Sport for Life enewsletter

Mobilizing multisport with Fortune Freestyle

 

If everything is going according to their strategic plan, the athletes coming up through Fortune Freestyle’s long term development program will participate in a wide range of dryland sports, including hiking, mountain biking and rock climbing. Because of cooperative scheduling with other teams, they may compete in sports such as hockey or volleyball. And though in the past they’ve been invited to pick between either slope or moguls skiing, they’re now being encouraged to do both.

 

West Van makes physical literacy headlines

 

An ambitious multi-year physical literacy initiative in West Vancouver is making headlines across the country as the school district moves toward integrating movement into their everyday curriculum.

 

After launching the project during the 2015/16 school year, initially working with only one grade, they’ve now expanded their efforts to include every student from K to 12.

 

Olympic gold medallist Jean-Luc Brassard reflects on changing sport landscape

 

When news broke that a number of Canadian female alpine skiers had been sexually abused by their coach Bertrand Charest between 1991 and 1998, leading to a trial and ultimate guilty verdict, initially Jean-Luc Brassard didn’t want to get involved. The celebrated Olympic gold medal-winning skier was shocked by the allegations, but didn’t know what he could contribute to the conversation. Like everyone else, he directed inquiring journalists elsewhere. But then he thought twice. 

 

Early bird deadline ends today for the 2020 Sport for Life Canadian Summit

 

The 2020 Sport for Life Canadian Summit takes place in Gatineau, Quebec from January 28 to 30, and you can register at the early bird rate until November 28. The multi-day conference will feature workshops, presentations and 10 keynote speakers from the sport and physical literacy world, including Jean-Luc Brassard, Joy SpearChief-Morris and Michael Downey.

 

Risk management course offered for sport organizations

 

There’s no shortage of risk when it comes to running a sport organization, so how do you plan for the future while also being prepared for the worst? With Sport for Life’s e-learning course, Risk Management in Sport, you’ll get a practical description of the risks you can anticipate encountering, and how to effectively plan to address those risks.

 

What is appropriate specialization? webinar

 

When is it appropriate to begin specializing, based on the type of sport and other factors? An expert panel will address questions such as: What does “appropriate specialization” mean to you? What does the research tell us are some consequences of “inappropriate” (generally too early) specialization? Is there a consensus on the right time to specialize? What are the “must have” qualities before the athlete should start specializing? How does this differ in different sport types? For example, Gymnastics is traditionally an early specialization sport…what about other types of sport?

 

Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 10:00–11:30 a.m. PST.

 

Durable by Design: Active for Life

 

This document presents a vision for reversing the trend towards obesity, inactivity, and sedentary behaviour in Canada. It is about a future Canada characterized not by chronic disease and sedentary behaviour, but instead by regular physical activity and chronic health on a mass scale. It is about reframing our attitudes towards activity and aging to foster individuals who are “durable by design.

 

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