Own The Podium
Lauren Vickery is an experienced physiotherapist and sports professional with a strong focus on women's sports and athlete health. Currently serving as the Integrated Support Team Lead for the Women’s National Sitting Volleyball Team with Volleyball Canada and as the Women in Sport Science Chair for Own The Podium, Lauren also holds a position as a Sport Physiotherapist/Return to Performance Lead at the Canadian Sport Institute Alberta. Past roles include serving as Physiotherapist and Para-Medical Lead for Speed Skating Canada, as well as various physiotherapy positions with organizations such as Copeman Healthcare, Luge Canada, and Volleyball Canada. Lauren holds a Master of Science in Physiotherapy and a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, both from the University of Alberta.
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Own The Podium
Own the Podium is an innovative and collaborative initiative without precedent in Canadian sport. It was created to bring together the key parties involved in leading and funding excellence in Canadian sport, with specific emphasis on achieving excellence at Summer and Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Own the Podium makes recommendations to national funding parties on the amount of resources allocated to targeted winter and summer national sport organizations, Canadian Sport Centres, innovation and research, and other needed programs. Own the Podium also monitors the implementation of the targeted National Sport Organizations’ high-performance programs to ensure maximum performance results and intervenes where necessary. À nous le podium est une initiative de collaboration d'avant-garde sans précédent dans le sport au Canada. Elle a été créée dans le but de réunir les partenaires clés engagés dans l'encadrement et le financement de l'excellence dans le sport au Canada et de mettre l'accent sur l'excellence aux Jeux olympiques et paralympiques d'été et d'hiver. À nous le podium formule des recommandations aux partenaires financiers nationaux sur les montants à accorder aux organismes nationaux d'hiver et d'été ciblés, aux centres canadiens multisports, à la recherche et à l'innovation et aux autres programmes requis. À nous le podium fait également le suivi auprès des organismes de sport ciblés de la prestation de leurs programmes de haute performance afin d'assurer des résultats optimaux et intervient au besoin.