Active Healthy Kids Canada
Active Healthy Kids Canada provides expertise and direction in order to create a nation of active, healthy kids. Established as a charitable organization in 1994, Active Healthy Kids Canada advocates the importance of quality, accessible, and enjoyable physical activity participation experiences for children and youth.
www.activehealthykids.ca/
Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability (ALACD)
The Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability (ALACD) promotes, supports and enables Canadians with disabilities to lead active, healthy lives. We provide nationally coordinated leadership, support, encouragement, promotion and information that facilitates healthy, active living opportunities for Canadians of all abilities across all settings and environments.
www.ala.ca
Alberta Centre for Active Living
The Alberta Centre for Active Living is a key advocate of physical activity for all Albertans and a primary source of research and education on physical activity for practitioners, organizations, and decision-makers. The centre's mandate is to improve the health and quality of life of Albertans through physical activity.
www.centre4activeliving.ca/
Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada
Today, Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada is a leading provider of quality programs to children and youth that support the healthy physical, educational and social development of more than 200,000 young people and their families each year. The mission of all Boys and Girls Clubs in Canada is to provide a safe, supportive place where children and youth can experience new opportunities, overcome barriers, build positive relationships and develop confidence and skills for life.
www.bgccan.com/index.asp
Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity
CAAWS’ mission is to ensure that girls and women have access to a complete range of opportunities and choices and have equity as participants and leaders in sport and physical activity. CAAWS is an advocate for equity for girls and women in sport and physical activity, and promotes the values of equity, inclusiveness, fairness, and respect.
www.caaws.ca
Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (CAHPERD)
The Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (CAHPERD) is a national, charitable, voluntary-sector organization whose primary concern is to influence the healthy development of children and youth by advocating for quality, school-based physical and health education.
www.cahperd.ca
Canadian Association for Leisure Studies (CALS)
CALS is an organization of Canadian and international scholars and practitioners who share an interest in recreation and leisure research and the delivery of leisure services, and who meet once every three years at the Canadian Congress on Leisure Research.
www.cals.uwaterloo.ca
The Canadian Tire Foundation for Families
Together with its network of more than 1,000 retail stores and gas bars and over 45,000 employees across Canada, the Foundation for Families provides financial support to charitable organizations that help families in need in local communities. The Foundation delivers this help through its charitable programs: Community Initiatives, Community Crises, Regional Disaster Recovery and its signature program Canadian Tire JumpStart.
www2.canadiantire.ca/CTenglish/foundation.html
Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has been the national voice of municipal government since 1901. With more than 1,600 members, FCM represents the interests of municipalities on policy and program matters that fall within federal jurisdiction.
www.fcm.ca
Lifestyle Information Network (LIN)
Powering knowledge exchange for practitioners and organizations in recreation and sport since 1995, LIN is the home of Canada’s National Recreation Database.
www.lin.ca
PREVNet - Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence
PREVNet is a national network of Canadian researchers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and governments committed to stop bullying.
www.prevnet.ca
Public Health Agency of Canada Healthy Living Unit
The Healthy Living Unit has the lead responsibility within the Public Health Agency of Canada for delivering on the federal government's role in physical activity. The work of the Unit is based on an approach to partnerships that is multi-sectoral, multi-level, and multi-disciplinary. The mission of the Healthy Living Unit is to improve the health and well-being of Canadians through regular physical activity.
www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/pau-uap/fitness/about.html
Sport Matters
The SMG is a voluntary group of individuals who have come together to talk about the important contribution that sport makes to society, and to collaborate on various sport policy issues on an ad hoc basis. The Group has actively worked together on the Canadian Sport Policy, the new Sport and Physical Activity Act, and on increasing the resources available for sport in Canada.
www.sportmatters.ca
True Sport
True Sport is a growing Canadian movement that recognizes and promotes the life skills and values derived from community sport.
www.truesportpur.ca
YMCA Canada
As a charity that’s over 150 years old, the YMCA continues to serve people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities and through all stages of life. We’ve always been dedicated to helping people attain good health through a healthy lifestyle and encouraging them to get involved in making their community a better place for everyone.
www.ymca.ca/eng_homepage.htm
YWCA Canada
YWCA Canada's mission is to be a voice for women in Canada, one that brings about policy and legislative changes that reflect women's needs.
www.ywcacanada.ca/public_eng/index.cfm |
