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Spring Splash Worskhop - Ottawa May 22,
2008
Parks and Recreation Ontario is pleased
to offer Spring Splash: Eastern Ontario’s
Aquatic and Recreation Workshop – Thursday
May 22, 2008 at the Walter Baker Sports Complex
in Ottawa. This one day workshop is filled
with great sessions and dynamic speakers!
For more information and to register, please
click here.
Deadline for registration is May 15th.
Should you have any questions, please do not
hesitate to contact Julie Auchterlonie at
Julie.Auchterlonie@ottawa.ca;
Renee Richard at Renee.Richard@ottawa.ca;
or Nathalie Vallieres-Loy at nvallier@uottawa.ca.
- PRO offers workshops to help enhance volunteer
programs
Parks and Recreation Ontario in collaboration
with Volunteer Canada and PAVR-O are offering
a series of workshops that offer practical strategies
to enhance municipal support for your volunteer
program. The workshop will lead you through
the Municipal Toolkit and other valuable resources
that will help you build a strong volunteer
program. The workshops will take place during
May in Belleville
(May 22), Norwich
(May 21), Sudbury
(May 26) and Welland
(June 9). You can click on the locations
to download more information and a registration
form.
- PRO Aquatics Conference and Call for Presenters
The 2008 Parks and Recreation Ontario Aquatics
Conference is taking place November 5 – 7, 2008
at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario and
the PRO Aquatics Conference Committee is seeking
to recruit presenters for this annual event.
We are pleased to offer an online application
and information package. Please click here
or visit www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=iX38Luud5h0JML0ERHYk3w_3d_3d
for information on session topics and general
information and to complete the application
form.
Please note the deadline for submissions is
May 9th, 2008. Only selected applicants
will be notified on or before May 30th, 2008
for their participation in the conference.
- Conflict Communication and Building Better
Children Workshops in Ottawa and Mississauga
Renowned expert on recreation, camp and education,
Michael Brandwein will present a series of workshops
on conflict communication and building better
children. The workshops take place in Ottawa
on May 13 and Mississauga
on May 14. Click on the city names to download
more information and a registration form. These
workshops will benefit parks and recreation,
Boys and Girls Club, YMCA, supervisors, volunteers,
program staff and leaders from community groups.
You'll receive practical tools and techniques
to improve your skills in working with children
and youth.
- SummerActive 2008 - May 8 to June 20, 2008
Help make Ontario the most SummerActive
province in Canada! Take up the SummerActive
Challenge in your community, school or workplace
and have a chance to win great prizes. Click
here to visit
the PRO SummerActive Challenge page, or visit
www.summeractive.ca
to learn more about the SummerActive campaign
across Canada.
More News from PRO
Reaching for the Top Hits the Mark for Healthy
Children and Youth
In
March, Dr. Kellie Leitch released her report on
the health of Canada's Children and Youth. Parks
and Recreation Ontario (PRO) congratulates Dr.
Kellie Leitch, the Advisor on Healthy Children
and Youth, for her comprehensive report “Reaching
for the Top,” an initiative commissioned by the
Federal Government. PRO fully supports the recommendations
in Dr. Leitch’s report, and calls on all orders
of government to work with community recreation
providers to implement those recommendations.
Read more about
the report in a press release issued by PRO.
To view a summary of Dr. Leitch's report, please
visit the Health
Canada Website, or to download the report,
please click here.
Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal
releases progress report
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal
recently released a progress report on the ReNew
Ontario program. Renew Ontario, introduced in
May 2005, is a $30-billion plus, five-year plan
to upgrade Ontario’s infrastructure. This is the
first long-term infrastructure strategy in the
province’s history. The report highlights investments
by the McGuinty government. There is limited exposure
for the investments made in sport and recreation
infrastructure, which has raised concern at PRO.
PRO will continue to advocate for dedicated sport
and recreation infrastructure funding, especially
leading up to the provincial election in October.
To download the report, please visit: www.pir.gov.on.ca/English/infrastructure/renew/2007/index.html
Strengthening Voluntarism in Ontario Symposium
The successful Strengthening Voluntarism Symposium
was held on June 8 and 9 in Toronto. To view resources
to support voluntarism, please visit www.strengthenvoluntarism.on.ca.
Canada's Minister of Health makes announcement
at the National Parks and Recreation Conference
The National Parks and Recreation Conference and
Trade Show in Ottawa began on a high note on Wednesday
September 26. In an address to the conference
delegates at the opening ceremony, The Honourable
Tony Clement, Minister of Health and Minister
for the Federal Economic Development Initiative
for Northern Ontario, made two announcements to
promote more physical activity and healthy living
among Canadians:
- Announcing a federal investment of $5.4
million over two years for 14 projects across
Canada that promote physical activity, healthy
eating and healthy weights including a contribution
of $591,193 to The
Canadian Parks and Recreation Association
to implement Everybody
Gets to Play a program that will create
accessible recreation opportunities for children
and youth living in low-income families, and
to further address the healthy eating and
physical activity needs of Aboriginals. The
14 projects, which will be delivered by non-government
organizations in Canada, are national in-scope
and provide innovative approaches to increasing
physical activity and healthy living among
Canadians including youth, families, and individuals
with disabilities. Click here
to read the entire release and click on the
"backgrounder" box to view details
of all the projects to be funded.
- Re-launching Canada’s Physical Activity
Guides, which provide information on becoming
more active and highlight the benefits that
result from improving physical health.
Minister Clement reminded the delegates to
promote Canada’s Physical Activity Guides
(available for children, youth, adults and
older adults), a free resource to help inform
Canadians about the benefits of physical activity.
To view the activity guides, click here.
In addition, Minister Clement highlighted some
of the other initiatives the federal government
has undertaken to promote physical activity
and healthy eating, including:
-Introducing Canada’s first Children’s Fitness
Tax Credit to help parents with the costs of
their children’s organized physical activities;
-Revising the Canada Food Guide and released
Canada's first ever Food Guide for First Nations,
Inuit and Métis;
-Renewing funding for ParticipACTION,
after funding had been terminated in 2001;
-Providing annual SummerActive
and WinterActive
programs in communities across Canada;
-Supporting the Concerned Children’s Advertisers’
Long Live Kids campaign.
Information on the Children's Fitness Tax
Credit for Organizations
The Canada Revenue Agency has released additional
information regarding implementation of the Children’s
Fitness Tax Credit. It has provided more detailed
examples and information for organizations providing
eligible programs to children. The document can
be found at: www.cra-arc.gc.ca/whatsnew/organi-e.html.
It has also created a simple checklist to establish
eligibility. This can be found at: www.cra-arc.gc.ca/whatsnew/checklist-e.html.
To read the complete article, click here.
Please visit The Parks and Recreation Ontario
FAQ Page
for more information or the Lifestyle Information
Network discussion group on the Children’s Fitness
Tax Credit (www.lin.ca)
to share information or post a question.
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