1. NEW ISSUE OF WELLSPRING
2. NEWS FROM THE ALBERTA CENTRE FOR ACTIVE LIVING
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1. NEW ISSUE OF WELLSPRING
(www.centre4activeliving.ca/Publications/WellSpring/index.html)
This issue of WellSpring ("Physical Activity on the Edge") focuses on
extreme and/or unconventional forms of physical activity. Articles include
the following:
- "A Single Step"
by Joy Chikinda, BPE, CFC.
A personal experience of ultra-marathons.
- "Active Living from Womb to Tomb: Why Separate the Generations?"
by Sandy O'Brien Cousins, BPE, MPE, EdD.
An argument for intergenerational participation in sport and physical
activity.
- "Extreme Sports: Too Fine a Line?"
by Allan Darbyshire, BPE, MA.
This article looks at extreme sports from a different perspective,
contending that they fulfill a basic human need.
- "The Access Challenge: Pushing the Limits of Disability"
from New Mobility (British Columbia Opportunities Society).
This piece describes the most recent BC Opportunities Society's Access
Challenge--a three-day backcountry wilderness expedition that included six
hikers with disabilities and four non-disabled participants. Together, the
hikers trekked across 36 km of mountainous terrain.
To reprint all or part of this issue of WellSpring, please contact Kathy
Garnsworthy at [log in to unmask] If you know of someone who
would like to receive regular information from the Alberta Centre for Active
Living, please contact Margaret Burns at [log in to unmask]
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2. NEWS FROM THE ALBERTA CENTRE FOR ACTIVE LIVING
a) Alberta Survey on Physical Activity
The Alberta Centre for Active Living has just published its most recent
survey of the physical activity levels of Albertans. This survey focuses on
leisure-time physical activity levels (taking into account several
intra-personal, socio-demographic, and environmental variables). To access a
copy of the survey, please visit the centre’s web site at
www.centre4activeliving.ca/whatsnew/currentprojects.html.
The most recent issue of the centre's Research Update included an article on
the highlights of the survey (please visit
www.centre4activeliving.ca/Research/ResearchUpdate/2003/ActiveLivingDec.htm
for more information).
b) The Coalition for Active Living
The Coalition for Active Living is coordinating the development of a Pan
Canadian Physical Activity Strategy. For more information, visit the
coalition's web site at www.activeliving.ca.
c) ALCOA Speakers’ Bureau Project
The Alberta Centre for Active Living recently hosted and trained volunteers
for the ALCOA Speakers' Bureau Project. This project promotes active living
through articulate older adult volunteer speakers who are themselves leading
physically active lives.
If you know of any potential volunteer speakers or would like to request an
active living presentation for older adults in the Edmonton area, please
contact Timothy Fairbank, Older Adult Coordinator, at 780-427-7938 or
[log in to unmask] For more information on the ALCOA Speakers'
Bureau project, visit the older adults part of the centre’s web site
(www.centre4activeliving.ca/Education/OlderAdults/Projects.html#ALCOA).
d) Go for Green’s Walking Tour of Canada
Go for Green's Walking Tour of Canada is a web-based teachers' resource that
turns the walk to school into a fun and learning experience for students.
Using an interactive web site, classes can log the distances they walk to
school. For more information, visit http://asrts.goforgreen.ca/english or
contact Nathalie Racine, Active & Safe Routes to School Coordinator at
1-888-822-2848 (or, in Alberta, Bev Esslinger, Provincial SHAPE Coordinator
at 780-406-8530 or [log in to unmask]).
e) World Masters Games
Masters sport is coming to Alberta in a big way in 2005, when Edmonton hosts
the World Masters Games from July 22 to 31. Although the concept of masters
sport has taken hold in other parts of the world, the term is still
unfamiliar to many Canadians—including those who are masters athletes and
don't know it! For more information, visit www.2005worldmasters.com.
Kathy Garnsworthy
Communications and Marketing Coordinator
Alberta Centre for Active Living
Edmonton AB
Tel.: 780 415-6248 (Mon./Tues./Wed./Fri.)
www.centre4activeliving.ca
"Research and education for the promotion of physical activity."
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