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Active & Safe Routes Promotional Materials
Promotional products that with support Walk to School programs are available for purchase at this unique Canadian web store. A portion of the proceeds goes to the Canadian Active & Safe Routes to School programs.
www.mprusso.com/iWalk/home.asp
Active Edmonton
Active Edmonton is an exciting new initiative promoting physical activity to all Edmonton residents.
Active Healthy Kids Canada
Active Healthy Kids Website
Active Kids Edmonton
Active Kids Edmonton encourages children and youth to be more active! It provides great ideas to get active in Edmonton.
Active Living
The Alberta Be Fit for Life Network is comprised of nine regional centres focuses on providing services, programs and resources to promote the health benefits of active living and physical activity. Schools, communities and workplaces are welcome to access these services
Alberta Block Parent Association
The Alberta Block Parent Association Website
Alberta Centre for Active Living
The Alberta Centre for Active living works with practitioners, organizations, and communities to improve the health and quality of life of Albertans through physical activity.
Alberta Coalition for Healthy School Communities
The ACHSC is a network of individuals commited to promoting and fostering healthy school communities through comprehensive school healthy approaches
Alberta Health Services (Calgary)
A Student Pedometer Resource
www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/activeliving
Alberta Learning
The Daily Physical Activity Initiative Website
www.education.gov.ab.ca/ipr/DailyPhysAct.asp
Alberta Recreation and Parks Association
ARPA unites province-wide advocates of recreation and parks into a proactive and effective force for building healthy citizens, their communites and their enviroments in Alberta
Alberta TrailNet Society
Alberta TrailNet is a charitable society managed by a volunteer Board of Directors. It promotes all types of trails in the interests of a broad range of user groups. While the promotion of active living through the use of recreational trails is our major focus, we also recognize and support trail routes as one option in our transportation system.
Alberta Transportation Traffic Saftety Initiative
Walk the talk, Alberta Transportation's child safety program, provides a variety of resources including curriculm booklets, brochures, stickers, pencils, etc. that promote pedestrian, bus, and bicycle safety. The manuals are suited to classroom teaching or school use. The Child Traffic Safety Resource guide for Educators, Parents and Community is a curriculm guide that is recommended by Alberta Education
AMA School Safety Patrol
The Alberta Motor Association funds and coordinates the AMA School Safety Patrols. Each year approximately 17 000 Grade 5 and 6 students patrol school crosswalks to keep their fellow students safe while crossing the street
ASRPWF
The Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation (ASRPWF) is commited to the sponsorship, facilitation annd promotion of sport, recreation and active living for all Albertans
Breakfast for Learning
"Breakfast for Learning Alberta is a non-profit organization and an affiliate of BREAKFAST FOR LEARNING-Canadian Living Foundation. Its mission is to help ensure that all children in Alberta attend school well-nourished and ready to learn. Breakfast for Learning Alberta provides funding support to help school nourishment programs, provides nutrition education resources, and advocates for healthy school nutrition policy.
Canadian Active & Safe Routes to School Partnership
The Canadian Active & Safe Routes to School Partnership is a national group working to increase the number of school-aged children who travel to school using active, sustainable and safe modes of transportation.
www.saferoutestoschool.ca/partnership/
Canadian Cycling Association
The Canadian Cycling Association's CAN-BIKE program is a series of courses on all aspects of cycling safely and enjoyably on the road. The orientation is toward recreational and utilitarian use of the bicycle rather than toward competition. Courses for all cyclists of all ages. There are now more cyclists than ever before in Canada and the fastest growing segments of the cycling community are teens and adults. More than 45% of the Canadian population rides bicycles. That includes 90% of 5-to-14 year olds. 2/3 of adults, more than 14 million, ride a bicycle. Teenagers and adults seek fitness, enjoyment and adventure, as well as low cost means of transportation
Carbon Busters
Carbonbusters is a dynamic, innovative company with international reach whose goal is to reduce the ecological and carbon footprint of institutional buildings through self-funding energry effieciency and enviromental education programs
Environmental Scan of Active Transportation
In 2009, the Alberta Centre for Active Living partnered with SHAPE to conductan environmental scan of active transportation programs in Alberta schools. This was done through an electronic survey and focus groups. This report highlights some of the key findings and provides recommendations.
www.centre4activeliving.ca/publications/researchandreports/2010-active-transportation.pdf
Ever Active Schools Program
The Ever Active Schools (EAS) program, in partnership with Alberta School communities, contributes to the development of children and youth by fostering social and physical enviroments that support healthy active lifestyles. This membership-paid programs is supported by the Health Physical Education of the Alberta Teachers' Association. EAS recognizes and rewards schools that focus on physical activity and well being in their school communities. EAS also provides resources to critically reflect and measure current practices, policies and enviroments.
