Are you interested in trying something new and exciting? The Just Tri-It program is a great place to start. It offers training opportunities for beginners in swimming, biking and running/walking. Here you will find a fun, relaxed and informal group of women, all with the goal to develop a more active and healthy lifestyle.
Active Healthy Kids Canada strives to be a trusted source for “powering the movement to get kids moving”—a ‘go to’ source for knowledge, insight and understanding that influences thinking and action among issue stakeholders to help them build better programs, campaigns and policies in order to increase physical activity among children and youth.
Health matters, getting and staying active from youth to older adults with disabilities.
This web site encourages older Canadians to maintain and enhance their well being and independence through a lifestyle that embraces daily physical activity.
The Alberta Centre for Active Living advocates for physical activity, provides physical activity expertise, and supplies research and education on physical activity for practitioners, organizations and decision-makers. The Centre's mandate is to improve the health and quality of life for all people through physical activity.
Resources that the Alberta Centre for Active Living Provides:
- two regular newsletters
- WellSpring and Research Update
- research reports
- surveys (i.e. Alberta Survey on Physical Activity)
- information about our resources are all available on thier website. Click here for more information.
The Business Case for Active Living at Work is the third major initiative undertaken by Health Canada to improve the physical activity levels of Canadians since 1998. The first two initiatives were the launch in 1998 of Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy, Active Living followed by Canada's Physical Activity Guide for older adults in 1999.
Information on physical activity and how it plays an important role in the health, well-being and quality of life of Canadians. People who are physically active live longer, healthier lives. Active people are more productive, and more likely to avoid illness and injury.
The Canadian Cancer Society is a national, community-based organization of volunteers whose mission is the eradication of cancer and the enhancement of the quality of life of people living with cancer. Provincial links are also available.
Get fit for active living: Exercise and Education Program for Older Adults
The goal of the Canadian Diabetes Association's web site is to become THE online resource for people with, and affected by, diabetes and for healthcare professionals treating those affected by the disease.
The mission of the Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute is to enhance the well-being of Canadians through research and communication of information about physically active lifestyles to the public and private sectors.
The Canadian Physiotherapy Association web site has some great tools to assist in becoming or staying physically active. Be sure to check out the "information sheets" that are on this excellent site.
Make sure to visit the
Saskatchewan Physiotherapy Association web site for information that can contribute to your health and help you to keep active and "in motion"!
A great site developed by the Canadian Paediatric Society that offers child health and information from Canada's paediatric experts. Great information for parents!
Link to
this site for access to fun, interactive tools that assess food choices and nutrition knowledge, FAQs and factsheets on current healthy eating topics, and tasty recipes.
Information on nutrition and healthy eating
Good site with a wide variety of game ideas and descriptions. Useful for parents, teachers, guardians, etc.
Website developed by The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity and Nike Canada that encourages girls in sports.
Information on a variety of topics. Also a link to provincial information
The National Quality Institute is a not-for-profit organization that provides strategic focus and direction for Canadian organizations to achieve excellence, enabling Canada to set the standard for quality and healthy workplace practices throughout the world.
ParticipACTION’s mission is to provide leadership in collaboration and communications to foster the “movement” that inspires and supports Canadians to move more.
ParticipACTION’s vision is to work with its partners to ensure a Canadian society where people are the most physically active on Earth.
The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology has released the first systematic, evidence-based Canadian Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for Children and Youth.
Go for Green is a national non-profit, charitable organization encouraging Canadians to pursue healthy, outdoor physical activity that protects, enhances, or restores the environment. We identify and share community-driven solutions that make a positive contribution to Canadian society
Falls are one of the most complex injury issues facing seniors. There has been unprecedented momentum and interest in preventing falls in seniors over the past decade in Canada. The Saskatoon Falls Prevention Consortium has information on screening tools and resources.
A board of volunteers, the majority of whom are older adults, operate the
Saskatoon Council on Aging Inc., a non-profit, community based, voluntary
organization that is dedicated to the promotion of dignity, health, and
independence of older adults.
This site features a list of "street games" that kids have made up over the ages.
Links to a variety of organizations (older adults, Canadians with a disability, etc.)
