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2010 Get Active Toronto Report
2010 Get Active Report on Physical Activity, prepared by the Get Active Toronto board - nearly 60% of Torontonians are not physically active and the percentage is steadily increasing.
6 in 10 Torontonians aged 12 and over are inactive during their leasure time. Inactivity in Toronto is higher than the national average for men and women of all ages, and has increased since 2005.
Torontonians say their top motivator for physical activity is staying healthy. Across social groups, the most frequently cited barrier to physical activity is a lack of time.
Few Torontonians walk or cycle to work, but over the past decade there have been small increases in the percentage of people who do so.
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Sport Matters in Toronto
Sport is woven into the fabric of every community in Canada. Canada’s has 33,650 sport and recreation organizations (71% local) that, together, engage more volunteers (5.3 million) nationally than any other sector. Almost three-quarters of these organizations have no paid employees at all.[i]
72% of Canadians believe that sport is a key contributor to quality of life in their communities,[ii] because it brings individuals and communities together, creates a sense of community, encourages active citizenship, and fosters trust, reciprocity, and a sense of security among community members.
Sport helps to strengthen communities by building social capital and fostering inclusion of vulnerable groups. This is important because places with more social capital are generally safer, better governed and more prosperous than those with less.[iii]. Read more... >>
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Study: Pan Am Physical Activity Observatory, University of Toronto
The Faculty of Physical Education and Health at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce the establishment of the Pan Am Physical Activity Observatory. The PAPA Observatory will measure, study and evaluate the effects of the 2015 Pan American and Para Pan American games on the nature, extent, quality and outcomes of physical education, sport and physical activity in Ontario: “Our mission is to track and evaluate the use of the Pan Am Games to enhance effective physical education, equitable and ethical participation in physical activity and health sport performance in Ontario.” Read more... >> |
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Affordable Access to Recreation for Ontarians Policy Framework: Every One Plays
Prepared by the Ontario Task Group on Access to Recreation for Low-Income Families, supported by Parks and Recreation Ontario with funding from the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion.
This Policy Framework promotes access to recreation for low-income families in Ontario. It was created by the Ontario Task Group on Access to Recreation for Low-Income Families in consultation with many others committed to affordable access. It draws on a growing body of work that documents the health, social and economic benefits that affordable access to recreation can provide.
The framework sets out a vision, objectives and strategic directions to guide those who develop public policy, make funding decisions, offer recreation programs, or build and maintain facilities or open spaces. It is a call to action for all involved to work together in a systematic way to make affordable access to recreation a reality in Ontario.
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Kids Sports, by Warren Clark, Statistics Canada
Sport touches many aspects of Canadians’ lives—their health and well-being, their social networks, their sense of social connectedness. Organized sport can help children grow, giving them a sense of achievement while building teamwork, leadership, problem-solving, decision-making, and communications skills. Sport also enables children to channel their energy, competitiveness and aggression in socially beneficial ways. Improving health through sport and other forms of physical activity may reduce future health-care costs and build lasting habits of physical fitness while combating the growing problem of childhood obesity. Read more... >> |
Study: Organized sports participation among children , the Daily, Statistics Canada, June 3, 2008
A smaller percentage of Canadian children participated regularly in organized sports activities in 2005 than in 1992, and the decline was larger for boys, according to a new study. The study found that participation in sports rose with household incomes and the education levels of parents. It also showed that sports participation rates among children were highest in smaller towns and cities, and that children in Canada's three largest cities were least likely to participate in organized sports on a regular basis. Read more... >> |
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The link between exercise and more brainpower
Anne McIlroy
From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published on Friday, Nov. 06, 2009 7:35PM EST
Neuroscientists say parents who want to boost their children's mental performance should encourage kids to hit the road before they hit the books.
It is first period at City Park Collegiate Institute in Saskatoon, and the Grade 10 students in Allison Cameron's class are priming their brains for an English assignment.
They strap heart monitors on their wrists and climb on a treadmill or exercise bike for a 20-minute workout. When they're done, they move to their desks and start writing. The students are taking part in a program that aims to help them improve their focus, concentration and, ultimately, their academic performance through regular exercise in class. Read more... >> and Read more... >>
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