Loading ...The Generation Action Youth Summit has been incredible so far, but now the youth summit team needs your help to make their vision a reality! The youth summit team believes in the power of youth and they believe in the power of their voices speaking out for the activity opportunities all youth need to be healthy. But, they don’t want to stop at just their voices being heard.
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Category Archives: Physical Inactivity
Mar 11
2011
2011
Generation Action Needs Your Help
posted by: Kenji category: Advocacy, Awareness, Empowerment, Generation Action Youth Summit, Leadership, Physical Activity, Physical Inactivity, Saskatchewan in motion, Youth Leadership
0 Feb 11
2011
2011
The second meeting of the Generation Action Youth Summit is set to take place on Feb 11 & 12th. The participants and Saskatchewan in motion staffers are all so pumped to reconvene and keep the momentum rolling. At part II of the Generation Action Youth Summit we will be developing our presentation for the Provincial [...]
Feb 04
2011
2011
When I heard there were going to be new physical activity guidelines for Canada my first question was, why? Turns out the old guidelines were simply outdated. The new guidelines were developed because of all the new research that has been conducted recently. This new research allowed the scientists to make more specific recommendations about physical [...]
Jan 21
2011
2011
The first ever Generation Action Youth Summit is in the book folks! The Summit brought together youth from across Saskatchewan who have something to say about physical activity, ranging in age from 16 – 23. The participants applied to be a part of this historic occasion. A group of 9 youth, including Graham and I [...]
Sep 24
2010
2010
in motion This year at the Student Leadership Conference in Meadow Lake Saskatchewan in motion set up a trade show booth and delivered presentations to the young delegates. A team from base camp including, Graham Richardson, Don Radcliff-Smith and me, set out to make sure all of the delegates are aware of the physical [...]
Jun 04
2010
2010
Cause a Commotion – Flash Mobs!
posted by: Kenji category: Advocacy, Empowerment, Engagment, Flash Mobs, Leadership, Music, Physical Inactivity, UncategorizedJohn 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 [...]
Apr 30
2010
2010
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?
Apr 12
2010
2010
Physical Inactivity: Who’s to blame?
posted by: Kenji category: Contest, Guest Blogger, Physical InactivityIf you’ve been reading the blog you’ll know that recently Saskatchewan in motion ran a contest for Saskatchewan’s youth. Part of the contest was the opportunity for Saskatchewan’s youth to submit a blog and win a chance to be featured here on Generation Action as a guest blogger. Ogema’s own Katie Bacon was selected by the staff here at basecamp as our winner! So here is a little about Katie and her thoughts on the physical inactivity crisis, enjoy.
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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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