{"id":2810,"date":"2023-12-18T03:10:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T03:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpms1.humber.smartmanagedservers.com\/sweatmag\/?p=2810"},"modified":"2023-12-18T04:02:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T04:02:10","slug":"letter-from-the-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/letter-from-the-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from the President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Jeff Harris<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vpms1.humber.smartmanagedservers.com\/sweatmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/g4we5pme.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2811\" width=\"602\" height=\"677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/g4we5pme.jpg 452w, https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/g4we5pme-150x169.jpg 150w, https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/g4we5pme-300x337.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jeff Harris, OCAA President<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I would like to welcome readers to the 2023 Fall Edition of Sweat Magazine, the official magazine of the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association and your source of information for collegiate sport in Ontario. On behalf of our 26 member institutions, I would to extend our appreciation to Humber College and their respective journalism program for their continued support of Ontario collegiate athletics with the publication of Sweat magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would also like to extend my gratitude to the institutions who played host to provincial and national championships this fall. You continue to provide a tremendous platform for student-athletes to showcase their talents that result in life-long memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to this fall\u2019s OCAA Championship teams:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Golf \u2013 Humber College \u2013 Men and Women<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Softball \u2013 St. Clair College<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baseball \u2013 St. Clair College<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cross Country \u2013 Mohawk College Men and St. Clair College Women<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Men\u2019s Rugby \u2013 Georgian College<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Women\u2019s Rugby 7\u2019s \u2013 Durham College<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Men\u2019s Soccer \u2013 Conestoga College<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Women\u2019s Soccer \u2013 Seneca College<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to provincial success, OCAA members continue to perform well on the national stage. This fall the Humber men\u2019s golf team captured their 12th national title, while the Seneca Sting won their first national women\u2019s soccer gold medal. It was also the first for any OCAA women\u2019s soccer team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The OCAA welcomed Vidflex, a new live-streaming partner this year and early results have been impressive. The quality of our live-stream broadcasts continue to improve and the increase in viewership demonstrates an appetite for OCAA content. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For fifty plus years, the OCAA has been providing opportunities for student-athletes to compete and develop positive characteristics such as team work, leadership, work ethic and dedication to assist them in their future endeavors beyond college. I wish all of our student-athletes success on and off the field of play and would like to extend my appreciation to all of the administrators, coaches, trainers and therapy staff who support student-athletes in their pursuit of athletic and academic excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeff Harris, OCAA President<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2023 OCAA president shares a letter for this years online magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":2821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,230],"tags":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/Presidents-e1702869770560.jpg",1920,648,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/Presidents-e1702869770560-160x160.jpg",160,160,true],"medium":["https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/Presidents-e1702869770560-640x216.jpg",640,216,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/Presidents-e1702869770560-768x259.jpg",696,235,true],"large":["https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/Presidents-e1702869770560-1280x432.jpg",696,235,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/Presidents-e1702869770560-1536x518.jpg",1536,518,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/Presidents-e1702869770560.jpg",1920,648,false],"td_150x0":["https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/Presidents-e1702869770560-150x51.jpg",150,51,true],"td_218x150":["https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/Presidents-e1702869770560-218x150.jpg",218,150,true],"td_300x0":["https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/Presidents-e1702869770560-300x101.jpg",300,101,true],"td_324x400":["https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/Presidents-e1702869770560-324x400.jpg",324,400,true],"td_485x360":["https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/Presidents-e1702869770560-485x360.jpg",485,360,true],"td_696x0":["https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/Presidents-e1702869770560-696x235.jpg",696,235,true],"td_1068x0":["https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/Presidents-e1702869770560-1068x360.jpg",1068,360,true],"td_1920x0":["https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/Presidents-e1702869770560.jpg",1920,648,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"sweatmag","author_link":"https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/author\/isabelle\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The 2023 OCAA president shares a letter for this years online magazine.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2810"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2810"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2837,"href":"https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2810\/revisions\/2837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}