Presenters: Justin Ellis / Tim Burton / Crystal DamerThis panel of Government of Alberta Land Use Framework leaders, municipal planners, parks and recreation planning professionals, and academics exp...

Discusses what Active Canada 20/20 is and does, why Canada needs a physical activity strategy, its vision and goal, and foundations for change and four pillars in its change agenda. Also looks at resu...

Recreation service providers are embracing After School programs as a great fit with their mission and mandates. With eight provinces and territories already investing in After School, the opportunity...

Presenters: Paul Newmarch / Brad LinnPresenters discuss Calgary's social media social media strategies, how they created their social media guidelines for internal stakeholders, best bets for policies...

Co-presented by Maggie Thompson. This presentation outlines the practical operation/application of the facility, program and principles of the Environment and Education Ethics Centre, a LEEDS building...

This presentation provides practical ideas and tools to help municipalities integrate "fun" learning of fundamental movement skills into their programs by allowing participants to try out various spor...

This session provides an overview of some of the key health- related work of Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA), which aims to help build healthy, safe, and caring communities that are su...

Information, research, case studies, tips and practical tools for participants to implement an energy efficiency plan for their community recreation facility infrastructure. Discusses the new Taking A...

This presentation describes the challenges and opportunities presented in partnering citizen volunteers with local government and NGO environmental programs to deal with the challenges urban and rural...

Presenters: Greg Scott / Elaine Betchinski / Brenda ClarkePresenters provide an overview of ARPA’s new Service Excellence Program (SEP), a comprehensive system with practical tools to support organiza...

This session looks at the growing challenge of a steady decline in the percentage of our citizens who are deriving the benefits of recreation and parks, despite research evidence documenting the "pote...

Co-presenters: Liz Halpenny and Junyang Deng This presentation looks at study results of the stresses faced by immigrants during the acculturation process, including language difficulties, perceived d...

Looks at the Eagle Point-Blue Rapids Parks Council, a unique, non-profit organization that utilizes a creative and innovative approach towards community based park and recreation planning, funding and...

This presentation explores leadership with creative intention by playing with proven strategies and experimenting with techniques that direct practical, immediate action, analysis and synthesis. There...

Co-Presenter: Karen Wall This presentation looks at the Banff School of Fine Arts history of offering "learning holidays" in the Rockies. Implications for community development are highlighted in term...

Presenters: Marion Price and Brenda Whitehead This full-day session provided training to enable participants to deliver the full-day workshop called Positive Youth Development: From Paper to Practice...

This presentation addresses what a S.A.D. diet is and how it affects health, what quality food is, where the most nutrient dense food can be found, and how to get families educated and excited about h...

Presenters: Marleen Morris and Susan LaurinPresenters look at recommendations, a framework, and a set of decision-making tools from a recently completed process for enhancing the quality of life in th...

This presentation discusses the concept of "marketing" in recreation as it has moved from enhancing user satisfaction, to user benefits, to community benefits. It looks back at the roots of the recrea...

This session presents a case study of Edmonton’s Master Naturalist program and discusses partnering citizen volunteers with local government and NGO environmental programs as a win-win solution to the...

Co-Presenter: Julie Jacks This presentation looks at how the City of Calgary successfully created and implemented a new sport field allocation procedure through thorough engagement and consultation w...

This presentation explores the relationship between public sector recreation and organized sport at the national, provincial-territorial, and community levels beginning with the Canadian Sport Policy ...

Presenters: Benjamin Brackett / Theresa ByrenPresenters review the event management process implemented by the City of Calgary and highlight crucial steps. By identifying processes for obtaining appro...

This hands-on workshop looks at the four most important settings on your digital camera, exposure and how you can fix it without knowing a thing about f-stops or shutter speeds, composition in photog...

Looks at what the NRB is, an indispensible tool for practitioners, educators, students, researchers and consultants. As the home of the leisure sector’s "grey literature," it contains more than 10,000...

This session looks at the 2011 Canadian Health Measures Survey and the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines and the Canadian Sedentary Guidelines for Children and Youth. The session informs participa...

Describes how Okotoks embarked on creating CHAMP (cultural, historic and arts master plan), including the process and outcomes. The speaker emphasized the importance of a good fit fit with consultants...

This session examines trends and issues in terms of their potential implications on how we plan, develop and manage recreation and parks services, noting that the ability to recognize and cope with ch...

This session looks at how the accumulation effect and the latest research in population aging is changing the way we age, driving the global active-aging movement to unprecedented heights. It also dis...

Co-presenter: Scott CouvesTechnology can be used to better understand an individuals’ needs and as a way to connect those individuals to recreation and park opportunities. Presenters discuss how they ...

This presentation focuses on programming and budget for appropriate, affordable, and quality new recreation facilities: the scale-ability of either or both; the due diligence necessary to accurately e...