From Paralympics to Public Health Seminar

Our partner, Calgary Adapted Hub, powered by Jumpstart Research is holding their first Community Engagement Seminar. The seminar will feature Dr. Cheri Blauwet speaking about “From the Paralympics to Public Health: The Impact of Sport and Physical Activity for People with Disabilities”. The seminar will be February 25, 2021 at 5:00 pm MST.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/calgary-adapted-hub-research-and-knowledge-translation-seminar-tickets-140927202055

Anyone and everyone is welcome! We hope to see you there!

A poster can be downloaded from here.

New From The Blog

A New Municipal Project

Active Living Alliance is starting a project to develop a municipal guide to promising and best practices for disability inclusion in recreation and physical activity.

For more information please contact Taryn Barry, ALACD project manager, at taryn.barry@ ala.ca.

Jess Silver: Redefining Disability through adaptive fitness

Professionally, Jess Silver is an accomplished communications professional, published author, adaptive fitness trainer and multilingual educator with a passion for travel and making a positive difference in the world.

Quite apart from what they do though, what really defines a person is who they are. Silver is a passionate physical activity and inclusion advocate and dynamic thought -leader who is constantly challenging herself and those around her to expand their vision of what is possible.

The Secret to Happiness By James Kwinecki

I never thought that one day I would wake up and not be able to see. But here we are, 7 years later and through this change I’ve realized the secret to happiness. Now I know you might be thinking I’m going to talk about chocolate, a loving family or being financially stable – I’m not. (Those things are great too, though). In this blog, I am going to tell you why I think physical activity is the secret to true happiness! WAIT - If you just groaned, give me a chance!