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Team Canada will return to Victoria for W’Hoop It Up; a pre-Olympic training camp with an exhibition game against Portugal on June 26, 2024 at the Save-On Foods Memorial Centre. Tickets go on sale May 24, 2024.
We The West and Canada Basketball hosted an exhibition game between Canada and Japan's Senior Women's National teams. The event showcased the growing prominence of women's basketball in Canada, inspiring young athletes.
Canada Basketball and We The West are excited to announce that Canada’s Senior Women's National Team will host an exhibition game against Japan on Friday, June 2, 2023 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, B.C. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. PT, with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. PT.
Canada’s Senior Men’s National Team is set to return to the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre on August 25th. In partnership with Friends of Victoria Basketball, We The West and Canada Basketball, Victoria will play host to Canada's first FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers game in the second round.
Jake Johnston, also known as ‘TikTok’ (a creative pseudonym founded in 2004) is an Abstract Geometric Artist whose mischievousness would initially enter him into the world of art via the avenue of Graffiti, teaching him the tools and techniques that are currently used in his paintings today.
Here on the coast, the W̱SÁNEĆ people have known that the land, sea, and sky are all intimately interconnected. The land gives nutrients to the sea and the moon guides the tides. This design emulates those beliefs.
“When We Grow Up” speaks to the relationship between sport, nature, and the human condition. A major theme in much of our work is nature and our place in it. Our design aims to draw parallels between Environment and Sport.
I wanted to come up with a design that riffs on the 3x3 court lines and also reflects the beauty of where we live on Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ territories.
When I visited the pop-up court site I still wasn't sure what that would be. As I was about to leave a hawk started circling the trees and gave me my answer.
When I visited the pop-up court site I still wasn't sure what that would be. As I was about to leave a hawk started circling the trees and gave me my answer.