Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Opening of Canada Games, St Johns NFLD, 1977, P.M. announces I am a Grandmother to the nation! Frank Moores”.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “1978, Commonwealth Games, Cda Gymnastic [?] Team, Edmonton”.
Unidentified individuals stands in background.
Unidentified individuals can be seen by picnic tables in background.
Fenced area visible in background.
Tables and large tent visible in background.
Many are wearing matching blue sport jackets.
Many are wearing matching blue sport jackets.
Computer print-out contains information regarding various projects funded by Ministry of Fitness and Amateur Sport. Includes the names of projects, organization names, project number, description of project, the approval amount of funds allotted to the project and the payments year to date. Also included are the projects missing refusal.
Photograph depicts a photographer and other men standing over a crowd at Northern BC Winter Games event in Prince George.
Photograph depicts Special Olympics athlete Daphne Pendleton on the left with an unknown woman.
Photograph depicts the design for the coin commemorating the 1978 XI Commonwealth Games in Edmonton Alberta. Design details both sides of the coin.
Opposite shore in background.
This book gives a complete pictorial record of the 1978 IX Commonwealth Games in Edmonton. On the first page there is an acknowledgment from Minister Iona Campagnolo in support of the games.
Subseries consists of correspondence and accompanying informational material related to the operations of the Fitness and Amateur Sport branch of the Department of National Health and Welfare. Records include newspaper clippings, reports, newsletters, memoranda, brochures and pamphlets, reference material, budgetary documents, news releases, and speeches by Minister Campagnolo. Includes correspondence regarding national sports events and services; congratulations to Canadian athletes, teams, and coaches; requests for financial aid and grant applications from sport organizations and athletes; handicapped athletes and organizations; the National Sports and Recreation Centre; requests for information and publications from the branch; the National Advisory Council on Fitness and Amateur Sport Operations; national and international sports conferences; liaison with businesses, educational institutions, and foreign countries regarding sport; the issue of apartheid and its effect on sports; sports training facilities at universities; and sports and fitness research. Also includes alphabetical name registry files for sport associations and organizations that contain correspondence and informational material related to specific groups.
Subseries consists of correspondence and accompanying informational material related to the fitness and recreation functions of the Fitness and Amateur Sport branch of the Department of National Health and Welfare. Records include reports, newspaper and magazine clippings, posters, newsletters, meeting minutes, pamphlets and brochures, news releases, itineraries, and speeches by Minister Campagnolo and others. Includes correspondence regarding funding and requests for financial assistance for fitness programs and facilities, Campgnolo’s green paper entitled “Toward a National Policy on Recreation” and feedback on the publication, the promotion of physical fitness programs, employee fitness and the Exercise Break Program, ParticipACTION, physical education in schools, fitness programs for seniors, the Canada Fitness Award Program, and sports and recreation programs for First Nations people. Also includes alphabetical name registry files for sport associations and organizations that contain correspondence and informational material related to specific groups.
Publication contains two booklet publications (one in English, one in French) from the Fitness and Amateur Sport branch regarding the construction and usage of fitness trails.
Photograph is one of 13 images printed from digital format on a CD-R featuring members of a group referred to as 'Terracites' (see item 2009.6.1.697) pictured in the gardens; see also items 2009.6.1.698 - 2009.6.1.710.
Photograph is one of 13 images printed from digital format on a CD-R featuring members of a group referred to as 'Terracites' (see item 2009.6.1.697) pictured in the gardens; see also items 2009.6.1.698 - 2009.6.1.710.
Photograph is one of 13 images printed from digital format on a CD-R featuring members of a group referred to as 'Terracites' (see item 2009.6.1.697) pictured in the gardens; see also items 2009.6.1.698 - 2009.6.1.710.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “The KGB + We in Vienna - World Hockey Championships 1977 - Geoff Gowen - Roger Jackson to left”. Building is the Museum of King Jan III's Palace at Wilanów, Warsaw, Poland
A commemorative glass mug with printed gold and blue design reading "Bridgewater Nova Scotia 77 Recreation Association Nova Scotia Conference" with motto "People Time and Leisure." This was a gift to Minister Iona Campagnolo for attending the conference in Bridgewater, NS.
Photograph depicts a gravel running track at an outdoor field in Friedrichshafen, Germany. This Photograph was taken during Iona Campagnolo's European sports tour.
Photograph depicts a portrait of Guy Cousineau. Photograph accompanied his notice of appointment as director of Loto Canada in 1976.
