  for its Strategic Resource Development Initiative.

Reel to Real: A Celebration of Moving Images for Youth Society received $12,500 from Innovations  to develop Our World, a project assisting three  Aboriginal youth to created short animated films.

The Vancouver Multicultural Society received $15,000 from Catalyst to expand the  Vancouver Diversity Festival.

The Vancouver Art Gallery received $6,800 from Innovations for Urbanization and the Politics of Space, a project where youth design and create functional shelters for homeless people.

Moving Pictures: Travelling Film Festival Society received $2,000 from Catalyst to identify new revenue sources, develop a fundraising plan and train staff accordingly.

The Playhouse Theatre Company received $12,500 from Catalyst to  implement the Tessitura Arts Enterprise Software for ticketing, marketing and fundraising.

The Playwrights Theatre Centre received $6,000 from Catalyst to implement a strategic planning process to maximize production of new Canadian theatre works.

The Vancouver Heritage Foundation received $6,000 from Catalyst to  develop a strategic plan for long-term activities and fundraising.

The Vancouver Opera received $15,000 from Catalyst for a First Nations-infused touring production of Mozart's The Magic Flute.

The Vancouver International Writers Festival received $2,500 from Catalyst for Vancouver Writes, an interactive evening of wordplay and magic for aspiring writers.

The Vancouver Symphony Society received $20,000 from Catalyst to train staff on Tessitura,  an integrated software system for fundraising, marketing and ticketing.

The Contemporary Art Gallery has implemented a new volunteer training program and received $6,500 from Arts Now for the project.

The Pacific Baroque Orchestra received $10,000 from Catalyst to create a new public image and brand identity.

The Kokoro Dance Theatre Society received $7,000 from Innovations to  partner with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra to explore new ways to combine live music and dance in non-theatre settings.

Music on Main received $12,000 from Innovations  to create an  inaugural season of concerts at Heritage Hall.

The New Orchestra Workshop Society received $5,000 from Catalyst to redesign its  website to better promote west coast original music, musicians adn composers.

The Realwheels Theatre Society received $5,000 from Catalyst to train its new artistic producer.

The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival Society received $15,000 from Catalyst to develop a fundraising strategy and action plan.

The Realwheels Theatre Society received $12,500 from Innovations to present Skydive at the 2007 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.

The Theatre for Living Society received $15,000 from Innovations to tour METH, a  community-based interactive forum and theatre play, to 25-30 communities in BC.

The Vancouver Moving Theatre received $15,000 from Catalyst  for  The Shadows Project: Addiction and Recovery to  provide training and employment opportunities for emerging theatre practitioners from the Downtown Eastside.

See Seven Performing Arts Society received $7,250 from Catalyst to develop a strategic business plan.

The Vancouver Recital Society received $6,750 from Catalyst to  develop a  five-year  strategic plan.

Battery Opera Performing Arts Society received $4,000 from Catalyst to hire an accountant to restructure its financial management.

Co. ERASGA Dance Society  received $3,240 from Catalyst to improve business and financial planning practices.

Grunt Gallery received $15,000 from Catalyst to train Aboriginal youth and youth at risk to join its interpretive and education program.

The Western Front Society received $20,000 from Catalyst to host Sonic Playground, where families and professional artists join together to create musics, at the 2008  Vancouver Children's Festival.

Eponymous Productions and Arts Society received $30,000 from Catalyst to create a  contemporary dance series at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre.

300 athletes competed in the 2006 CCAA National Soccer Championships, which received  $10,000 from Hosting BC.

350 athletes competed in the 2007 Mel Zajac International Swim Meet, which received  $10,000 from Hosting BC.

250 athletes participated in the 2008 CIS Swimming Championships, which  received $15,000 from Hosting BC.

The 2005 Canadian Cross Country Running Championships received $10,000 from Hosting BC.

The City of Vancouver received $20,000 from Creative Communities to create its Creative City Culture Plan to strengthen the arts and cultural sector.

The 2007 CAN AM SWAD Swimming Championships received $10,000 from Hosting BC.

The 2007 Star Class North American Championships for sailing received $10,000 from Hosting BC.

The 2007 CIS Men's Soccer Championship received $10,000 from Hosting BC.

Creating Employment Through Art received $12,000 from Catalyst for its capacity-building Enterprising Arts Project.

Jabulani World Music Society received $5,000 from Innovations to  tour Kutapira, a youth marimba percussion ensemble, to BC schools and communities.

The 2007 Canadian-Pan American Games and  FISU Games Trials for diving, received $10,000 from Hosting BC.

The 2007 BG Vancouver World Cup Triathlon received $25,000 from Hosting BC.

Magnetic North Festival Theatre Society received $155,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for HIVE 2, a visual, perfomance and music arts production.

