To our Sport for Life champions,
During these challenging times, we need each other more than ever.
Whether it means collaborating with your team to address new safety protocols around COVID-19, adapting programming to align with Long-Term Development, or creating new opportunities for newcomers to Canada, we’re all doing our best to touch the lives of those around us.
In this newsletter you can read about the work Canada Soccer is doing to put players first, how the Northwest Territories is using PLAYBuilder to fight sedentary lifestyles, and the latest update from the School Physical Activity and Physical Literacy Project. Also, you'll see a discounted eLearning opportunity, and a chance to register for an upcoming webinar put on by Active for Life and the Government of Canada.
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Soccer Canada puts athletes first
It’s about developing good people who contribute to their society.
When Canada Soccer’s Manager of Development–Operations, Dave Nutt, thinks about the long-term development of athletes, his emphasis isn’t on finding the best dribbler or the most talented shooter; instead, he’s fixated on creating the right environment to foster social, emotional and mental health. As the national sport organization continues to implement and fine-tune its Long-Term Player Development framework, he believes their mandate shouldn’t be to exclusively focus on high-performers, but to celebrate each individual player and ensure they’re having a quality sport experience.
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School Physical Activity and Physical Literacy Project hosts summer institute for teachers
As the burgeoning physical literacy movement becomes embedded into Canada’s cultural consciousness through endeavours like this project, he believes we’ll see changes to how B.C. students move throughout the school day.
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Welcoming newcomers with quality sport
Starting over in a new country can be extremely difficult.
That's why Sport for Life pitched the Building More Movement and Social Connection for Newcomers Project to the City of Victoria, as part of their annual Participatory Budgeting contest — spearheaded by our Senior Manager of Operations Kabir Hosein. If successfully selected, our organization plans to identify and reduce/eliminate barriers to key services and supports with a primary focus on easy-to-access physical activity and social connection opportunities that many newcomers lack when they first arrive in Canada.
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One of the resources we use for our work with families new to our country is Sport for Life for all Newcomers to Canada. It outlines the barriers that newcomers may face in their participation of sport and physical activity, and then provides examples of solutions and opportunities that exist, as well as promising practices of work being done across Canada.
By 2030, immigration will account for all of Canada's net population growth. Cities across Canada are being transformed by immigration, and these demographic trends will undoubtedly impact the Canadian sport and physical activity system.
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Webinar explores physical literacy in child care settings
Active for Life and the Government of Canada teamed up to study the potential benefits of daily physical literacy and active play in child care settings, and were thrilled to discover benefits in areas such as communication, creativity and focus. This webinar will describe the study design, intervention tools and results.
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2020, 10:00–11:00 a.m. PST / 1–2:00 p.m. EST.
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Introduction to Long-Term Development in Sport and Physical Activity eLearning
Act now to receive a 30% discount, and sign up for $17.45!
This course has been designed to help you create fun, safe, positive, and developmentally appropriate quality sport and physical literacy experiences for people of all ages and abilities. The three main goals of Long-Term Development in Sport and Physical Activity are to support the development of physical literacy, strive for excellence, and empower people to be active for life.
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PLAYBuilder Q&A with Sport North Federation
Sport North Federation is dedicated to the development of sport at every level of participation in the Northwest Territories.
Their Community Sport Development & Physical Literacy Engagement Facilitator Spider Jones recently connected with Sport for Life to talk about why his organization has decided to embrace PLAYBuilder to support their quality sport programming.
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Trinidad and Tobago industry professionals reaffirm commitment to Long-Term Development with web series
The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) is committed to making Long-Term Development the industry standard for their sport system, and recently teamed up with Sport for Life to put on a six-part web series available to industry professionals. Aimed at addressing identified gaps in their athlete pathways, the Zoom meetings were ultimately a well-attended success.
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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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