The Invictus Games 2025: A Celebration of Resilience and Recovery

The DAG Connection

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The Invictus Games are coming to Vancouver and Whistler this winter. The idea was first conceived by Prince Harry in 2014 as a celebration of the courage and resilience demonstrated by those recovering from injuries obtained during military service. 

The competitive events of the games embody the healing power of sport and community. Through activities like wheelchair rugby and basketball, seated volleyball, and indoor rowing, the Games empower athletes to reclaim their confidence, develop social connections, and regain a sense of belonging. The upcoming games in Vancouver and Whistler will be the first to incorporate adaptive winter sports such as alpine skiing and snowboarding, nordic skiing and biathlon, skeleton, and wheelchair curling.

Team Canada will be among the twenty plus nations competing in this year’s events. Comprised of active and retired service personnel from across the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), each member of Team Canada has sacrificed a piece of their personal wellbeing in the pursuit of our nation’s security. We will have the opportunity to watch as they once again demonstrate their resilience and resolve, pursuing recovery through the unconquerable spirit of the events. By supporting Team Canada at the games, Canadians can honour these athletes sacrifices and inspire their continued journey toward recovery.

Invictus Games 2025 serves as a powerful reminder of the strength of our military family, and the resilience of the athletes who inspire us all.

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,
  Black as the Pit from pole to pole, 
I thank whatever gods may be 
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud. 
Under the bludgeonings of chance 
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears 
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years 
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

William Ernest Henley