The Orchid Ensemble received $18,000 from Innovations for Della's Different Trains, a series of presentations exploring the lives of Chinese Canadians.

Green Thumb Theatre received $10,000 from Catalyst to create a new marketing strategy.

Proximity Arts Society received $4,000 from Innovations to create Antic, a project using experimental technology and music to share stories.

Geist Foundation received $53,800 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for The Memory Project, a body of work by six artists.

Vancouver received $20,000 from Measuring Up to improve accessibility and inclusion for people with disabilities.

The Music in the Morning Concert Society received $5,000 from Catalyst to launch a  series of educational podcasts for concerts and special events.

More than 100 teams participated in the 2008 World Guts and Ultimate Championships, which received  $15,000 from Hosting BC.

Presentation House Theatre received $175,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for the Edward Curtis Project, a theatre and photography piece on Edward Curtis, the creator of the North American Indian Project, an encyclopedia of images from more than 100 Aboriginal tribes.

Music on Main received $5,000 from Innovations for A Month of Tuesdays, a music series hosted at The Cellar Restaurant and Jazz Club.

Bill Reid Foundation received $200,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for Continuum: Vision and Creativity of the Northwest Coast.

Only Animal Theatre Society received $100,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for NiX, a workshop to create Canada's first theatre of ice and snow.

The Vancouver Museum received $5,000 from Catalyst to develop a five-year strategic plan.

Western Theatre Conspiracy Arts society received $5,000 from Catalyst to create and implement a touring strategy.

Vancouver hosted the Jacques Demers Literacy Tour where the former NHL coach spoke about his lifelong struggle with literacy.

Ballet BC received $10,000 from Catalyst  to conduct an income development audit and financial review.

Chor Leoni Men's Choir recevied $2,500 from Catalyst  to create a new database management system.

Dancers Dancing Dance Society received $7,500 from Catalyst for Made in BC - Dance on Tour, an outreach and audience development project visiting Nelson and Saltspring Island.

Electric Company Theatre Society received $4,100 from Catalyst to create an operations management plan for office and performance space shared with partner organizations.

Mandala Arts and Culture Society received $6,000 from Catalyst to  develop a working plan for effective  governance and best practices.

Ripple Effects Arts and Literature Society received $7,500 from  Catalyst to rebrand its  Wordscapes Youth Arts Journal.

The Vancouver East Cultural Centre received $20,000 from Catalyst to review and redesign its brand.

The RBC 2010 Legacies Now Speaker Series brought Craig Phillips, secretary general of the Australian Olympic Committee, to Vancouver, Prince George and Kamloops to discuss how to capitalize on business, tourism and team hosting opportunities.

Pangaea Arts Society received $10,000 from Innovations for The Life of Paper, a theatre production  involving sets, props, costumes, masks and puppets made entirely out of paper.

Western Theatre Conspiracy Arts Society received $10,000 from Innovations for Club PuSh, nightly presentations of cross-disciplinary works during the 2009 PuSh Festival.

Realwheels Society and Pound of Flesh Theatre received $10,000 from Innovations to host workshops enabling people with disabilities to participate in an adaptation of Homer's Iliad.

Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House received $5,000 from Innovations for Stories of Compassion, a collection of stories written by students.

exit.left productions received $5,000 from Innovations for Mud Island, a theatre production of the history and untold stories of Vancouver's industrial heart during the 1930s.

Compaigni V'ni Dansi received $7,500 from Innovations to tour its BC Metis Dance Workshop Tour to eight communities.

Doryphore Independent Curators Society received $36,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for Memory Palace: Three Artists in the Library.

Axis Theatre Society received $115,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development to adapt the novel Don Quixote into a musical theatre piece.

Vancouver Art Gallery received $75,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for Ought Apartment, an installation work by Vancouver artist Reece Terris.

Coast Jazz and Blues Society received $90,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for Ice Hockey: Canada vs. Sweden, an Olympic-inspired musical collaboration.

Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art received $7,000 from Catalyst to develop a fundraising plan.

I.E. Artspeak Gallery Society received $57,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for Carrall Street, a visual art project by Althea Thauberger in collaboration with residents of the Downtown Eastside.

Vancouver Review Publication Society recevied $22,500 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for Blueprint BC: The Fiction Series, a sereis of original stories by BC writers.

Pangaea Arts Society received $82,042 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for Cumberland, a play about Chinese miners who lived in Cumberland in the early 1900s.

Kootenay School of Writing Society received $50,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for What Is To Be Undone?: Positions and Poetics in the 21st Century.

Visible Arts Society received $31,700 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for nikamon askiy ohci (songs from this land), a web-based project depicting a musical journey through Lower Mainland neighbourhoods.

Dancing on the Edge Festival Society received $150,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Devleopment for 10 for 20 - Dancing on the Edge Turning 20 Commissioning Project.