Photograph depicts an unidentified gym teacher shaking hands with an unidentified student on a basketball court at Mount Elizabeth Secondary School. A crowd of unidentified students sits on the floor. Several unidentified adults and students sit in the bleachers.
Photograph depicts an unidentified gym teacher at Mount Elizabeth Secondary School standing and speaking to a group of unidentified students who are sitting on the floor with their backs to the camera.
Photograph depicts an unidentified gym teacher standing in front of class and holding a basketball at Mount Elizabeth Secondary School. Unidentified students sit on the floor and on bleachers.
Photograph depicts an unidentified Gym teacher standing on a basketball court talking to a group of unidentified students at Mount Elizabeth Secondary School. Two unidentified men are in the background, standing under a basketball hoop. Iona Campagnolo is present, but not pictured.
Photograph depicts an unidentified Gym teacher standing on a basketball court talking to a group of unidentified students at Mount Elizabeth Secondary School. One girl in the middle of the crowd has turned to face the camera. Iona Campagnolo is present, but not pictured.
Photograph depicts a Health and Welfare Canada sign in front of outdoor sports activity stations as part of a Recreation Canada event in Kitimat, B.C. The photograph was taken while on Iona Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour.
Photograph depicts hockey players Pierre Larouche, Vladimir Dzurilla, and Oldřich Machač in front of the net at an unknown hockey game attended by Minister of Sport Iona Campagnolo.
Photograph depicts a member of the Kitimat Black Hawks and a member of another local team (the "Reds") supporting Iona Campagnolo on the ice at the Kitimat arena.
Photograph depicts a member of the Kitimat Black Hawks and a member of another local team (the "Reds") supporting Iona Campagnolo on the ice at the Kitimat arena.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo standing on an outdoor field with a crowd of people in East Germany. The photograph was taken on Iona Campagnolo's European sports tour.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo speaking to members of the Terrace Minor Hockey school.
Campagnolo stands behind table with vase labeled “MS 78” with Team Canada Captain Marcel Dionne and five unidentified men.
Handwritten annotations on verso read: “307,” “(Fred Skombatti), Hockey Canada, Bronze Medal, IIHF, 1977, Marcel Dionne, Captain Team Canada”.
Item is one of 7 photographs accompanying letter from Derek Holmes, Hockey Canada to Iona Campagnolo, dated 24 November 1978, which reads: “Dear Iona, A few pictures recalling some of the happier moments in Canada’s otherwise stormy hockey scene which I thought you would appreciate.” Handwritten notation included with photographs reads: “Sport Minister in Europe - DDR - East Germany - Hungary - Poland - Austria”. See also items 2009.6.1.249 - 2009.6.1.254.
Stone wall runs in background. Photograph was taken at Terrace Gardens, Government House, Victoria, B.C. See item 2009.6.1.660 for similar image.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo and British Columbia Premier William Bennett practicing a fitness routine. Both are wearing track suites and Northern BC Winter Games pins.
Handwritten notation originally affixed to verso reads: “The chap in the red jacket is Dr. Michael J. B. Whitaker, a team coach (I worked with him during my time as Administer of the Knox (Medical) Clinic.”
Photo is one of two images included with photocopy of a letter from J. Michael Roberts, 4529 Montford Cresc., Victoria, B.C., V8N 3W6, dated 22 January 2003, to Iona Campagnolo reading: “Your Honour: At the 26 September 2002 Queen’s Jubilee Medal Ceremony in Government House, I briefly mentioned that I had taken several photos of you some years ago when I lived in Kelowna. I am enclosing them herewith. They were taken in September 1978 at the soccer fields behind the Parkinson Recreation Centre in Kelowna when you, as Federal Minister of Sports and Fitness (if memory serves) opened a Junior Soccer Tournament in which my son Ian - now 36! - was a participant. It took a little searching to find the slides from which these photos were made, but I thought you might enjoy this glimpse of times past for your personal archives. Respectfully, J. Michael Roberts”. See also item 2009.6.1.337.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo and an unknown female biker near the map for the Terrace bicycle race.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo and an unknown female biker near the map for the Terrace bicycle race and starting line.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo and First Nations spectators at a sporting event.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo walking with five unknown men in a garden behind a sports centre in Friedrichshafen, Germany.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo with five women wearing "Crossan" shirts at a Recreation Canada event in Kitimat, B.C. The photograph was taken while on Iona Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour.