The purpose of the Sports Stream was to encourage and enhance sport performance and leadership among Japanese Canadian Descendants or Survivors by supporting High-Performance / High-Level Athletes (Category 1) and High-Performance Coaches (Category 2) with funds towards their development and pursuit of sport excellence. 

JCLS is grateful for the highly accomplished and experienced Assessment Team who evaluated the applications. Deep thanks to Gary Kawaguchi, Mitchell Kawasaki, Bill Hatanaka, Jim Kojima, and Vicky Sunohara for rigorous work on this important stream. Thanks also to Alan Sakai for his support in the assessment process.

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