Theatre Replacement Society received $52,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for Twenty Minute Musicals.

Vancouver Moving Theatre Society received $18,960 from Arts Partners in Creative Development to create A Downtown Eastside Romeo and Juliet.

Vancouver Chamber Choir received $130,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development to commission choral works from six renowned Canadian and international composers to celebrate its 40th season.

The RBC 2010 Legacies Now Speaker Series brought Mark Lewis, president of Jet Set Sports, to Vancouver, Whistler and Surrey to share how communities and businesses can deliver on hospitality needs arising from the 2010 Winter Games.

The RBC 2010 Legacies Now Speaker Series brought Dr. Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, to Vancouver to share the IOC's commitment to creating sustainable legacies within the Olympic Games.

Eighty schools registered with Action Schools! BC to improve physical activity and healthy eating in students.

The Aboriginal Sport Gallery opened in June 2008 at the BC Sports Hall of Fame in Vancouver.

Students at 39 Vancouver schools participated in SportFit to get active and discover new sports.

Aeriosa Dance Society received S108,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for In Situ: Dance and Music in Place.

Turning Point Ensemble Society received $81,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for the Chamber Symphony 2010 Project.

Out on Screen Film and Video Society received $65,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for The Queer History Project.

Western Front Society received $37,500 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for Sign-Singing, a high-definition video installation by Vancouver artist Ian Skedd.

Hard Rubber New Music Society received $74,300 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for The New Ice Age, a multi-media art show exploring Canada's love affair with ice-sport.

Leaky Heaven Performance Society received $98,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for The Pan Project, an adaptation of the Peter Pan story incorporating text, image, music, dance and circus skills.

Grinning Dragon Theatre Co. Society received $62,100 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for Cyrano of the Van Doos, a modern musical theatre adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac.

Vancouver Community Gamelan Society received $51,000 from Arts partners in Creative Development for Marathonologue, which combined music for gamelan, taiko drums and highland pipes with interactive computer animation and video.

Vancouver Art Gallery received $207,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Devleopment to commission artist Robert Davidson to create a Haida wood sculpture.

Mascall Dance Society received $80,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for The White Spider, a dance piece based on Heinrich Harrer's climb of Mount Eiger's north face.

Movement Enterprises Society received $25,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for Dances for a Small Stage 20, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the production.

Boca del Lupo Theatre Society received $140,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for An Imaginary Look at the Uncompromising Life of Thomas Smith, an interactive theatre production recounting the life of a war photographer.

Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art received $13,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for Another City.

The Aboriginal Art and Culture Celebration Society received $22,200 from Catalyst for Aboriginal Youth Theatre Project, which offers a year-long training arts program for youth.

Access Artist Run Centre received $15,000 from Innovations for Lost and Found, a cross-disciplinary collaboration looking at Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

The In Her Footsteps - Celebrating BC Women in Sport exhibit opened at the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. Each year three honorees are inducted.

The Vancouver-Collingwood literacy task group received $50,000 from Literacy Now Communities to improve literacy in the area.

25 women attended a Women in Leadership Training Conference in 2005. The conference was in partnership with ProMOTION Plus.

Eight youth from the Urban Native Youth Association participated in the First Nations Snowboard Team, funded by the Aboriginal Youth Sport Legacy Fund.

The Aboriginal Sport Gallery travelling exhibit joined the Cowichan Spirit Pole tour and visited Vancouver in 2008.

40 Aboriginal athletes participated in an Aboriginal Youth Sports Challenge in 2006.

More than 70 Aboriginal youth participated in Aboriginal Youth Sports Challenges.

Eight youth received high-performace athlete grants from the Aboriginal Youth Sport Legacy Fund.

Hastings Elementary School received $1,000 from the Aboriginal Youth Sport Legacy Fund to support its First Nations Club.

Musqueam Indian Band received $1,000 from the Aboriginal Youth Sport Legacy Fund to support its Aboriginal Youth Sport and Recreation Program.

Urban Native Youth Association  received $1,000 from the Aboriginal Youth Sport Legacy Fund to support its Urban Native Youth Canoe Club.

Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society received $1,000 from the Aboriginal Youth Sport Legacy Fund to support National Aboriginal Day celebrations.

Vancouver Aboriginal Frienship Centre Society received $1,000 from the Aboriginal Youth Sport Legacy Fund to purchase sport equipment.

Britannia Elementary Community School  received $1,000 from the Aboriginal Youth Sport Legacy Fund to support its Grade 7 year-end trip.

Pacific Community Resources Society received $1,000 from the Aboriginal Youth Sport Legacy Fund to purchase new sport equipment.

9,800 people visited the 2010 Legacies Now Connecting Communities Tour at the 2008 Olympic Summer Games Celebration in Chinatown.

3,300 people visited the 2010 Legacies Now Connecting Communities Tour at Point Grey Fiesta in 2008.

