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Active Edmonton   www.activedmonton.ca/
Active Edmonton is an exciting new initiative promoting physical activity to all Edmonton residents.

Active Healthy Kids Canada   www.activehealthykids.ca
Active Healthy Kids Website

Active Kids Edmonton   kids.activedmonton.ca/
Active Kids Edmonton encourages children and youth to be more active! It provides great ideas to get active in Edmonton.

Active Living   www.befitforlife.ca
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   www.albertablockparent.ca
The Alberta Block Parent Association Website

Alberta Centre for Active Living   www.centre4activeliving.ca
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   www.achsc.org
The ACHSC is a network of individuals commited to promoting and fostering healthy school communities through comprehensive school healthy approaches

Alberta Learning   www.education.gov.ab.ca/ipr/DailyPhysAct.asp
The Daily Physical Activity Initiative Website

Alberta Recreation and Parks Association   www.arpaonline.ca
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   www.albertatrailnet.com
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   www.saferoads.com
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   www.ama.ab.ca
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   www.cd.gov.ab.ca/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   www.bflalberta.org
"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.

Calgary Health Region   www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/activeliving
A Student Pedometer Resource

Canadian Cycling Association   www.canadian-cycling.com
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   www.carbonbusters.org
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

Ever Active Schools Program   www.everactive.org
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   www.evergreen.ca
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

Green Communities Canada   www.saferoutestoschool.ca

Healthy Kids Tool Kit   www.healthykidstoolkit.ca/home
The Healthy Kids Tool Kit Website

Healthy U Alberta   www.healthyualberta.com
The Healthy U Alberta Website

Heart and Stroke Foundation   www.hsf.ca
The Heart and Stroke Foundation Website

Jump Rope for Heart   http://ww2.heartandstroke.ca/
The Jump Rope for Heart Website

Live Outside the Box   www.liveoutsidethebox.ca
Get Active! Live Outside the Box! Great resources and ideas.

Natural Resources Canada   www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
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   www.greenlearning.ca
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   www.safety-council.org
Canada Safety Council and Elmer the Elephant

Safe Kids Canada   www.safekidscanada.ca
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, Capital Health   www.schoolhealth.ab.ca
The School Health website by Capital Health

Schools Come Alive   www.schoolscomealive.org
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   www.schoolscomealive.org
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

SEEDS Foundation   www.greenschools.ca
The SEEDS Foundation encourages schools to choose a "green" activities through the Green School Recognition and Reward Program

Silken's Active Kid Movement   www.silkenactivekids.ca
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   www.sass.ca
Canada's leading streetproofing program for children aged 7-10

Summer Active   www.summeractive.canoe.ca
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   www.calgarycommute.ca
The Sustainable Alberta Website Resource

The David Suzuki Foundation   www.davidsuzuki.org
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   www.cd.gov.ab.ca
Alberta Government Ministries play an important role is assisting Alberta Communities acheive a high quality of life. - Alberta Community Development

The Government of Alberta   www.education.gov.ab.ca
Alberta Government Ministries play an important role is assisting Alberta Communities achieve a high quality life. -The Ministry of Alberta Education

The Health and Physical Education Council   www.hpec.ab.ca
An organization of teachers, advocates for quality health and physical education programs that provide leadership and professional development in creating healthy active schools

Way to Go! School Program   www.waytogo.icbc.bc.ca
The Way to Go! School Program is an Autoplan Broker Road Safety Program initiative in British Columbia that fosters safer, healthier travel alternatives for elementary and middle school students.

World Record Walk   www.worldrecordwalk.ca
Come on Canada take on the world! Together Canadians will be walking their way into the Guinness World Record for the most people walking simultaneously.

Step UP to Spring


Host a spring walk or bike to school event between Earth Day (April 22)
and Bike Day (June 5)
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