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This is a physical activity program that encourages individuals to walk 10,000 steps a day. This site contains information, resources and tools to get started.
The ACTive initiative helps to increase physical activity and sport opportunities for Canadian girls and women. The site provides information on resources, funding and program development.
Active Communities Initiative is a commitment to improve physical activity levels of British Columbians. This website can offer resources and information on community development.
Active Edmonton is an initiative promoting physical activity to all Edmonton residents.
Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability
This site provides information to facilitate healthy active living opportunities for Canadians of all abilities.
Active Living by Design is an American national program that establishes innovative approaches to increase physical activity through community design, public policies and communications strategies.
Active Transportation - Canada
Active Transportation - Canada features a regular posting of news articles, studies, reports, and other items that have relevance in this field, with previous postings available in an archive. In addition, pictures of existing Active Transportation infrastructure from communities across Canada are profiled.
Alberta Centre for Active Living
This website provides research, resources and tools for the promotion of physical activity.
American College of Sports Medicine Fit Society Newsletter
This electronic newsletter is written for the general public on a variety of popular health and fitness topics. Expert commentary and features on exercise, nutrition, sports, and health offer tips and techniques for maintaining a physically fit lifestyle.
be active is South Australia's physical activity strategy established by the State Government to get more South Australians more active, more often.
This site includes useful information and resources on cycling as a form of active transportation.
Canadian Parks and Recreation Association
The Canadian Parks and Recreation Association (CPRA) is the national voice for a vibrant grassroots network with partnerships that connect people who build healthy, active communities and impact the everyday lives of Canadians.
Centre for Disease Control (CDC)
The CDC website offers great resources on the importance of physical activity, measuring physical activity and making physical activity part of daily life.
The Coalition for Active Living is a group of 80 organizations that focus on health promotion and disease prevention through physical activity. This website has a variety of resources and links for people interested in promoting physical activity.
The Tool Box provides over 6,000 pages of practical information to support your work in promoting community health and development. Some examples of the tools found in this site are in the areas of leadership, strategic planning, community assessment, grant writing and evaluation.
The do physical activity campaign was developed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and the American Heart Association. The purpose is to encourage all Minnesotans to make healthier choices and increase their physical activity throughout the day.
Get your Move on is a Toronto based strategy to increase physical activity levels by creating more opportunities and reducing barriers to enable all residents to be physically active where they live, work, learn and play.
GO2 is a city-wide physical activity initiative designed specifically for the citizens of Calgary. It is a cooperative and collaborative effort between multiple organizations that have an interest in encouraging healthy, vibrant, and physically active Calgarians.
Green Action Centre (formerly Resource Conservation Manitoba)
This organization encourages the use of active modes of transportation to and from school, households, workplaces and communities. This site also provides information about the Commuter Challenge and how to register.
Healthy U is an initiative to support and encourage Albertans to lead healthier lifestyles by providing them with access to information on healthy eating and active living.
Lifestyle Information Network (LIN)
LIN is the home of Canada's National Recreation Database. If your organization is working to promote healthy active people and communities, LIN is Canada's repository for the knowledge and collective wisdom that will help you get the work done faster.
Living Traditions - Museums Honour the North American Indigenous Games
This site has games and sports based on traditional North American aboriginal games.
This site contains tips and resources for cycling as a form of active transportation.
Manitoba Exercise Professionals Association
MEPA is an organization which represents Manitoba physical activity professionals who have university degrees in Kinesiology or Physical Education. MEPA provides a number of services such a personal fitness training, lifestyle counseling, fitness assessments and fitness programming.
The Manitoba Fitness Council has trained fitness leaders in communities and can be a resource to assist with programming ideas.
On the Move is a national initiative designed to increase opportunities for inactive girls and young women (ages 9-18) to participate and lead in sport and physical activity.
Active2010 is a comprehensive strategy to increase participation in sport and physical activity throughout Ontario.
ParticipACTION's mission is to provide leadership in collaboration and communications to foster the "movement" that inspires and supports Canadians to move more. ParticipACTION's vision is to work with its partners to ensure a Canadian society where people are the most physically active on Earth.
Physical Activity Coalition of Manitoba (PACM)
PACM's mission is to support increased physical activity among Manitobans through collaboration, promotion, and education.
Recreation Connections Manitoba
Recreation Connections Manitoba is dedicated to enhancing the health and wellness of all Manitobans through the development and support of recreation professionals, practitioners and volunteers.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
A tool kit and media kit to help communities promote physical activity and create environments for physical activity.
Sport Manitoba is the home of amateur sport in the Province of Manitoba. It provides information on sport programs and services and over 100 partner organizations involved in the development and promotion of amateur sport in Manitoba.
This website offers tools, case studies, and a planning guide to help people take action and adopt habits that promote health and/or are more environmentally-friendly. It will also help you include in your programs the best practices of many other programs - practices that have already been successful in changing people's behavior.
After The School Bell Rings: A Manitoba After School Recreation Project promotes and supports increased access and opportunities for children and youth, ages 6-12 years, to engage in physical activity and healthy living practices in the critical after school time period.