16,900 people visited the 2010 Legacies Now Connecting Communities Tour at the Pacific National Exhibition in 2007.

Five youth participated in the Altitude Youth Experience.

Britannia Community Services Centre received $1,500 from the Local Sport Program Development Fund for the Britannia Gymnastics Club.

365 tourism businesses in Vancouver received accessibility ratings from the Accessible Tourism program.

Over 5,400 children in 37 communities across BC learned track and field skill progressions with BC Athletics' Run, Jump, Throw Program, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007.

Over 3,800 children in 41 communities across BC developed basketball skills in the Steve Nash Youth Development Program, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2008.

Over 200 children in 18 communities across BC  particpated in the BC Blind Sports Early Intervention Program, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007.

Seniors in 17 communities across BC learned the health benefits of participating in sport and recreation thanks to the For The Health of It promotional campaign, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007

Over 2,300 youth in 12 communities across BC learned about Dragon Boat racing with Canoe Kayak BC's H20 Go! program, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007.

Over 300 coaches in 20 communities across BC learned coaching development skills in the Coaches Association of BC's Coaching Development in Targeted Sports program, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007

Over 600 youth in 22 communities across BC participated in  Cycling BC's Youth on Wheels program, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007.

Over 37,000 youth in 70 communities across BC developed  physical and motor  skills with Gymnastics BC's Kids Can Move Program, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007.

Over 500 youth in 18 communities across BC were introduced to ice hockey with BC Hockey's Lace 'Em Up Program, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007.

Over 1,500 Aboriginal youth in 13 communities across BC learned lacrosse fundamentals with BC Lacrosse's Aboriginal Coaching and Athlete Development Program, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007.

Over 6,600 youth in eight communities across BC participated in More Sports' Program Expansion, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007.

Over 1,200 young girls in 15 communities across BC received resources, support, leadership and opportunities for partnerships with ProMOTION Plus Girls Only Program, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007.

Over 300 youth in 24 communities across BC participated in the BC Special Olympics' Project Outreach, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007.

Over 2,200 youth in 21 communities across BC developed basic volleyball skills in Volleyball BC's Atomic Volleyball program, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007

Over 250 participants in 14 communities participated in BC Wheelchair Sports Bridging the Gap Program, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007.

Over 10,400 youth in 32 communities across BC discovered the fundamentals of wrestling with Wrestling BC's Kids Wrestling program, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007.

The RBC 2010 Legacies Now Speaker Series brought Bill Malone, executive director of the Park City Chamber of Commerce, Convention and Visitor Bureau, to Vancouver, Surrey, Nanaimo and Vernon to discuss how communities and businesses can capitalize on the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The RBC 2010 Legacies Now Speaker Series brought Margy Osmond, chief executive of the New South Wales' State Chamber of Commerce in Australia, to Vancouver, Prince George and Kamloops to share how communities and businesses can capitalize on the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The RBC 2010 Legacies Now Speaker Series brought Valentino Castellani, president of the Torino 2006 Organizing Committee for the 2006 Winter Games, to Vancouver, Comox and Kelowna to share how communities, regions and countries can capitalize on hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The RBC 2010 Legacies Now Speaker Series brought Felicity Shankar, chief executive of Javelin Europe marketing consultants, to Vancouver, Richmond, Coquitlam and Whistler to highlight ways businesses can leverage opportunities from the 2010 Winter Games.

The RBC 2010 Legacies Now Speaker Series brought Alan Pascoe, chair of Fast Track sports marketing agency and vice-chair of London's bid for the 2012 Summer Games, to Vancouver, Richmond, Victoria and West Vancouver to discuss business, tourism and other opportunities available leading up to 2010 amd beyond.

The RBC 2010 Legacies Now Speaker Series brought Jaime Rupert, strategic communications expert for Reputations Corporation, to Vancouver, Abbotsford and Kelowna to discuss how businesses and communities can connect with thousands of reporters who will be at the 2010 Winter Games.

The RBC 2010 Legacies Now Speaker Series brought Di Henry, a torch relay expert, to Vancouver, Victoria, Kamloops and Cranbrook to share how communities and businesses can leverage the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relays when they come to BC.

The 2005 Legacies Speaker Series brought Maxine and Marvin Turner of Cuisine Unlimited to Vancouver, Abbotsford, Cranbrook and Penticton to share how BC food producers and culinary professionals can leverage 2010-related opportunities.

The 2005 Legacies Speaker Series brought Graeme Hicks, from Albury, Australia, to six BC communities to show how businesses and communities can get involved in sport tourism opportunities.

Over 240 children in five communities were introduced to motor skills and sport through Special Olympics BC's Active Start and FUNdamentals program, which received $30,000 from the BC Sport Participation Program in 2007-2010.

