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Save the Dates! Sport for Life Summit and International Physical Literacy Conference New York

Save the dates! We’re gearing up for two major events in 2023! First, mark your calendars for February 6-12 to attend the 2023 Sport for Life Summit. Again this year we will be taking a multi-community approach to bring Summit to a community near you. Communities will choose which two days during…
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How to achieve truly inclusive quality sport: a conversation with Cherokee Washington

by Chrissy Colizza When it comes to delivering true quality sport, collegiate volleyball player and anti-racist educator Cherokee Washington says that before we can move forward, we must continue to acknowledge our faults around inclusivity in sport.  One of the most persistent issues within…
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Sport for Life’s Safe Sport Procedures Have Changed

We are excited to share that as of June 22, 2022, we have officially become a Program Signatory of the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada’s Independent Safe Sport Mechanism - Abuse-Free Sport! Abuse-Free Sport is an independent program that is part of a growing national movement to rid Canadian…
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Sport for Life team members find their way to the international sport stage

by Chrissy Colizza Women and sports.  Although we can now commonly find these terms together, the evolution of women in sports has been marred by barriers resulting from society’s discriminatory beliefs about gender roles.  Since the introduction of Title IX in 1972, there has been considerable…
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Growing quality, inclusive sport through collaboration

The Niagara Region has always had a vibrant sport and physical activity culture. This will be on full display in August when more than 5000 athletes, coaches and staff from across the nation come to the region to take part in the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games.  Marquee sporting events such…
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How to build a thriving judo culture in Canada

By Will Johnson You can’t teach a child judo the same way you can teach an adult—it just doesn’t work. First they’ll get bored, then they’ll get hurt.  According to Andrzej Sadej, the Coaching & Education Director and Para Head Coach of Judo Canada, that’s one of the key reasons…
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Using sport and recreation’s transformative power to build healthy, active, happy and vibrant Indigenous communities

by Chrissy Colizza Kinngait, formerly Cape Dorset, is a small, remote community of 1441 residents known for soapstone carvings, printmaking, a stunning landscape, and arctic wildlife  found on the traditional lands and homelands of the Inuit.  About a year ago, Joanne Weedmark started as the…
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Sport for Life Honours World Refugee Day

by Chrissy Colizza This day is meant to celebrate the strength, courage, and resilience of all the individuals forced to flee their homes, families, and ways of life to escape conflict or persecution. This honouring is always  relevant with refugees historically and currently fleeing to Canada. Examples…
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Indigenous hockey program aims to grow friendships through inclusive sport environments

Despite the fact that hockey has traditionally been an expensive sport that lacks diversity, Jana Headrick is dedicated to creating positive experiences for Indigenous girls.  That’s why she founded a hockey program in the Greater Fredericton area on the traditional unceded territory of the…
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National Health and Fitness Day 2022 returns on June 4

It’s time for us to get moving again. For the past two years, Canadians have struggled through a pandemic that kept many isolated and sedentary. This has only exacerbated the existing inactivity crisis, which is leading to a rise in preventable illnesses. But now that COVID-19 appears to be largely…
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Dr. Vicki Harber reflects on her multi-decade career in the Canadian sport system

By Will Johnson Dr. Vicki Harber doesn’t mince words. The retired Olympic rower and exercise reproductive endocrinologist has been working within the Canadian sport system for much of her career, with a focus on multisport and the female athlete. For decades she’s been one of the leading…
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Sport for Life Canadian Summit 2022 in photos

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