United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals — Departmental Results Report 2021-22

• Sport Support Program—Canadian Sport Policy

This Strategy contributes to:

• Global target 3.4: By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being.

In 2021-22, Sport Canada worked with Federal-Provincial/Territorial partners to plan for the renewal of the Canadian Sport Policy to be completed in February 2023. Among the objectives sought by the policy is the opportunity for Canadians to participate in sport for fun, health, social interaction and relaxation and to contribute to good health and well-being. The renewed policy will help identify Canadian sport priorities and provide guidance to Federal, Provincial and Territorial governments over the next 10 years (2023-33).

Engagement and preparations included the following:

• Meetings held by the Canadian Sport Policy Renewal Working Group (summer 2021)
• Policy concept paper incorporating findings from the 2012 Canadian Sport Policy evaluation and environmental scan that identified potential barriers and issues affecting the Canadian sport landscape over the next decade due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Preliminary national engagement events:
  • pilot session at the 2021 Sport Canada Research Initiative annual research conference (240 participants); and
  • survey launched in spring 2022 on the Future of Sport (10,000 Canadian respondents).

• Official languages—Protocol for Agreements for Minority-Language Education and Second-Language Instruction

This Strategy contributes to:

• Global target 4.5: By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, Indigenous Peoples and children in vulnerable situations.

• Sport Support Program—Canadian Sport Policy

This Strategy contributes to:

• Global target 5.2: Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation.

• The Sport Support Program supported the goal of empowering all women and girls, with a focus on access to sport by Indigenous Peoples. The Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities new Stream Three, launched in Fall 2021, aimed to ensure that Indigenous women and girls have access to meaningful sport activities
• The 2021 Sport Canada Gender Equity Funding Impact Assessment prepared by a third-party, Openly, found that funding recipients were able to deliver programs and interventions, which allowed them to:
  • Build the conditions that will, over time and with sustained attention, increase the number of women in coaching, officiating, and leadership positions in sport;
  • Build the conditions that will, over time and with sustained attention, increase participation of girls and women in sport; and
  • Improve the availability of research and data to support evidence-based decision making.

• Canada’s Creative Export Strategy

This Strategy contributes to:

• Global target 8.1: Sustain per capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances and, in particular, at least 7 percent gross domestic product growth per annum in the least developed countries

• Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy

This Strategy contributes to:

• Global target 10.2: By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status.

Canada's Anti Racism Strategy created a Federal Anti-Racism Secretariat that leads a whole-of-government approach by helping departments and federal institutions identify gaps and systemic barriers in policies, programs, legislation and international agreements, and identify opportunities for new responsive initiatives that affect the lives of racialized communities, Indigenous Peoples and religious minorities. In partnership with Women and Gender Equality Canada the Federal Secretariat’s interdepartmental COVID-19 and Equity-Seeking Communities Taskforce provided a space for federal institutions and organizations to engage directly with equity-seeking communities to ensure the federal response to COVID-19 is informed by the diverse needs of communities.

In recognition of the United Nations Decade for People of African Descent, the Federal Anti-Racism Secretariat established, in support of Employment and Social Development Canada, the Working Group on the International Decade for People of African Descent. The Working Group grew to reach over 18 federal institutions who are convened on a regular basis to ensure that government actions effectively address the needs of people of African descent in Canada and further explore government action beyond 2024, the last year of the UN Decade.