WELLSPRING, SPRING 2002

The new issue of WellSpring is now on the web. Download WellSpring free of
charge from the Alberta Centre for Active Living’s web site
(http://www.centre4activeliving.ca/Publications/EdPublications.html).

This Issue:
The Women’s Movement: Focus on Women’s Health

- An Active Approach to Fibromyalgia
Chris Carruthers, MSc, Health Educator/Workshop Manager, Integrative Health
Institute of Calgary.

- Lifetime Physical Activity and Breast Cancer Risk
Christine Friedenreich, PhD, Research Scientist, CIHR New Investigator,
Division of Epidemiology, Prevention and Screening, Alberta Cancer Board.

- A Changed Lifestyle: Older Aboriginal Adults
Lylee Williams, BEd, National Indian and Inuit Community Health
Representatives Organization (NIICHRO).

- Portrait of an Aboriginal Woman: Mary Wilson
Lylee Williams, BEd, National Indian and Inuit Community Health
Representatives Organization (NIICHRO).

- Osteoporosis: The Active Factor
Liz Young, RN, Coordinator of TrymGym, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of
Calgary.

If you are interested in reprinting any of these articles, please contact
Kathy Garnsworthy, WellSpring co-editor, at 780 415-6248 or
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NEWS FROM THE ALBERTA CENTRE FOR ACTIVE LIVING

- The most recent issue of Research Update (March 2002) is now available on
our web site at
http://www.centre4activeliving.ca/research/reprojects.html.

- Active Living Coalition for Older Adults (ALCOA) Speakers’ Bureau:
ALCOA and the Alberta Centre for Active Living are providing training
sessions for ALCOA speakers. We are looking for older adults interested in
speaking with seniors’ groups about active living and nutrition for older
adults.
For more information, please contact:
Jennifer Dechaine, Older Adult Coordinator, Alberta Centre for Active Living
Tel.: 780 427-7938/E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Web site: http://www.centre4activeliving.ca/older.html.

- SummerActive 2002. This year’s SummerActive campaign will run from May
8–June 21. SummerActive is a community-based campaign that aims to increase
awareness about the importance of physical activity to health. For more
information, visit the SummerActive web site at
http://www.summeractive.canoe.ca/. You can also find out more about
SummerActive on the Alberta Centre for Active Living web site at
http://www.centre4activeliving.ca/new.html.

- World Health Day, 2002. The Alberta Centre for Active Living partnered
with the City of Edmonton to proclaim World Health Day in Edmonton on April
5, 2002. For more information about World Health Day, visit the World Health
Organization web site (http://www.who.int/world-health-day). You will also
find more information about World Health Day on the Alberta Centre for
Active Living web site at
http://www.centre4activeliving.ca/new.html.

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