The 2010 Winter Olympics,officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games and also known as Vancouver 2010,were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28,2010 in Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada,with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of Richmond,West Vancouver and the University of British Columbia,and in the nearby resort town of Whistler. It was regarded by the Olympic Committee to be among the most successful Olympic games in history,in both attendance and coverage. Approximately 2,600 athletes from 82 nations participated in 86 events in fifteen disciplines. Both the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games were organized by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC),headed by John Furlong. The 2010 Winter Games were the third Olympics to be hosted by Canada,and the first to be held within the province of British Columbia. Canada had hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal,Quebec,and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary,Alberta.
The Richmond Olympic Oval is an indoor multi-sports arena in the Canadian city of Richmond,British Columbia. The oval was built for the 2010 Winter Olympics and was originally configured with a speed skating rink. The venue has since been reconfigured and now serves as a community multi-sport park and includes two ice hockey rinks,two running tracks,a climbing wall,a rowing tank and a flexible area which can be used for,among other sports,basketball,volleyball,indoor soccer and table tennis.
The Privacy Act is the federal information-privacy legislation of Canada that came into effect on July 1,1983. Administered by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada,the Act sets out rules for how institutions of the Government of Canada collect,use,disclose,retain,and dispose of personal information of individuals.
The Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages of the Canadian government is responsible for achieving the objectives of,and promoting,Canada's Official Languages Act. Canada has two official languages:English and French.
Bernard St-Laurent is a Canadian retired journalist and radio personality,best known as a longtime host of programming on CBC Radio. In 2012,he was given the Award of Excellence –Promotion of Linguistic Duality by the Commissioner of official languages Graham Fraser for having "dedicated his life to keeping English-speaking Canadians informed of what's happening in the other official language".
The Frye Festival,formerly known as the Northrop Frye International Literary Festival,is a bilingual literary festival held in Moncton,New Brunswick,Canada in April of each year. The festival began in 1999 and honours noted literary critic Herman Northrop Frye (1912–1991),who spent his formative years in Moncton,graduating from Aberdeen High School.
The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) was the non-profit organization responsible for planning,organizing,financing and staging the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Paralympics. Established on September 30,2003,about four months after the 2010 games were awarded to Vancouver,British Columbia,it performed these roles with "the mandate to support and promote the development of sport in Canada."
For the 2010 Winter Olympics,a total of ten sports venues were used,seven in Vancouver,and three in Whistler. The majority of ice sport events were held in Vancouver,while Whistler,which normally serves as a ski resort,hosted the snow events. Six non-competition venues,three each in Vancouver and Whistler,provided athlete housing,space for media,and locations for ceremonies associated with the Games.
The opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics was held on February 12,2010,beginning at 6:00 pm PST at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada. This was the first Olympic opening ceremony to be held indoors. It was directed by David Atkins.
Leo Obstbaum was an Argentine-born Spanish design director for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada,as part of the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC). Obstbaum was responsible for designing many of the main symbols of the Vancouver Olympic Games including the Olympic and Paralympic medals,the design of the 2010 Olympic torch,and the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots.
Nodar Kumaritashvili was a Georgian luge athlete who suffered a fatal crash during a training run for the 2010 Winter Olympics competition in Whistler,British Columbia,Canada,on the day of the opening ceremony. He became the fourth athlete to die during preparations for a Winter Olympics,and the eighth athlete to die as a result of Olympic competition or during practice at their sport’s venue at an Olympic Games.
Established in 2007,Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium was a joint venture set up by Canadian media companies Bell Media and Rogers Media to produce the Canadian broadcasts of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada,and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London,England,as well as the two corresponding Paralympic Games. Bell owned 80% of the joint venture,and Rogers owned 20%.
A number of concerns and controversies at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada,surfaced before and during the Games,and which received media coverage.
The closing ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics took place on February 28,2010,beginning at 5:30 pm PST at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada. It was the first Olympic Closing Ceremony held in an indoor venue since the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.
The 2010 Winter Paralympics Torch Relay was a 10-day event leading up to the 2010 Winter Paralympic Games in Vancouver. It began on March 3,2010,in Ottawa and concluded at the Games' opening ceremony on March 12. Held entirely within Canada,the host country,it has been described by the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games as "an important event to connect Canadians to the Games",by "demonstrating the fire inside each individual and how it inspires others".
The Closing Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Paralympics took place on March 21,2010,beginning at 7:30 pm PDT at the outdoor Whistler Medals Plaza in Whistler,British Columbia,Canada.
John Furlong,OC,OBC is a Canadian sports administrator who oversaw the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Paralympics and was President and CEO of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee (VANOC).
The 2010 Winter Olympics cauldron was erected for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada. A version of the cauldron was used as part of the opening ceremony at BC Place,while a permanent,public cauldron was constructed in Jack Poole Plaza,in compliance with protocol stating that the lighting of the Olympic flame should be visible outdoors to the public.
The table below lists the decisions delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2018. The table illustrates what reasons were filed by each justice in each case,and which justices joined each reason.
The Award of Excellence –Promotion of Linguistic Duality is given annually by Canada's Commissioner of Official Languages. It is given to groups or individuals which are not bound to the Official Languages Act,but whose leadership helped promote Canadian Linguistic Duality,in Canada or abroad,or helped the development of Official Language Minority Communities. The prize was first awarded in 2009 by Commissioner Graham Fraser,and its first recipient was Linda Leith.
