Walk BC Launches New Interactive Map to Get BC Communities Moving!
The BC Recreation and Parks Association (BCRPA) Walk BC initiative is launching its newest venture - an interactive walking route map. As the first map of its kind, it features walking routes and recreational facilities from around British Columbia. Powered by Google, it enables people to find the right walking route for their level of physical activity, assists communities in highlighting their unique features - like accessible walking routes and recreational facilities - and helps individuals incorporate active transportation into their daily activities or travels. 
 
To learn more, please visit their website. 
 
Toronto Charter for Physical Activity:  A Global Call for Action
The Toronto Charter for Physical Activity is a call to all countries to help make physical activity a priority for all.  The Charter provides a framework for action and partnerships across multiple sectors to build healthier, more active, environmentally sustainable communities, and is the result of two years of international drafting and large scale global consultation. The purpose of the Charter is to elevate the importance of health-enhancing physical activity throughout the world.
 
To learn more, please click here. 
 
Rowing Canada Aviron launches irow youth rowing program
irow is a program that integrates local rowing clubs, schools and the recreational community to enable youth to try rowing.  It provides access to young people, while educating parents, educators, youth and their communities on the values and benefits of participation in rowing activities.
 
For more information, please contact Colleen Miller at colleenmiller@rowingcanada.org 

 

Jocelyn & Tyler's Cross-Canada Adventure
For more information, visit their website.
 
Tyler Ladouceur and Jocelyn Dresser have been friends since their freshman year in university. In the summer of 2010, they will cycle across Canada together, from Vancouver, BC, to St. John's, Newfoundland.  The trip has been a 'bucket list adventure' for the both of them and this past Christmas they decided to try cycling the country before their careers and lives get ahead of them.  Tyler had the wonderful idea of doing it for a charity that is valuable and representative of both of their principles.  They chose ParticipACTION -  not only for the catchy jingles of the late '80s, but because of ParticipACTION's dedication to helping Canadians live healthy and active lives.

"Traveling Canada has always been a goal of ours. It is such a beautiful country, and often gets overlooked when people are thinking of traveling. We thought 'Why not travel this great land of ours?' From the Rocky Mountains to the Maritimes, there is so much to see, and what better way to see it and experience it than on a bicycle?"
 
Through partnership with ParticipACTION and its national youth physical activity initiative, Sogo Active, they now have a trip-of-a-lifetime planned. What lies ahead is 7500 km of terrain that encompasses Canada from the west coast to the east coast - on a bicycle!

They are starting out on June 16 from Vancouver to travel with the rider-friendly westerly winds at their backs, and hope to reach St. John's by August 22. ParticipACTION has helped them arrange visits with various Sogo Active Community Host organizations throughout the ride, so they can share their story with young people in communities along the way.   They are committed to living and sharing the importance of physical activity, and helping young people understand the long- and short-term effects of the major inactivity crisis we are facing in Canada.
 
For more information, or to make a donation to Jocelyn and Tyler's Cross Canada Adventure, visit their website.