Over 1300 adolescent girls and women from seven communities as well as 111 coaches participated in ProMOTION Plus' Girls Only Badminton and Downhill Girls programs in 2007-2010 thanks to $25,000 from the BC Sport Participation Program.

Over 1000 girls from six BC communities learned self-defence and self-confidence through Karate BC's Fit 4 Sport program in 2007-2010, thanks to $20,000 from the BC Sport Participation Program.

Over 4700 at-risk youth and 130 coaches participated in Youth CanMove, an acrobatic skills and circus arts program from Gymnastics BC in 2007-2010, thanks to $30,000 from the BC Sport Participation Program.

Dance Victoria received $167,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development to commission choreographer Crystal Pite to create a new work to be presented in Victoria, Vancouver and Ottawa.

More than 2100 youth experience dragon boat racing with Canoe Kayak BC's H2O Go! program in 2007-2010, thanks to $10,000 from the BC Sport Participation Program.

More than 360 children, aged 6-16, in nine communities tried ringette at events hosted by BC Ringette's Come Try Ringette program in 2007-2010, thanks to $20,000 from the BC Sport Participation Program.

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival Society received $160,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development to commission the Berlin-based Rimini Protokoll theatre group to develop and original work about Vancouver.

Kamloops' Western Canada Theatre received $98,000 from Arts Partners In Creative Development for Where the Blood Mixes, a theatre production in partnership with Vancouver's Playhouse Theatre Company.

More than 26,300 children and coaches in 12 communities learned golf fundamentals with BC Golf Association's Playground to Fairway program in 2007-2010 thanks to $25,000 from the BC Sport Participation Program.

Over 3,000 children in grades 2-7 in 41 communities participated in Basketball BC's Steve Nash Youth Development Program in 2007-2010 thanks to $25,000 from the BC Sport Participation Program.

Over 4000 children and women in 12 communities participated in competitive cycling through Cycling BC's Ride for Your Life program in 2007-2010, thanks to $20,000 from the BC Sport Participation Program.

New Performance Works received $13,000 from Catalyst to pilot the Arts Administrators Mentoring and Coaching Pilot.

The 2005 WTA Tour - Vancouver Women's Open received $20,000 from Hosting BC.

More than 4,300 young hockey players participated in Spirit of 2010 Hockey Tournaments.

The Vancouver-Mount Pleasant literacy task group received $50,000 from Literacy Now Communities to improve literacy in the area.

The Vancouver-Kitsilano literacy task group received $30,000 from Literacy Now Communities to improve local literacy.

Arts Umbrella received $6,572 from Catalyst for the Re-Assessment & Implementation Plan for Arts Umbrella's Early Childhood Education Program.

Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop received $15,900 from Catalyst for the ACWW Children's Literature Legacy Initiative.

Association of Book Publishers of BC received $12,500 from Catalyst for the Tyee Books Web site.

Battery Opera Performing Arts Society received $10,000 from Innovations for Evidence, a social-media, online photographic response to an audience's memory of a specific performance.

CABINET Interdisciplinary Collaborations received $25,000 from Innovations for Projections I, contemporary, interdisciplinary event bringing together the work of visual, performing and video artists.

Canada Ice Dance Theatre received $3,000 from Catalyst for the Manager Mentorship Program, a professional management structure in which the successful candidate for a newly established administrative position will undertake a six-month mentorship with a senior arts producer.

Carnegie Community Centre Association received $20,700 from Innovations for the Carnegie Opera.

Carnegie Community Centre Association received $15,000 from Innovations for the First Nations and Chinese Opera.

Centre A received $3,000 from Catalyst for the Centre A Strategic Plan 2008, a set of objectives and actions relating to facilities, finance and succession planning.

City of Vancouver Public Art Program received $15,000 from Innovations  to develop INTERSECTION, a public art project for the windows at Hastings and Carrall.

Co. ERASGA Dance Society received  $4,475 from Catalyst for management practices consultancy.

Conseil Culturel et Artistique Francophone de la Colombie-Britannique received $8,681 from Catalyst for Strategic Planning for the 2010 Olympic Games.

Contemporary Art Gallery received $13,600 from Catalyst for Art Reach: Web-based Classroom Resources in Contemporary Art.

The Dance Centre Society received $15,000 from Catalyst for BC Dances! Communities Discovering Dance.

The Documentary Media Society received $16,828 from Innovations for DOXA Networking Intensive, a unique vision-building experience.

Documentary Media Society received $5,000 from Catalyst for Rated Y for Youth, a student outreach program that will create a forum for the critical discussion of works presented at the annual DOXA festival.

Electric Company received $22,000 from Innovations for HIVE: Intimate Performances and Explosive Events.

Eponymous Productions and Arts Society received $4,400 from Catalyst for Contemporary Dance at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre.

