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0 On Tuesday (Aug 24th) Saskatchewan in motion (SIM) staffers met up with an eager group of people power enthusiasts for an active transportation flash mob.
It was the second flash mob I was involved with organizing for Sask in motion. We took an entirely different approach with this one, different concept, recruitment plan, filming strategy; the only thing that was similar was location.
Who is having more fun, the kid playing or the kid sitting? Success! On June 28th we pulled off our very first Sask in motion flash mob! It was a total experiment with a new tactic for us. Flash mob have been literally popping up out of nowhere all over the world and we wanted [...]
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.
John Quincy Adams said, “If your actions inspire other to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” Smart man that Mr. Adams, and it makes sense doesn’t it: If you want people to care about what you care about, they have to know it exists! You need to make people [...]
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?
It’s been a week since our provincial gathering, Inspiring Action-Jump in 2010! I’ve spent a lot of time pondering what I learned from the event and our guest speaker Severn Cullis-Suzuki.Severn shared a lot of personal stories about her work within the environmental movement to explain how she became a young leader. We wanted the hundreds of youth in the audience and across the province to understand the incredible potential they have to be at the forefront of positive change.
Severn broke it down like this:
My name is Kenji and I work with Saskatchewan in motion, where our goal is to help make Saskatchewan one of Canada's most active provinces! [read more]
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