Links
Act Now BC Physical Activity for Families
This site provides tips and and ideas for families to be more active.
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 for Life helps you learn about the importance of physical literacy.
Active Healthy Kids Canada is a charitable organization that provides articles, fact sheets, and other various tips and ideas for raising active, healthy children. Active Healthy Kids Canada releases a Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth annually.
After The School Bell Rings: A Manitoba After School Recreation Project
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.
This not for profit organization offers many development winter programs directed towards children and youth grades 3-12 from October to April. These programs teach children the basics of badminton and get the body moving with fun games and coaching.
This site contains tools for understanding physical activity and how it relates to children and youth as well as teaching and implementing physical activity for children and youth.
Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS)
This site contains information about programs and tools to increasing women and girls' participation in sport and physical activity.
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute
The Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute provides statistical information and other research resources on the physical activity levels among Canadians.
Children in Sport - A resource manual for sport leaders
This comprehensive 300-page manual has many physical activity lesson plans and activity ideas.
This site provides information and resources to help provide an environment that fosters healthy eating and active living in school age children and youth.
Gotta Move Interactive Magazine for Children
This interactive activity magazine is targeted to children up to nine years old and it promotes the importance of physical activity and how it affects their bodies.
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.
This site contains physical activity information for parents and teachers.
Let's Get Active Interactive Magazine for Youth
This interactive activity magazine is targeted to youth aged 10-14 and it promotes the importance of physical activity and how it affects their body.
This website contains useful information for kids, parents, teachers and coaches to get information on being active.
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.
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.
Pause to Play is a website for youth who want to be active.
Physical Activity Coalition of Manitoba (PACM)
PACM's mission is to support increased physical activity among Manitobans through collaboration, promotion, and education.
Physical and Health Education Canada (formerly CAHPERD)
Physical and Health Education Canada (PHE) is a national organization whose primary concern is to influence the healthy development of children and youth by advocating for quality, school-based physical and health education.
PlaySport has a listing of children's games. You can also submit your own games and activities to be added to their list.
Shake, Rattle and Roll is a physical activity program for toddlers, aged 2 - 4, and their parents. The program has been developed as a Manual and Teaching Guide.
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.
The VERB campaign encouraged tweens to be physically active every day.
Wiggle, Giggle & Munch: a time for parents and children to have fun together through active play, games, action songs and enjoy a healthy snack. Wiggle, Giggle & Munch program leader handbooks are also available. Program leader training is also being offered several times a year.
