2008
Heart Health | Winter Biking  | Adapted Equipment Loan Program |  Physical Activity, Pregnancy & Postpartum Inventory of Resources | SummerActive | Stroke Survivors, Physical Activity and the March of Dimes

2007
Exercising In The Cold  | Putting the Heart Into Your Physical Activity Promotion Programs! | Nutrition Month and Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide | Strengthening Physical Activity Programs with Evidence Informed Practice | Physical Activity & Older Adults | June is Recreation & Parks Month | Determinants of Inactivity Among Low Income Adults | Physical Activity Resources for Older Adults | Creating Healthy Communities through Active Living | Healthy Kids - Healthy Futures, The Inclusion of Children with Disabilities | Get Active and Stay Injury Free | 

2006
Physical Activity Goal Setting | Communicating the Physical Activity Message | The Role of Physicians in Physical Activity | Physical Activity and Injury Prevention | Involving Parents in Childrens' Physical Activity | Physical Activity & Pregnancy PARC Online Workshop | Self-help and Physical Activity

2005
Getting and Staying Motivated | Heart Health and Physical Activity | Obesity | Physical Activity and Mental Health | Prescription for Physical Activity | Exercising outdoors in the Heat with Poor Air Quality | Physical Activity and the Early Years | Workplace Wellnes | Reaching Multicultural Groups | Exercise and Pregnancy

2004
Nutrition & Physical Activity | The Role of Physical Activity in Reducing Risk of Cancer | Physical Activity and Older Adults | Tips for being active during the summer months | Back to School | Walking | How to Prepare Yourself for Outdoor Activities | Activity and Gift Ideas for the Holiday Season

2003
Back to School Information | Stress and Physical Activity - Workplace Sector | Walking Throughout the Year | Tips for an Active Holiday Season |  Motivation | Cardiovascular Health

Issue: June 2003
Topic: Back-to-School Information, for use in September

Events

• Walk To School Day is October 8, 2003. Schools need to register their participation ahead of time. A large number of materials, in French & English, are available from http://www.greenestcity.org/indexasrts.html
  
  
• The Terry Fox Run will take place September 14, 2003. Many schools and communities get involved in this event and it is a good opportunity to raise awareness of the benefits of physical activity in the context of cancer prevention. To view Health Canada's workshop report on Physical Activity and Cancer Prevention, go to
  http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pphb-dgspsp/publicat/cdic-mcc/21-4/a_e.html
  
  
• The Ophea Kid's Health Conference will be held October 16-18. The theme is: "Energizing communities: It's Your Move". Encourage Public Health staff and teachers who have a role in physical and health education to attend. Information is available at http://www.ophea.net/Ophea/Ophea.net/traininganddev.cfm

Resources

• Activ8 has been updated and is now available at no cost for teachers. It is a curriculum-based physical activity challenge program for grades K-8. For more information, visit http://www.ophea.net/Ophea/Ophea.net/activ8.cfm
  or e-mail info@activ8.org

Ideas & Websites

• If you are looking to energize your classroom, your after-school program, your church youth club or any group of kids or adults, check out the simple ideas listed on the Ophea website at http://www.ophea.net/Ophea/Ophea.net/activityideas.cfm
  
  
• For a very wide variety of school-based physical activity ideas, check out PE Central at http://www.pecentral.org/. They even have a pedometer ideas section now!
  
  
• Another good site for teachers is http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/. The site has a wide variety of ideas for icebreakers,. The lesson plan section has a few lesson plans for H&PE (http://LessonPlanz.com/Lesson_Plans/Physical_Education/)
  
  
• An interesting website for parents is KidsHealth.org. There is a section on Nutrition & Fitness http://kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_fit/index.html - American Website
  
  
• The website ReadySetGo offers sport information for parents, coaches and children. There is a good article written by Myra Stephen on physical activity in schools: http://www.readysetgo.org/ophea/ReadySetGo/inyourchildsschool.cfm
  

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