Felix Culpa received $15,000 from Innovations for News of the World an experiment in creating a new kind of political theatre.

Gallery Gachet Society received $8,000 from Catalyst for Art & Healing Capacity Building Initiative, a peer-based training program.

Full Circle: First Nations Performance Society received $13,600 from Catalyst for the "nchu7mut" Project, an educational  gathering of elders and leaders in Aboriginal culturally-based knowledge.

Geist Foundation received $11,000 from Catalyst for Theatre Outreach and Audience Development Project, a cross-marketing initiative aimed at developing Geist’s readership among theatre audiences and promoting Canadian theatre activities to Geist readers.

Health Arts Society received $15,000 from Innovations for the Tickle Trunk Touring Circus.

The Helen Pitt Gallery ARC received $12,200 from  Catalyst for The Arts Visibility Project, a focused effort to increase the public visibility of the organization.

The Heritage Vancouver Society received $5,000 from Catalyst for Developing Heritage Vancouver's Audiences and Markets.

HR MacMillan Space Centre received $20,000 from Innovations for Sky Tales: Aboriginal Views of the Night Sky.

Joe Ink Performance Society received $10,000 from Innovations for (in)HabiTaT, a new dance that will explore how we define our sense of place in the world and the importance of home as a sanctuary.

Kids Around the World Children's Museum Society received $1,000 from Catalyst for Fundraising Plan & Support for the KAWCM.

Kootenay School of Writing received $5,000 from Catalyst to conduct the Archives Project, a stabilizing of its substantial archives of BC poetry.

Leaky Heaven Performance Society received $7,500 from Innovations for Dog Days, a series of children-envisioned events that will take place in the Strathcona neighbourhood.

Live Biennale of Performance Art Society received $8,880 from Catalyst for the LIVE DVD Archive & Outreach Project.

Made in BC received $16,000 from Innovations for Made in BC - Dance on Tour, a province-wide network of regional presenters for dance who are committed to increasing dance activity in their communities.

Mascall Dance Society received $7,500 from Innovations for Homewerk Graphic Comic Book, an interactive publication for young readers inspired by the dance piece Homewerk.

Media Undefined Society received $10,000 from Innovations for Intersections, a living history project that will engage youth, seniors and artists from different ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds in Vancouver's Strathcona and Downtown Eastside neighbourhoods.

Music BC received $14,500 from Catalyst  to stage  Get Outta Town!  A touring concert series with performing artists from the Okanagan, Vancouver Island, Northern BC and the Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley.

Musqueam First Nation received $15,000 from Creative Communities  to develop a strategic Cultural Map.

Musica Intima received $10,000 from Innovations for Confluence/Mamawapi Sipiy, a new collaborative project involving the Iskwew traditional Aboriginal music ensemble.

Neworld Theatre received $10,000 from Innovations for PodPlays,  an evolution of the traditional radio play.

Musqueam Indian Band received $11,500 from Catalyst for the Musqueam and Four Host Nations Cultural Protection Policy of Traditional Knowledge Project.

Only Animal Theatre Society received $5,000 from Innovations for NIX: 'Theatre of Ice' Experiments, a new play that takes place in a theatre built of ice and snow.

Or Gallery Society received $5,000 from Innovations for Out of Office Reply, a  satellite project that engages emerging artists in experimental art activities.

Orchid Ensemble received $10,000 from Innovations for Ghost Project, a exploration of the rituals and customs in different cultures through music, masks, dance, media arts, shadow puppets and scenographic installations.

Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres received $10,000 from Catalyst for ARCpost Pilot, a pilot web-based publication.

Pacific Cinémathèque Pacifique received $15,000 from Innovations for Landscapes for Every Screen, a program to empower British Columbians of all ages to discover and frame digital video interpretations of their landscapes and their worlds.

Pangaea Arts Society received $20,000 from Innovations for The Gull: The Steveston Noh Project, an original Canadian Noh play integrating traditional Japanese Noh Theatre into a modern theatrical experience.

Pivot Legal received $15,000 from Innovations for Hope Shadows Artistic Initiative, a publication featuring the work of 80 photographers and 80 writers from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

Playhouse Theatre Centre of British Columbia received $10,000 from Catalyst for Governance in Transition,

Playhouse Theatre Company received $5,000 from Catalyst for Playhouse Envoy Programme, an audience development project designed to increase community engagement in the theatre's creative activities.

Playwrights Theatre Centre Society received $11,500 from Catalyst for PTC Revenue Diversification Plan, a planning process that will result in the development of a revenue diversification strategy for the organization.

Public Dreams Society received $8,000 from Catalyst for Revisioning the Business Plan for Imaginate, a planning project that will include comprehensive market research and analysis with a view to creating a new business plan.

Purple Thistle Community Society received $5,000 from Innovations for Purple Thistle Exhibits and Workshops at the Interurban.

