Blog • Sport for Life

Canada prepares for the next generation of basketball

April 29, 2020

Canadian basketball is quickly joining soccer and hockey when it comes to large-scale participation nationally. Many of those behind the growth are doing it with a focus on holistic outcomes instead of elite performance. Rather than setting their sights on replicating the recent successes of the Toronto…

Free PLAYBuilder for the month of April

April 7, 2020

These are extraordinary times and we at Sport for Life want to support our existing as well as new clients with our own extraordinary offer. Free PLAYBuilder for up to 10 users for a year. Act fast since the offer to sign up is only valid until April 30, 2020, which means you only pay for PLAYBuilder…

Physical Literacy for Older Adults

March 26, 2020

Summary This Sport for Life project was a partnership with the cities of Markham and St. Catharine’s, as well as the Town of Aurora and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. It aimed to increase awareness and education about physical literacy as it applies to older adult populations, and to build the…

PLAYBuilder activities to stay active inside

March 25, 2020

Have you heard of PLAYBuilder? We are sharing some of the activities from our PLAYBuilder tool to try out at home to keep kids moving and mentally engaged. Whether it’s, Animal Play or Balance on Three, these games should help keep you and your family moving and laughing in no time! To learn more about…

Bringing table tennis to the Northwest Territories

March 25, 2020

It’s been six years since Thorsten Gohl introduced table tennis to the Northwest Territories, overcoming a number of geographical and societal challenges that have historically made it difficult to create and sustain sport organizations. In a short time he’s seen the number of participants sky-rocket…

Olympic mentorship reaches beyond sport achievement into everyday life

March 25, 2020

For Ram Nayyar, it took being bullied as a child to wonder who he really was. The two-time Olympic badminton coach and author started off his life being bullied for his long braided hair, which led to him getting beaten up for looking like a girl. As he suffered in silence, he found himself asking…

Comox Valley seniors flock to CrossFit

March 25, 2020

The program is for seniors, but they call them Legends. In the small community of Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, one local gym has been encouraging physical literacy development in an unusual way: getting the older generation involved in CrossFit. And now that the gym has a steady cohort of nearly…

Four questions with Mike Shaw

March 25, 2020

By Will Johnson Mike Shaw was coaching freestyle skiing all over the world, the culmination of a lifelong love affair with the sport, when an unexpected injury nearly left him quadriplegic in 2013. As he began to heal, overcoming mental health hurdles and committing to being grateful every day, he…

Sport for Life’s COVID-19 response

March 17, 2020

Victoria, B.C. – As Canadian governments, communities and citizens continue to adapt to the rapidly changing situation caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, Sport for Life has decided to suspend all in-person workshops, programs and events indefinitely. This decision has been made based on the guidance…

Celebrating Indigenous physical literacy

March 13, 2020

Every Indigenous school has its own unique needs, but one thing they have in common with the rest of the school system is it’s difficult to convince the administration and teachers to set aside meaningful time for movement and physical literacy. Following a project that aims to change that, Sport for…

Summit celebrates 15 years of success in the quality sport sector

March 13, 2020

Participant-centered sport experiences. Long-Term Development. Canadian high-performance success on the global stage. Quality sport programs. Developing physical literacy at the grassroots level. Making sport fun, accessible and inclusive. Many successes were celebrated at the 15th Annual Canadian…

Canadian sport organizations team up to create the Gender Equity Playbook

February 26, 2020

They’re calling it the Gender Equity Playbook. Canadian Women & Sport has announced their partnership with six multisport service organizations (MSOs) and national sport organizations (NSOs) to pilot and support the development of the playbook. Sport for Life is proud to be on that list. “Gender…