Join Our Team and Become a Healthy Living Leader!I
There is only one week left to register for this year’s Healthy Living Leader Training! Our healthy living team will be bringing you the training sessions live and in person, with all the engagement, activity and laughter you’ve been missing. After attending our training, you will be eligible for up to $1000 in grant support for your Indigenous RunWalkWheel or Honour Your Health Challenge program.
- Indigenous RunWalkWheel: choose from an 8-week program preparing participants for a 5K or a 13-week program preparing participants for a 10K Run/Walk/Wheel event.
- Honour Your Health Challenge: develop your own 8-week program focused on physical activity, healthy eating, respecting tobacco or healthy pregnancies - past programs include creating a community cookbook, “Family Fitness Fridays,” planting medicinal tea gardens, Kick the Nic tobacco program, “Moccasin Mamas,” and many more.
| Region | Dates |
| Northwest | September 28 – 29 |
| Northeast | October 4 – 5 |
| Interior | October 19 – 20 |
| Vancouver Costal / Fraser | November 3 – 4 |
| Vancouver Island | November 8 – 9 |
Our sessions are regionally focused – we strongly recommend that you to sign up for the training dates specific to your region in order to meet fellow community champions in your area. However, if you are from the Cariboo region we encourage you to attend the Prince George session, held October 4-5. Included in this group are leaders living in or north of Williams Lake, such as Soda Creek and Quesnel, as well as communities west of Williams Lake along Highway 20 such as Riske Creek and Alexis Creek.
Click Here to Register for Leader Training!
Are you brand new to ISPARC? Hesitant or nervous? We get it! it can be scary trying something new. But we want you to know that you are in good company and we welcome you with open arms to our healthy living family! Taking this first step to become a healthy living leader can positively impact your life as well as the lives of your community members
ISPARC Healthy Living Team
Here are some words of encouragement from our own healthy living leaders:
“My favourite things were the engagement and all-inclusiveness. With it being a healthy leader training program, I was nervous that everyone was going to look like they lived in the gym and being a bigger girl myself I felt so incredibly encouraged and motivated when I saw that everyone was of all shapes and sizes and colors and personalities it was truly amazing and filled my heart.”
– RTS Participant
“I felt included and part of a team immediately. It was a great experience.”
– RTS Participant
I worked with one female athlete at Thompson Rivers University who said she attributed staying in school and getting to the North American Indigenous Games to the opportunities she was provided from the Honour Your Health Challenge.
– HYHC Leader
One of my students is wanting to become a Law Enforcement Officer, and she was concerned that she would not be able to keep up with the physical aspect of the program, so was considering not applying at all. She has now learned a healthier way of eating and in turn has more energy and has begun to be more active and is preparing herself for the physicality of this training. Her confidence has also improved.
-HYHC Leader
You don’t want to miss out! Come join us!
Deadline: September 18, 2022
Click Here to Register for Leader Training!
New to our Registration System?
- Click on the link above
- If you attended our leader training last year, please use your username and password
- There is an option to reset your password if needed, or contact jseal@isparc.ca for your username or password
- If you are new to this system, please create an account
- Once logged in you can choose either the Indigenous RunWalkWheel or Honour Your Health Challenge program (see below for program details)
- The Team Can’t Wait to See You Back in Person!
Contact
Registration: Susan Meier | smeier@isparc.ca | 604-763-4134
Leader Training: Amanda de Faye | adefaye@isparc.ca | 778-995-9593
This newsletter comes to you from the Healthy Living team at ISPARC.
Director,
Healthy Living
Robynne Edgar
P: 250.858.6383
redgar@isparc.ca
Manager, Healthy Living Program Operations
Amanda de Faye
P: 778.995.9593
adefaye@isparc.ca