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Youth Behaviour Trajectories

• Children and Youth
• Data and Analytics
• Life Skills
• Physical Health
• Physical Literacy
• Sleep and Recovery
• Parent
• Researcher

Longitudinal studies allow us to observe behavioural changes and identify patterns over time, providing unique insight on how behaviours are affected by life events. New research using data from the Monitoring Activities of Teenagers to Comprehend their Habits (MATCH) study,...

Increasing physical literacy in youth

• Children and Youth
• Physical Literacy
• Program Design and Evaluation
• Sport for Development
• Policy Maker and Government Official
• Researcher
• Sport Organization

Physical literacy – the motivation, confidence, competence, and knowledge to be physically active for life – is considered by some to be the essential ingredient to lifelong physical activity. But how is it developed? Analysis of participant outcomes from a...

Physical Literacy

• Children and Youth
• Life Skills
• Participation
• Physical and Health Education
• Physical Literacy
• Program Design and Evaluation
• Athlete
• Coach
• Official
• Parent

The development of physical literacy is essential to life-long participation in sport and physical activity. Learn how teachers and parents (and program leaders, coaches, and others!) can be allies in ensuring students develop the "motivation, confidence, physical competence, knowledge and...

The Importance of Risky Play for Physical, Social, and Emotional Development

August 16, 2017

• Children and Youth
• Life Skills
• Participation
• Physical Literacy
• Parent

Engaging in risky play is a natural part of a child’s development. In addition to increasing physical activity and developing social skills, risky play is a way by which children learn to adapt to their environments and fears, and may...

Influence of Structural and Psychosocial Factors on the Level of Physical Activity of Preschoolers Attending Daycare

October 15, 2011

• Children and Youth
• Participation
• Physical and Health Education
• Physical Literacy
• Program Design and Evaluation
• Policy Maker and Government Official
• Researcher

• Influence of Structural and Psychosocial Factors on the Level of Physical Activity of Preschoolers Attending Daycare

The True Sport Experience: Bringing physical and ethical literacy to life in and out of the classroom

August 25, 2021

• Children and Youth
• Long Term Development
• Participation
• Physical and Health Education
• Physical Literacy
• Quality Sport
• Coach
• Parent
• Sport Organization

Physical and health education teachers and coaches are experts at helping kids learn new skills. By patiently walking students through each learning step, they build the blocks of learners’ physical literacy. However, sport and recreation experiences aren’t built on physical...

Physical Literacy

• Children and Youth
• Participation
• Physical and Health Education
• Physical Literacy
• Parent
• Sport Organization

Physical literacy has become an important outcome across many educational, sport, and recreation settings in Canada. Research from Brock University finds pedagogical strategies that incorporate a Teaching Games for Understanding approach can support the development of physical literacy among elementary-school-aged...

The Digital Gamification of Youth Sport Engagement

July 13, 2020

• Children and Youth
• Community Sport
• Life Skills
• Participation
• Physical Literacy
• Program Design and Evaluation
• Sport for Development
• Technology
• Sport Organization

Gamification is the use of game techniques, such as the allocation of points and rewards, to provide incentive and fuel the competitive spirit in aspects of life outside of sport (Bunchball, 2020). Examples are abundant, and include Points Days at...

Parents and Teachers – Allies in Physical Literacy

October 4, 2019

• Children and Youth
• Life Skills
• Participation
• Physical Health
• Physical Literacy
• Coach
• Parent

With students settled into new classes with new teachers, many families find themselves considering how to best support student success across the school day. Physical literacy is becoming an integral facet of Physical and Health Education curricula across the country,...

Canadian Sport Policy in the Community - Part 1

May 14, 2014

• Canadian Sport Policies
• Community Sport
• Knowledge Mobilization
• Long Term Development
• Physical Literacy
• Revenue Generation
• Safe Sport
• Policy Maker and Government Official
• Sport Organization

The purpose of this webinar is to promote, across the country, best practices and examples of Canadian Sport Policy (CSP) implementation. The webinar has three panelists sharing one or two of their programs that best illustrate the Canadian Sport Policy...