Education and Recreation
Canadian Sport for Life tries to get everyone in the 'physical activity' system on the same page: one country, one vision, one system. Because many different institutions, agencies, and groups are involved in delivering sports and physical activity programs, CS4L recommends that parents, teachers, schools, coaches, clubs, recreation centres, and governments coordinate their efforts for the greatest welfare of the children in their programs. In this regard, CS4L has implications for the entire Canadian sport system.
Traditionally, physical education in the schools, recreational sports, and elite sport have been developed separately. This approach is ineffective and expensive. It fails to ensure that all children, including those who may choose to become elite athletes, are given a solid foundation and knowledge base — physical, technical, tactical, and mental — upon which to build their athletic abilities.
"The Canadian Sport for Life is an excellent framework that, with engagement from the sport, health and education sectors, has the potential of influencing physical literacy development of all Canadian children and youth. PHE Canada (formerly known as CAHPERD) sees the CS4L as a significant endorsement of the importance of quality Physical Education in every school."
Andrea Grantham, Executive Director, Physical and Health Education Canada.