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival Society received $16,000 from Catalyst for the PuSh Festival Targeted Expansion Project.

Realwheels Society received $10,000 from Catalyst for Marketing and Audience Development Strategy and Tools.

Realwheels Theatre Society received $5,000 from Catalyst for the Artistic Producer Training Program.

Realwheels Theatre Society received $12,500 from Innovations for The Realwheels Theatre Project: Skydive,  new cross-disciplinary live theatrical presentation that brings together the innovative gravity-defying ES Dance Instruments with the transformational text of Electric Company's Kevin Kerr.

Ripple Effect Arts and Literature Society received $7,500 from Catalyst for Wordscapes re-branding project, a journal journal that will target a youth audience and strengthen existing relationships with educators and literary artists.

Rumble Production Society received $20,500 from Catalyst for the Integrated Capacity Building Initiative, a capacity building project to address opportunities for the next phase of the organization's growth.

Screaming Weenie Productions Society received $5,000 from Innovations for Fresh Sheets, a new annual festival of original, queer-themed plays by emerging and established Canadian playwrights.

See Seven Performing Arts Society received $7,250 from Catalyst for See Seven Strategic & Business Plans. a consultation process to assess staffing needs as well as potential touring and service organization opportunities.

Seismic Shift Arts Society received $5,000 from Catalyst for Speaking of Dance, a series of free events designed to enrich and deepen the public's engagement with contemporary dance.

Seniors' Research Group of Chinese Opera and Music received $3,500 from Catalyst for Stage Presence, Singing and Instrumentation Workshops.

Society for Disability Arts and Culture received $11,535 from Catalyst for Capacity Building Towards 2010 and Beyond.

Solo Collective Theatre received $3,500 from Catalyst for Strategic Planning & Managed Growth Mentorship, a 12-month mentorship for staff of Solo Collective.

SubTerrain magazine received $6,000 from Catalyst for the Post-secondary Student Outreach Program.

Theatre Terrific Society received $15,000 from Innovations for Disabled Artist Theatrical Troupe, the creation of a professional troupe of actors, which will include people with disabilities.

Touchstone Theatre received $7,450 from Catalyst for the Marketing & Audience Development Plan, a two-phase research and strategic planning project.

Vancouver Adapted Music Society received $12,500 from Catalyst for VAMS on WHEELS, a community-based project involving 10 of Canada’s most talented musicians with disabilities.

Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre received $7,000 from Catalyst for Maintaining Diversity in Theatre: Visible Communities & Audiences Underserved.

Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre received $5,000 from Catalyst for Breaking the Language Barrier for Communities and Audiences Underserved.

Vancouver East Cultural Centre received $7,000 from Innovations for IGNITE! Intensive Program, a professional mentorship program for young people interested in developing their craft through workshops and performance opportunities.

Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre received $10,000 from Innovations for The Emperor of Atlantis, a chamber opera by composer Viktor Ullman and librettist Petr Kien written during World War II at Theresienstadt, a Nazi transit camp.

Vancouver Moving Theatre Society received $13,100 from Catalyst for the Downtown Eastside Community Development Project, a new and innovative arts-based community development project that focuses on themes of addiction and recovery.

Vancouver Museum received $6,000 from Catalyst for Training Needs Assessment and Delivery, a comprehensive training needs assessment.

Vancouver Society for Early Music received $5,000 from Catalyst for Audience Development: Dynamic Planning for Long-Term Audience Growth.

Vancouver Symphony Society received $12,200 from Innovations for VSO Connects, a pilot program created to deepen the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's relationship with students.

Vancouver West Side Theatre Society received $5,000 from Catalyst for the NRT Music Subscription Series with Workshops for Youth.

Virtual Stage Arts Society received $10,800 from Innovations for Spank!, a computer-generated, three-dimensional moving scenography integrated with a choreographed aerial performance.

Wen Wei Dance Society received $3,500 from Catalyst for the Workshop in Chinese Opera with William Lau.

Western Front Society received $7,250 from Catalyst for the Western Front Communications Initiative, a programming structure and interface design for a stronger web presence.

College of New Caledonia received $8,500 from Innovations for the Red and Blue Beetle Art Tour, an exhibition of artwork, poetry and music relating to the impact of the mountain pine beetle.

The 2009 World Junior Curling Championships received $20,000 from Hosting BC.

The 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championships received $20,000 from Hosting BC.

The 2009 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships received $25,000 from Hosting BC.

The 2008 Canadian Short Track Speed Skating Team Selection #1 received $7,500 from Hosting BC.

The 2008 ISU Short Track World Cup received $25,000 from Hosting BC.

The 2008 Stanley Park Open for wheelchair tennis received $7,500 from Hosting BC.

