- The first-ever Winter hybrid Invictus Games will be held in
Whistler and Vancouver, February
8-16, 2025
TORONTO, March 15, 2024 /CNW/ - BMO today announced it
will be an Official Gold Sponsor of the Invictus Games Vancouver
Whistler 2025, presented by ATCO and Boeing, reinforcing its
commitment to military service members and Veterans as the Official
Bank of the Canadian Defence Community.
The Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 will see up to 550
competitors from as many as 25 nations showcase their skills in a
range of adaptive sports, including the first-ever Winter hybrid
adaptive sporting program at an Invictus Games. Newly added Winter
hybrid adaptive sports include Alpine Skiing, Alpine Snowboarding,
Biathlon, Nordic Skiing, Skeleton, and Wheelchair Curling. These
Games will be supported by leading organizations from across
Canada, as well as approximately
1,600 volunteers from across the world.
"As the Official Bank of the Canadian Defence Community, BMO is
committed to supporting service members, Veterans and their
families well beyond their financial well-being," said Gayle Ramsay, Head of Everyday Banking &
Customer Acquisition, Digital & Canadian Products, BMO. "BMO is
proud to celebrate all the competitors who have overcome incredible
adversity to compete and to be a part of their recovery journey
through sport. Our partnership with the Invictus Games Vancouver
Whistler 2025 embodies our Purpose, to Boldly Grow the Good in
business and life, driving progress for a thriving economy,
sustainable future, and inclusive society."
"We are thrilled to have BMO join us as a sponsor for the
Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025," said Scott Moore, CEO, the Invictus Games Vancouver
Whistler 2025. "Their longstanding commitment to the Canadian
Defence Community has helped service members and Veterans across
all facets of their lives. BMO really listens to help with some of
the unique financial challenges service members and Veterans face,
and we are proud to have them partner with us as a catalyst for
positive change, supporting shared healing and rehabilitation."
Over the last decade, BMO has contributed more than $5 million to support Veterans' workforce
transition and recovery and rehabilitation programs, partnering
with Last Post Fund, Veteran's House Canada and Wounded Warriors
Canada, among others.
As the Official Bank of
the Canadian Defence Community, BMO is proud to support the
military community. Additional BMO initiatives
include:
- In 2023, expanding BMO employee benefits for Canadian Military
Reservists and their families.
- Partnering with the Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare
Services (CFMWS) to offer banking solutions for the Canadian
Defence Community.
- Providing special discounts and banking benefits for Canadian
Personal & Business Banking clients, helping BMO customers save
more than $20.7 million in monthly plan fees in
2023.
- Sponsor of the Canada Army Run since 2008, RCAF Run and Navy
Bike Ride, with BMO employees volunteering in support.
- Serving over 105,000 members of the Canadian Defence Community
as of January 2024, meeting the bank's target of doubling this
customer segment two years early.
- Approximately 90 Canadian Defence Community Branches dedicated
to serving approximately 33 military bases, wings, and units
across Canada.
- With the BMO Support Our Troops Mastercard, a portion of each
transaction made goes to the official charitable cause of the
Canadian Armed Forces, Support Our Troops. This card
also supports Soldier On, which enables serving members and
Veterans to recover from physical and mental illnesses/injuries
through active living, the arts, and other peer-based recreational
activities. BMO Support Our Troops Mastercard recently hit $1
million in contributions to CFMWS.
- Veterans Advisory Council employee resource group supporting
colleagues who are reservists, Veterans, or military spouses.
- Military-ready hiring page
at https://jobs.bmo.com/ca/en/military/.
The Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 will be held on the
traditional territories of the Lil̓wat7úl (Líl̓wat), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm
(Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)
Nations, and is committed to engaging with each Nation, addressing
Canada's Truth and Reconciliation
Calls to Action, and respecting Indigenous protocols in all aspects
of the Games. The organizing committee is further committed to
ensuring that the four Host First Nations languages, traditions,
protocols and cultures are meaningfully acknowledged, respected and
represented in the planning, staging and hosting of the Games.
Moreover, the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 has
representation from a number of the four Host First Nations on its
Board of Directors, who provide expertise, collaboration, and
oversight.
For more information on how BMO is supporting the Canadian
Defence Community please visit bmo.com/cdcb and
bmo.com/cdcbbusiness.
BMO Gives. Good grows
here.
Helping communities thrive by supporting the organizations that
sustain them and encouraging employee giving and volunteerism is at
the heart of BMO's Purpose, to Boldly Grow the Good in
business and life. In 2023, our social impact included more
than $84 million donated to hundreds of charities and
non-profit organizations across North America to help
drive progress by enabling individuals to thrive and communities to
prosper. Our colleagues spent almost 62,000 hours volunteering in
the community and contributed more than $31.2 million of
donations through our annual employee giving program. For more
information, please visit BMO.com.
About BMO Financial
Group
BMO Financial Group is the eighth largest bank in North America by assets, with total assets of
$1.3 trillion as of January 31, 2024. Serving customers for 200 years
and counting, BMO is a diverse team of highly engaged employees
providing a broad range of personal and commercial banking, wealth
management, global markets and investment banking products and
services to 13 million customers across Canada, the United
States, and in select markets globally. Driven by a single
purpose, to Boldly Grow the Good in business and life, BMO
is committed to driving positive change in the world, and making
progress for a thriving economy, sustainable future, and inclusive
society.
About Invictus Games Vancouver
Whistler 2025
The Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025, presented by ATCO
and Boeing, is an international adaptive sporting competition for
wounded, injured and sick service personnel and Veterans. Taking
place from February 8th – 16th 2025,
the seventh Invictus Games will bring together up to 550
competitors from up to 25 nations to British Columbia, Canada. Through the power of
sport, the Games will inspire recovery, support rehabilitation, and
generate a wider understanding and respect for those who have
served their country.
For the first time in Invictus Games history, The Invictus Games
Vancouver Whistler 2025 will see competitors given the opportunity
to participate in both winter and indoor adaptive sports. The 2025
Games will feature new winter sports including: alpine skiing,
biathlon, Nordic skiing, skeleton, snowboarding, and wheelchair
curling, in addition to the core sports of indoor rowing, sitting
volleyball, swimming, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair
rugby.
The Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 will be held on the
traditional territories of the Lil̓wat7úl (Líl̓wat), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm
(Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)
Nations. The organizing committee is committed to collaborating
with the four Host First Nations, addressing Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Calls to
Action, and respecting Indigenous protocols in all aspects of the
Games.
True Patriot Love Foundation, the Government of Canada, and the Province of British Columbia are the Founding Partners of
the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025. For more information,
visit invictusgames2025.ca
SOURCE BMO Financial Group - Communications