b'ACTIVE COMMUNITIESSpirit North, which promotes activities like cross country skiing, mountain biking and canoeing, reaches over 80,000 youth a yearGladu can pinpoint the moment whenacross Canada who are facing personalBENEFITShe realized just how much sport meantand social challenges, sometimes on aTakeSpiritNorth.Itwasfounded to him. I was about 12, sitting in mymassive scale.originally as Ski Fit North to promote dads truck after a game. My parentsthe benefits of cross-country skiing to were going through a rough divorce SportstransformativeimpactonIndigenous youth in Alberta. About theyre very friendly now, but it was a badIndigenous youth is perhaps nowhere10 years ago the organization hired time for the family. I remember realizingbetterormoredramaticallyBeckie Scott as an ambassador to tour that with everything that was out of mydocumented than in the case of thecommunities and spread the word about control, I could control my level of effortKugluktuk Grizzlies lacrosse team (seethe benefits of physical activity. A three-in hockey. I had the power to influencepg. 35), whose story was recently thetime Olympian who won cross-country a win if I gave it my all. I told myself Isubject of an award-winning film. ThereGold in the 2002 Winter Olympics and was going to work hard at whatever Iare many examples in addition to theSilver in 2006, Scott was a logical choice. could in my life. Grizzlies that show that IndigenousThe more I visited these communities communities are increasingly seekingand saw the potential for the program Imagine what that experience canout the personal and social benefits thatto make an impact, the more inspired mean multiplied thousands of timessports and physical activity can bring,I was to see how we could take things over, in the lives of Indigenous youthespecially for youth.to the next level, she says. Scott took True North is the only valve company in the entire CCAB that offers the services that we do. We are a complete sales and service centre that specializes in Owner asset management and investment recovery. We are not a web-based seller and through our strategy we have been able to achieve 90-95% investment recovery. We have a 50% Aboriginal employment rate and are putting four of our First Nation employees through high school with our Learn While You Earn program.If youd like to find out more, please contact us at our websitewww.truenorthmods.com or ken.braget@truenorthmods.ca36A CCAB PUBLICATION2020'