News & Events

JUST RELEASED! The Role of Monitoring Growth in Long-Term Athlete Development: This document is intended to help coaches develop and deliver training, competition and recovery programs that are specific to the developmental level of the individual(s) they are coaching. View

Physical and Health Education Canada (PHE Canada), through the support of the Government of Canada, has launched a new Physical Literacy in Canada website – a site that targets educators and parents to support the development of physical literacy in children and youth. View Press Release

Canadian Sport-Specific LTAD Models: New sport-specific LTAD models are becoming available on a regular basis. View

Provincial Implementation Plans: New provincial implementation plans are becoming available on a regular basis. View

6^th Canadian Sport for Life Workshop in Ottawa on April 7-8, 2010: Last year's Workshop brought together over 400 people working on changing sport in Canada. Check back for a list of speakers and information regarding registration!

Summer 2009

Your guide to the language of CS4L View

Newfoundland and Labrador has created a new position in support of LTAD/CS4L implementation. The final details are now being completed and then the call for applications will be advertised.

Values & Principles: The CS4L guide outlines 10 factors that impact the 7 stages of LTAD. Now, as the project has matured into a movement, a set of values and principles has been developed with the contribution of many. View

The CS4L Rectangle continues to evolve. View

Petro-Canada Sport Leadership - Nov. 12-15, 2009
CS4L presentations:

Making it Real - Sport For Life: Implementation at the Provincial Level (R. Way)
Paradigm Shifts in Coaching (I. Balyi)
Making it Real - Sport For Life: Linking CS4L-LTAD to NSO-PSO Strategic Plans (R. Way)

Canadian School Sport Federation and CS4L - Sept. 30, 2009
Integrating better practices in school sport and CS4L - a one-day workshop linking together CSSF student athletes and interscholastic sport with CS4L.

Together We are Making a Difference - June 11 & 12, 2009
Dr. Mary Bluechardt and Dr. Colin Higgs are conducting a two-day Workshop in St. John's, NF bringing together four 'sectors,' Sport, Recreation, Health, Education.

Winter 2009

View our Special CS4L Workshop Edition E-News

Check out the Canadian Sport for Life Workshop: Learn, share & strengthen the CS4L movement in Ottawa, Jan. 21 & 22.

The PHE Canada National Conference is April 30-May 2 in Banff, Alberta

Fall 2008

View the CS4L Fall Edition E-News

The results are in - We polled Canadians on the importance of Physial Literacy. Guess what? It's important. more

The Vancouver School Board’s Management Committee recently approved a Healthy Living policy includes introducing schools to the Canadian Sport for Life framework in 2008/09.

The City of Vancouver approved $240,000 in support of the implementation of its CS4L based Vancouver Sport Strategy (VSS). View the VSS Implementation Plan

The Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation unveiled a new grant program to integrate Physical Literacy ("Active Start", "FUNdamentals", "Learning to Train", and "Training to Train") stages into the program, design, development and delivery. Next opportunity to apply May 1. More

Toronto Public Health Agency is providing “Developing Physical Literacy” to all its public health nurses.

Targeted at Early Childhood Educators, PARC is sponsoring three presentations on Physical Literacy December 2008 to February 2009, in Ontario, Nova Scotia & Saskatchewan.

Three regional train-the-trainer workshops in Physical Literacy for community-based leaders/educators working in early childhood development/education will take place between December 2008 and January 2009 with funding from the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Physical Activity and Recreation Committee.

The Active Start Stage is the first of seven stages in the Long-Term Athlete Development model and focuses on the need to promote Physical Literacy in children ages 0-6. Active Start Workshops will be held in Nova Scotia, Ontario and Saskatchewan where Dr. Colin Higgs will train educators of early childhood educators on the importance of an Active Start and Physical Literacy and how it can be integrated into early childhood education programs. For more information on these workshops please contact Katie Faloon.

Petro Canada Sport Leadership Conference Nov 6-9, Calgary - Periodization for Junior (Training to Train) Athletes, Istvan Balyi. Reseach Panel on LTAD, Steve Norris. More

Summer 2008

View the CS4L Summer Edition E-News

Developing Physical Literacy, our latest publication, was launched in Alberta and Saskatchewan of May, 2008.

Ryerson coach sees LTAD as salvation for university program.

British Columbia Recreation and Parks Association passes resolution endorsing CS4L.