Push International Performing Arts Festival Society received $131,500 from the Arts Partners in Creative Development for the Air India Opera Flight 182, a project which celebrates cross-cultural themes and international partnerships.

Theatre Replacement Society received $40,000 from the Arts Partners in Creative Development for the Greatest Cities in the World, a project which celebrates cross-cultural themes and international partnerships.

Movement Enterprises Society received $30,000 from the Arts Partners in Creative Development for Dances for a Small Stage 22: Special Delivery, a project which celebrates cross-cultural themes and international partnerships.

MACHiNENOiSY Dance Society received $41,328 from the Arts Partners in Creative Development for Open Spaces, a project which celebrates cross-cultural themes and international partnerships.

Coastal Jazz and Blues Society received $88,000 from the Arts Partners in Creative Development for Fixed, Fragmented and Fluid, a project which celebrates cross-cultural themes and international partnerships.

BC Chinese Music Association received $70,00 from the Arts Partners in Creative Development to support Intercultural Innovations, a project which celebrates cross-cultural themes and international partnerships.

The Arts Club Theatre Company received $64,000 from the Arts Partners in Creative Development to support Tear the Curtain, a project which celebrates cross-cultural themes and international partnerships.

The Vancouver Art Gallery Association received $185,000 from the Arts Partners in Creative Development to support Ian Wallace's New Commission, a project which celebrates cross-cultural themes and international partnerships.

Vancouver's Three Correlated Rotations received $91,890 from the Arts Partners in Creative Development.

Vancouver's Streets of Home received $10,000 from the Arts Partners in Creative Development.

Vancouver's Profiles from the West received $30,000 from the Arts Partners in Creative Development.

Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society's containR received $50,000 from the Arts Partners in Creative Development.

The 2009 Stanley Park Open event received $5,000 from Hosting BC.

The World Junior Curling Championships received $20,000 from Hosting BC.

The World Wheelchair Curling Championships received $20,000 from Hosting BC.

The Aboriginal Sport Gallery Travelling Exhibit toured with ActNow on the Road to 2010 Community Tour and visited Vancouver in 2009.

The Aboriginal Sport Gallery Travelling Exhibit visited Vancouver in 2009.

Malaspina Printmakers Society received $19,500 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for Fire/Fire.

Vancouver Access Artist Run Centre (Access Gallery) received $18,760 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for the Come Down project.

Vancouver Art Gallery Association received $90,540 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for the Ken Lum: Mirror Maze with 12 Signs of Depression and House of Realization project.

Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (Centre A) received $25,200 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for the No Pain Like This Body project.

Boca del Lupo Theatre Society received $5,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for the PHOTOG: An Imaginary Look at the Uncompromising Life of Thomas Smith project.

Chop Theatre Society received $31,150 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for the How to Disappear Completely project.

First Pacific Theatre Society received $37,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for the Father Daughter Reunion (working title) project.

Green Thumb Theatre received $68,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for Sick Daze project.

Karen Jamieson Dance Society received $47,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for the Collision project.

Musica Intima Society received $34,500 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for Songs from the Holy Forest project.

Neworld Theatre Society received $90,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for The Idiot project.

Pangaea Arts Society received from Arts Partners in Creative Development $15,000 for Cumberland (working title)project.

Radix Theatre Society received $29,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for Babylonia project.

Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra (VICO) received $54,000 from Arts Partners in Creative Development for Imagined Worlds: Intertwined project.

Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society received $1,000 from the Aboriginal Youth Sport Legacy Fund for archery equipment.

The Vancouver-Downtown Eastside literacy task group received $10,000 from Literacy Now Communities to improve local literacy.

The Vancouver-Kiwassa task group received $10,000 from Literacy Now Communities to improve local literacy.

The Vancouver-Cedar Cottage task group received $10,000 from Literacy Now Communities to improve local literacy.

The Vancouver Learning City task group received $10,000 from Literacy Now Communities to improve local literacy.

The Vancouver-Marpole/Oakridge literacy task group received $30,000 from Literacy Now Communities to improve local literacy.

The Vancouver-South Vancouver literacy task group received $30,000 from Literacy Now Communities to improve local literacy.

Close to 32,000 students in 93 schools in the Vancouver School District participated in Action Schools! BC to improve physical activity and healthy eating.

BC Sanshou Federation received $2,000 from the Local Sport Program Development Fund for the Indigenous Martial Artists program.

Musqueam Indian Band received $2,000 from the Local Sport Program Development Fund for an onsite gymnastics program at Musquem.

Strathcona Community Centre Association received $2,000 from the Local Sport Program Development Fund for their basketball outreach for girls in the Downtown Eastside.

Inner City MoreSports received $2,000 from the Local Sport Program Development Fund to run a swim/run program.

MoreSports Hastings Hub received $1,960 from the Local Sport Program Development Fund to expand their Smash Badminton program.