Dear Sport for Life Champion,
In this newsletter, we would like to share with you a number of initiatives, projects, events, and resources that aim to improve the quality of sport and physical literacy!
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Building Resilience in Your Athlete: An Introductory Webinar
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What do LeBron James, Misty May-Treanor and the Seattle Seahawks have in common? They
all practice mindfulness, to improve their game
and their personal resilience. Whether you’re an athlete, coach or sport leader, your ability to take stress in stride, persist through obstacles and stay focused under pressure can be the difference between success and failure, satisfaction or grim determination. This webinar will introduce how mindfulness builds resilience in sports—and in life.
In this webinar, participants will learn more about: mindfulness as an attentional skill set, how mindfulness boosts your capacity to stay resilient, mindfulness and sport: the mental game, short experiential mindfulness exercise, and how to access mindfulness resources.
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The Impact of Quality Sport Programming in Bahamian Judo
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A Workshop Toward Truth and Understanding
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The complete history of the land known as Canada is rarely told. Most Canadians never learn the history of the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit, peoples from an Indigenous perspective, which is why the KAIROS Blanket Exercise
TM
is so important. The Blanket Exercise consists of trained facilitators leading participants through an experiential workshop on pre-contact, treaty-making, colonization and resistance in order to provide an understanding of the shared history of Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada.
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The Importance of a Multisport Approach
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A multisport approach is advocated by many prominent researchers (e.g. Dr. Joe Baker and Dr. Jean Coté) and it has recently captured the attention of the media.
National.
A few of the bigger sport organizations have created a
public service announcement
highlighting the benefits of multisport participation. And of course,
Active for Life
continues to promote multisport to parents.
In the upcoming months and in collaboration with sport partners, Sport for Life Society plans to facilitate conversations with a call to action, recognizing that for change to take place (e.g. more quality multisport programs and opportunities) many groups must work together. What is the best way forward? The following events are scheduled to move to action and change through effective dialogue and decisions:
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International Physical Literacy Conference 2019
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We are excited to announce the
International Physical Literacy Conference 2019
(IPLC 2019), “Moving Forward Together,” will be hosted in Winnipeg, Canada on May 7-10. Join us as leaders from across the globe share best practices and research to advance the worldwide physical literacy movement. The conference will have exciting new topics attractive to a variety of sectors:
- Physical Literacy as a Fundamental Human Right
- Physical Literacy Across the Life Course
- Physical Literacy for Health
- Physical Literacy – Strive to Inclusivity
- Communities and Schools from a Physical Literacy Perspective
- Physical Literacy – A Pursuit for Lifelong Adventure
You can
submit a presentation abstract
, including poster presentations, beginning
September 3
. Call for abstracts and posters will close on
October 26
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To learn more about IPLC 2019, check out the newly launched IPLC website at
iplc.info
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Physical Literacy for Communities video
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In an effort to bring further awareness and knowledge of physical literacy into communities accross Canada, Sport for Life has developed a physical literacy video as a first acquaintance to the concept. The video touches on the three mains factors contributing to physical literacy: competence, confidence and motivation, along with some staggering statistics surrounding health and physical activity. The video showcases opportunities for incorporating physical literacy into a variety of sectors as well as a diverse range of populations, and finishes by offering a call to action for its viewers.
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Si vous voulez consulter nos infolettres en français,
cliquez ici
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We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada.
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