Evergreen
Evergreen's mandate is to bring nature to our cities through naturalization projects. Evergreen motivates schools and communities to create and sustain healthy, natural outdoor spaces and gives them the practical tools to be successful
Got Wheels? Get a Helmet!
Head injuries are the #1 cause of serious injury and death to kids on wheels. This year we have chosen "Got Wheels? Get a Helmet!" as our theme for Safe Kids Week 2010. While Canada has come a long way in the development and implementation of helmet standards, practices and laws, there is still a lot more that can be done to keep kids safe. To do your part in promoting helmet use, register for Safe Kids Week 2010 today !
Green Communities Canada
Healthy Kids Tool Kit
The Healthy Kids Tool Kit Website
www.healthykidstoolkit.ca/home
Healthy U Alberta
The Healthy U Alberta Website
Heart and Stroke Foundation
The Heart and Stroke Foundation Website
Jump Rope for Heart
The Jump Rope for Heart Website
Natural Resources Canada
Great resources for students, parents and schools on reducing your energy use, no idling and cutting greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change, and save money at home, at work and on the road. Take the One Tonne Challenge today!
Pembina Institute
The Pembina Institute is designed to provide teachers with complete units of study in selected Alberta Science and Social Studies courses. Greenlearning.ca uses a mix of online interactive and downloadable activities to provide teachers and students with a flexiblenew kind of learning resource.
Personal and Communtiy Safety and Security
Canada Safety Council and Elmer the Elephant
Safe Kids Canada
Injuries are the numberone cause of death and disability among Canadian children. At Safe Kids Canada, our job is to help keep children safe by providing information on how to prevent injuries
School Health, Alberta Health services
Schools Come Alive
The Schools come alive program is dedicated to providing leadership for teachers and administrators through workshops, resource development, and collaborative partnerships to support the effective implementation of health and physical education programs in Alberta Schools. Supported by the Health and Physical Education council of Alberta Teachers' Association, its ongoing activities include developing and delivering workshops, producing the ACTIVE! Newsletter, consulting with school districts, and supporting community events that promote healthy active lifestyle choices.
Schools Come Alive
Schools Come Alive is dedicated to providing leadership for teachers and administrators through workshops, resource development, and collaborative partnerships to support the effective implementation of health and physical education programs in Alberta Schools
Silken's Active Kid Movement
Silken's Active Kids Movement exists to inspire, support and connect everyday champions in our communities, to their passion creativity and their connection to help ensure our families, our schools and our neighbourhoods, are places where kids play where kids are physically active
Stay Alert Stay Safe
Canada's leading streetproofing program for children aged 7-10
Summer Active
Summeractive is the annual Canadawide six week community based physical activity campaign that helps Canadians take their first steps to becoming more active. The goal is spread the message that active living, healthy eating and living tobacco-free are key components of a healthy lifestyle
Sustainable Alberta
The Sustainable Alberta Website Resource
The David Suzuki Foundation
The David Suzuki Foundation works to find ways to live in balance with the natural world that sustains us. The Foundation uses science and education to promote solutions that help conserve nature. Excellent resource for effects of air pollution and climate change.
The Government of Alberta
Alberta Government Ministries play an important role is assisting Alberta Communities achieve a high quality life. -The Ministry of Alberta Education
The Government of Alberta
Alberta Government Ministries play an important role is assisting Alberta Communities acheive a high quality of life. - Alberta Community Development
The Health and Physical Education Council
An organization of teachers, advocates for quality health and physical education programs that provide leadership and professional development in creating healthy active schools