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The Biggest Fitness Initiative Ever Undertaken Wants Your School to Help Change Canada’s Inactivity Crisis Forever!

 The Great Canadian Relay - Get Your School Involved Today!

Do you see the kids in your school becoming less active?

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The conference provides an opportunity for educators, pubic health professionals, and other community leaders to increase their knowledge and skills to foster healthy active living for children and youth in their schools and communities.
This professional development opportunity offers workshops and interactive sessions on innovative strategies for health & physical education, development of physical literacy and health literacy, sport and intramural activities and a selection of health promotion topics.

http://www.phecanada.ca/eng/conferences/national_conference.cfm

The conference is intended for primary care physicians, emergency physicians, internists, neurologists, geriatricians, and physiatrists as well as clinical dietitians, medical residents, nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists, social workers, speech-language pathologists, recreation therapists, and other health professionals involved or interested in stroke care. Stroke survivors, their families and caregivers are also most welcome.

For more Information: http://cme.medicine.dal.ca/calendar.htm

Contact Person : Shelagh Hagen

Join hundreds of runners as they make their way across 260 KM’s of New Brunswick’s beautiful highways in an effort to place life saving Automated External Defibrillators in public facilities throughout our province. A weekend event like no other! On June 26th & 27th 2010, Don’t wait for the experience, LIVE THE EXPERIENCE!

http://www.relayrunforheart.ca/site/c.nrKPITPzEoE/b.5528411/k.BCFE/Home.htm

Knowledge exchange and networking are important components in renewing how we support our province, our organizations, our communities and ourselves in developing healthy communities.

Take H.E.A.R.T. is a 12-week introductory level program that provides physical activity (aerobic and strength conditioning) and healthy eating instruction in a group setting, 3 days per week (Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays). The primary goal is to educate adults (age 18-69) in adopting new lifestyle behaviours that will help reduce their risk of developing cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and cancers related to physical inactivity.