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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.
Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability
This site provides information to facilitate healthy active living opportunities for Canadians of all abilities.
The Active Living at work website suggests the benefits of being active in the workplace, summarizes the research that has been done, provides some information about what works and how to get started, as well as provides a template for practitioners to use in developing a business case for active living in their own organizations.
Alberta Centre for Active Living: Physical Activity @ Work
Improve your workplace by bringing physical activity into the workday. This user-friendly website helps employers, employees, workplace wellness coordinators and human resources advisors encourage physical activity @ work. You'll find information about setting up, running and evaluating a workplace physical activity initiative, success stories and workplace activity ideas. The website also includes useful tools such as the Yoga @ Your Desk, Stretching @ Your Desk, and Exercising Your Hands and Wrists video and a personal Activity Tracker.
Canada's Healthy Workplace Week
Canada's Healthy Workplace is an online resource and the home of Canada's Healthy Workplace Week - a yearly celebration of workplace health in Canadian organizations.
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.
Manitoba Exercise Professionals Association (MEPA)
Represents Manitoba physical activity professionals who have university degrees in Exercise Science/Kinesiology. MEPA provides a number of services such as persona; fitness training, lifestyle counselling, fitness assessment and fitness programming.
Manitoba Fitness Council (MFC)
Is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting quality in fitness leadership to provide Manitobans with safe, effective and enjoyable physical activity programs. If you are looking to get your workplace "in motion". the MFC can connect you with certified fitness leaders who can do presentations, lead physical activity classes, do fitness assessments, offer weight training tips and much more.
Stairway to Health is a Health Canada initiative to encourage employees to "Take the Stairs". This site provides registration information, tools and resources to promote active living in the workplace.
The Canadian Council for Health and Active Living at Work (CCHALW)
Contributes to the advancement of health and active living at work by providing resources, tools and expertise to active living and health professionals in Canadian workplaces.
This site provides resources on how to build awareness and promote healthy living within your workplace with links to helpful tips and information.
