Motivate

- The Early Years
(1973-1979)
- Don't Just Think About it - Do It
(1983-1984)
- Body Break
(1989-1991)
- Vitality
(1991-1995)
- Sharing A Healthier Future
(1996-1998)

Mobilize

- ParticipACTION Saskatoon
- CrownLife ParticipACTION Challenge

Educate

- Healthy Active Living
(Older Adults)

- Fitness: The Facts
(Workplace)

- Project APEX
(Children)

- Promotions
(1972-79)
- Promotions
(1980-86)

Impact

- International Involvement
- Canadian Public Health Association Supplement

Structure

- Historic Timeline
- People
- Sponsors

ParticipACTION Saskatoon

Description:Jim Struthers on ParticipACTION Saskatoon
Duration: 2:32
Date: August, 2004

ParticipACTION Saskatoon was a community based event that operated in parallel with a similar event in Sweden.

Fast Facts:
ParticipACTION Saskatoon (pilot community)
Dates: 1972-1978
Description: ParticipACTION’s model community program to demonstrate to the rest of Canada what might be possible.
Funding: All locally generated or donated.

Overview

Established in 1972 as ParticipACTION’s first model community program to assess if it would be possible to obtain cooperation at the local level from the public and private sectors (including media), as well as from community organizations and community “thought leaders”. If positive, to assess what strategies worked and what could be the expected results.

Description:Russ Kisby discusses the creation of the Saskatoon Community Project, Part One
Duration: 7:25
Date: August, 2004

 

Description:Russ Kisby discusses the creation of the Saskatoon Community Project, Part Two
Duration: 5:46
Date: August, 2004

The target audience was all citizens of Saskatoon. A volunteer Board of Directors, headed by Dr. Sam Landa and comprised of influential leaders representing a variety of community sectors, provided the leadership.

Funding, as required (almost all initiatives were volunteer or donated), was completely generated locally. National ParticipACTION did not provide any funding, a key decision that could mean the program could be duplicated in any community.

OBJECTIVES

  • To promote the fitness of the citizens of Saskatoon through participation in sports and physical recreation
  • To work in cooperation with all other persons, organizations, societies, firms, institutions and the local mass media to promote physical recreation and fitness among the citizens
  • To assess the effectiveness of a community-based, volunteer initiative to achieve the above two objectives

RESOURCES

  • Extensive, donated support from the mass media
  • Variety of resources produced (local sponsorship or donated) by many groups and organizations

IMPLEMENTATION

  • Approved by Saskatoon City Council, March 27, 1972
  • Public launch early in 1973
  • Many local promotions and community-wide participation events
  • Eventually, high profile international challenges with Umea, Sweden.

View Slides of ParticipACTION Saskatoon - Prepared by Dr. Donald Bailey

Copy of an excellent presentation on ParticipACTION SASKATOON prepared by Dr. Donald Bailey, University of Saskatchewan Kinesiology Professor, member of the original ParticipACTION SASKATOON Board of Directors, and longest serving member of the national ParticipACTION Board of Directors.

 

 

   

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Motivate

The Early Years (1973-1979) | Don't Just Think About it - Do It (1983-1984) | Body Break (1989-1991)
Vitality (1991-1995) | Sharing A Healthier Future (1996-1998)
Mobilize
ParticipACTION Saskatoon | CrownLife ParticipACTION Challenge
Educate
Healthy Active Living (Older Adults) | Fitness: The Facts (Workplace) | Project APEX (Children)
Promotions (1972-79) | Promotions (1980-86)
Impact
Public Surveys | International Involvement | Canadian Public Health Association Supplement
Structure
Historic Timeline | People | Sponsors