Student Experience

What to Expect

Algonquin College is proud to provide a diverse and dynamic student experience. Check out the highlights below to get a sense of what to expect as a student in the Sport Business Management program.

Work-Integrated Learning

Learning that meets the demands of industry
An active advisory board of sport industry leaders ensure our curriculum remains current and meets the demands of the sport industry. These relationships also provide opportunities for networking and bringing influential industry leaders into the classroom to share their experiences.

Gain unique knowledge and experience from a field placement in the nation’s capital
Ottawa has several professional sport franchises and more national governing sport bodies and multi-sport organizations than any other city in Canada. The program balances sport-business management education with an intensive experiential work placement. Throughout the duration of the program, students must work a minimum of 16 hours per week within the sport industry.

Students have enjoyed gaining real-life experience through field placements with the following organizations:

  • Aboriginal Sport Circle
  • Algonquin College Athletics
  • Aramark Sport Services
  • AthletesCan
  • Athletics Canada
  • Baseball Canada
  • Biathlon Canada
  • Bowls Canada
  • Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa
  • Carleton University Athletic Department
  • Canada Games Council
  • Canadian Adult Recreation Hockey Assoc.
  • Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport
  • Canadian Fencing Association
  • Canadian Gymnastics Association
  • Canadian Interuniversity Sport
  • Canadian Olympic Committee
  • Canadian Paralympic Committee
  • Canadian Professional Coaching Ass.
  • Canadian Ski Marathon
  • Canadian Soccer Association
  • Canadian Sports Awards
  • Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance
  • Canadian Table Tennis Association
  • Camp Fortune
  • Capital Sports Management
  • CFL Grey Cup
  • CJHL Hockey League
  • Coaching Association of Canada
  • Combat Baseball
  • Commonwealth Games Canada
  • Corporate Hype Inc.
  • Diving Canada
  • EHK Sports
  • ESTEEM Team
  • Equine Canada
  • Executive Fitness Leaders
  • FIFA U-20 World Cup
  • FIFA Women’s World Cup
  • Federation of Canadian Archers
  • Football Canada
  • Gong Show Hockey
  • Hockey Canada
  • Huron Hockey Schools
  • Judo Canada
  • Kanata Stallions Jr. “A” Hockey Club
  • Lacrosse Canada
  • Metcalfe Jets Hockey Club
  • Mission-Itech Hockey
  • Montreal Canadiens Foundation
  • Motivate Canada
  • NASCAR Canada
  • Nakkertok XC Ski Club
  • NHL All-Star Game
  • Ontario Speedskating Association
  • Ontario Summer Games
  • Ottawa 67s Hockey Club
  • Ottawa Athletic Club
  • Ottawa Fury Soccer Club
  • Ottawa Lynx Baseball Club
  • Ottawa Renegades Football Club
  • Ottawa Senators Hockey Club
  • Ottawa Senators Foundation
  • Ottawa SkyHawks
  • Ottawa Sport Awards
  • Ottawa Sport and Entertainment Group
  • Ottawa Sport Council
  • Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame
  • Own the Podium
  • Queen’s University Athletic Department
  • Ringette Canada
  • Rossignol Canada
  • Rugby Canada
  • SamBat Baseball
  • Skate Canada
  • Softball Canada
  • Soccer Canada
  • South Ottawa Canadians Hockey
  • Speed Skating Canada
  • Sport Canada
  • SportsBusinessNews.com
  • Squash Canada
  • STEVA Sports
  • Swimming Canada
  • TEAM Ottawa-Gatineau
  • The Sport Matters Group
  • True Gravity Sports and Entertainment
  • Twin Elm Rugby Park
  • Volleyball Canada
  • University of Ottawa
  • Waterski Wakeboard Canada
  • Women’s World Hockey Championships
  • World Jr. Hockey Championships

Competitions

Celebrating a 20-year partnership between Sport Business Management & Ottawa Senators

Sens mascot smiling with members of Algonquin College and the Ottawa Senators

Photo (L to R): Ed Blomeley, ACSBM Professor/Coordinator; Matthew Franczyk, Coordinator, Corporate Partnerships, Ottawa Senators Hockey Club; Josh Moscovik, ACSBM student; Jimuel Cedo, ACSBM student; Sparticat; Brandon Lytle, ACSBM student; Alex Pilette, ACSBM student, Eric Lightfoot, ACSBM student; Aaron Robinson, Director, Fan and Community Development, Senators Community Foundation.

Each year, Sport Business Management (ACSBM) students compete in the ACSBM Major Bid Contest, a real world bid development package created by students to at times assist national sports organizations with future sporting events. The competition was launched in 2002 when the Senators donated the Crystal Cup to the ACSBM program’s founder, former NHL’er and Sens Alum Jim Kyte.

This year, on August 16 at the Canadian Tire Centre, the winning student team was presented with the Crystal Cup by the Ottawa Senators mascot Sparticat. This year’s participating sport organization, who provided mentorship to the ACSBM students, was the NHL NYC HQ Special Events Group (Outdoor Games). A special thanks to NHL CCO Steve Mayer, who so quickly said yes to our request for support and engagement.

The NHL Ottawa Senators Hockey Club and the Senators Community Foundation have been functional partners of the Algonquin College Sports Business Management program for over two decades.

Congratulations to the Sport Business Management student team!

Tom Anselmi, Ottawa Senators President and CEO Guest Speaker in Classroom
Tom Anselmi, the newly appointed Ottawa Senators President and Chief Executive Officer, made his first educational-related speaking appearance in the Ottawa-area recently to students in Algonquin College’s Sport Business program. Tom, a recognized senior business leader in Canada and an accomplished sports and entertainment executive, most recently worked for Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) where he was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 1999 and President in 2012. Prior to his role at MLSE, Anselmi was also Vice-President and General Manager of arena operations for Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment (now Canucks Sports & Entertainment) in Vancouver.

During his hour long visit to the class he discussed his philosophy for working in the business of sport, using examples of his own career path. He then took questions on a variety of topics from the students ranging from Ottawa’s attempts to secure a new arena to his thoughts on changing the culture of the team’s front office.