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Category Archives: Accountability

Be Empowered – Youth Action

posted by: Kenji category: Accountability, Advocacy, Empowerment, Leadership

If you want to take the next step toward empowering yourself you have to let the right people know. You need to show the people you want to learn from, that you are interested in gaining knowledge and skills.

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Canada Gets an F for Physical Activity -2010 Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card

posted by: Kenji category: Accountability, Advocacy, Physical Inactivity, Research

Recently Active Healthy Kids Canada released the 2010 National Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. For the fourth year running as a nation we receive an F for Physical Activity. The Saskatchewan specific page doesn’t look much better. As a province we’re sitting at 13% of kids getting their 90 minutes/day of physical activity.

Does that sit well with you?

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It’s the New Year, Lets Get Active About Activity!

posted by: Kenji category: Accountability, Empowerment, Engagment, Healthy Living

Hey Everyone! Happy New Year to you all! I wanted to share with everyone a lengthier version of an e-mail I sent out to all of the contacts I’ve made at the 08’and 09’ Student Leadership Conference. As well as the participants of the Lieutenant Governors Youth Forum. Anyway I’ll get right to it; here’s [...]

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New Year’s Non Resolution!

posted by: Kenji category: Accountability, Empowerment, Engagment, Healthy Living, Leadership

Where did a new year sneak up from? It Feels like only a year ago we were all freaking out about Y2K and ringing in the new millennium. It’s a new year and that means a fresh start, big plans, and resolutions of course! I’ve made and shall we say graciously abandoned many resolutions myself. Usually involving working out and getting in shape. This year there will be no resolution. Instead this January 1, 2010 will mark the first day in a gradual endeavor towards a lifestyle change. See I think I figured out why (for me anyway) resolutions don’t work…

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Give the Gift of Physical Activity

posted by: Kenji category: Accountability, Active Transportation, Active in Nature, Empowerment, Healthy Living

With Christmas just around the corner and last minute gifts on the brain, have you considered physical activity? During the holiday season no matter how old you are we tend to give and receive gifts. This holiday season it’s a good idea to ask yourself, what am I saying with this present? Gift giving is [...]

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