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It may be a Canadian invention, but if Sport for Life’s Long-Term Development in Sport and Physical Activity framework was ever going to catch on in Trinidad and Tobago it needed some local flavour. According to Kabir Hosein, the former chief administrative officer for the countries’ athletics federation, there just wouldn’t be large-scale buy-in unless […]
Sport for Life provides information and ongoing support for the integration of Long-Term Development in Sport and Physical Activity to national sport organizations, sport and non-sport sector leaders, and other contributors to the Canadian sport and physical activity ecosystem. Quality sport and advancing physical literacy are central to the work of Sport for Life. This […]
Long-Term Development in Sport and Physical Activity 3.0 Communique We want you to know that Sport for Life is in the process of developing the third edition of the Long-Term Athlete Development resource document. We submitted the text of the resource to Sport Canada for our March 31 deliverable, but then during the layout and […]
Aboriginal Long-Term Participant Development Pathway: Supporting Indigenous Participation Workshop 2019 The Aboriginal Sport Circle and Sport for Life Society invite you to attend the Aboriginal Long-Term Participant Development Pathway: Supporting Indigenous Participation workshop on January 21, prior to the 2019 Sport for Life Canadian Summit. The workshop is designed to help sport and physical activity […]
Many similarities exist between athletes with disabilities and able-bodied athletes. However, some differences affect the Long-Term Development process for athletes with a disability. Congenital or acquired Athletes with disabilities may have been born with a disability (congenital) or they may have acquired a disability later in life. Its origin can affect the athlete’s learning and […]
Four Indigenous schools are benefiting from funding that Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) has distributed this year. The New Paths to Education Program grant was introduced to improve the quality of education in First Nations schools and promote innovative approaches in education. The Aboriginal Long-Term Participant Development Pathway (ALTPD), a joint creation between the […]
From November 2016 through to June 2017, Sport for Life and the Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation Council (ISPARC; B.C.’s Indigenous Sport Body) worked with four provincial sport organizations (PSOs) to pilot the implementation of the Aboriginal Long-Term Participant Development Pathway. The overall goal of this work is to help mainstream sport better understand […]
Vicki Harber, PhD and Paul Jurbala, PhD October 16, 2017 You’ve probably heard of the Relative Age Effect – the concept that when children are placed into groups such as school classes or sports based on their chronological age, those born early in the cohort may have physical or intellectual advantages compared to those born […]
Indigenous Long-Term Participant Development Pathway – Sport Organization Guide This guide will give Sport Organizations an appreciation for and the knowledge to maximize collaboration with the Indigenous sport system, as well as provide the steps to map out how the mainstream sport system can support Indigenous athletes as they move between systems. By using this […]
The Indigenous Long-Term Participant Development Pathway resource and Supporting Indigenous Participation workshop is designed to help sport and physical activity leaders and organizations across Canada enhance their understanding about how to support Indigenous participants and athletes in their programming. The workshop will spend time developing an appreciation of Indigenous culture, and how that culture plays out in terms […]
Friday, December 16, 2016 Victoria, B.C. – The Sport for Life Society and Aboriginal Sport Circle invites you to attend the Aboriginal Long-Term Participant Development Pathway Workshop on January 24, prior to the 2017 Sport for Life Canadian Summit. The workshop is designed to help sport and physical activity organizations across Canada enhance their understanding […]
