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Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport (CAAWS) is in business to encourage girls and women to get out of the bleachers, off the sidelines, and onto the fields and rinks, into the pools, locker rooms and board rooms of Canada. Includes a direct link to Girls@play.
Source: Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity
This family-friendly resource guide is filled with tips, information and ideas to help parents, caregivers and guardians help their children learn about the importance of physical activity and increase their activity levels. This Guide includes a ‘call to action' that outlines the new guidelines for boosting active time and reducing more sedentary time. 12 pages (double-sided) - PDF format.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
This family-friendly resource guide is filled with tips, information and ideas to help parents, caregivers and guardians raise healthy youth and learn about the importance of physical activity to achieve life-long health benefits. Features a progress chart, ideas for activities to do as a family plus tips for offering encouragement. Includes a ‘call to action' that outlines the new guidelines for boosting active time and reducing more sedentary time. 16 pages (double-sided) PDF format
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Use common sense about winter sports to have a safe and fun snow season
Source: Canadian Health Network
This magazine helps children learn that physical activity is fun and easier than they think, as well as activities to try out, and information about how physical activity makes both their bodies and minds feel better. Ideal for use at home or school; filled with tips and tricks, plus a quiz and a game.16 pages (double-sided) - PDF format.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
This magazine gives youth tips and advice on how to get started, finding activities they enjoy, activity breaks that can be done even when sitting, as well as a quiz and a crossword puzzle about physical activity facts. Also includes stories of ways other youth increased their physical activity levels. Ideal for use at home or school. 16 pages (double-sided) PDF format.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Your New Year's resolution to get more exercise will also benefit your mental health... Part One
Source: Canadian Health Network
Physical activity can improve your mental health, but getting active is not always easy... Part 2
Source: Canadian Health Network
Suitable for posting on a fridge or bulletin board, this colorful chart lets kids add unique stickers featuring pictures of activities they have completed to track their progress in becoming more physically active. 1 page (single-sided) - PDF format.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Physical activity contributes to the health of Canadians and it plays a part in helping to contain rising health care costs
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Resource guide that teachers can use to talk with children about the importance of being active, having fun and feeling good about themselves. Includes tips on how to motivate behavior change, ideas for fun class activities, plus stories of how other educators were able to build physical activity into their lesson plans. 8 pages (double-sided) - PDF format
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Resource guide that teachers can use to lead discussions about the importance of physical activity to achieving health benefits and feeling good about themselves. Includes tips for behavior change techniques, class project ideas and case studies of how other educators specializing in a variety of subjects built physical activity into their lesson plans. 16 pages (double-sided) PDF format
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Active living is a way of life in which physical activity is valued and integrated into daily living and leisure pursuits.
Source: Canadian Health Network
This new Internet resource 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.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
A guide to help you make wise choices about physical activity. Choices that will improve your health, help prevent disease, and allow you to get the most out of life.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Veterans' Affairs site with fitness tips and much more.
Source: Veterans Affairs
Promotes physical activity in an aging society. Offering seniors tips on easy ways to increase their physical activity.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
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