Vancouver Sport Network

Physical Literacy for All

• Goal
• Objectives
• Working Committee
• Your Input
• Meeting Schedule
• Work Plan
• Links

Rising levels of obesity and inactivity threaten the future health of Canada's children and municipal governments including Vancouver; need to find solutions to this problem at a neighborhood level.

A number of physical literacy programs and services exist within Vancouver, delivered by a variety of stakeholders. The City has a broad range of programs and facilities (including community centre's, school based activities and sports leagues) and other agencies that engage children in different forms of physical activity. However, these programs and services need to be delivered consistently and systematically in all neighborhoods, and should be accessible to all children living in Vancouver.

Working with stakeholders through the VSS framework will improve physical literacy programming through the defined stages of Active Start, FUNdamentals, and Learning to Train, capitalizing on sensitive periods of trainability for children and correcting shortcomings, such as early specialization in late specialization sports. Systematic monitoring of the growth and development of individual participants will guide their transition through to the Active for Life or Excellence pathways.

Goal: Physical Literacy for All

All children, from all segments of Vancouver, possess movement, sport and decision making skills to enjoy sport and physical activity for life.

Objectives

1. Develop a comprehensive neighborhood based Physical Literacy Action Plan with the goal of ensuring that children in all areas of Vancouver have equitable opportunities to engage in sport and physical activity and subsequently to progress to Active for Life and/or Excellence participation levels.
2. Identify and link key Physical Literacy Program providers through the Vancouver Sport Network, to achieve more complementary programming and coordinated use of facilities.
3. In conjunction with Vancouver Sport Network partners, create and promote the use of an assessment tool to determine how current children's sport and activity programs can better contribute to the development of physical literacy in Vancouver.
4. Through the available academic research referred to below, or other tools that may become available, establish a baseline and continue to track physical literacy outcomes in Vancouver.

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VSN Physical Literacy Working Committee

Sharon Urton (Chair)
Gail Wilson, UBC Human Kinetics
Bryna Kopelow, Action Schools! & Premier Sports Awards
Dick Woldring, MoreSports
Susan Todd, Langara Human Kinetics
Ron Bergeron, Vancouver School Board
Darren Peterson, Vancouver Park Board
Manabu Koshimura, Vancouver Park Board
Drew Mitchell, 2010 Legacies Now
Gordon May, Coaches Association of BC

We welcome your input

We invite you to participate and provide input, feedback and suggestions on the issues you would like to see addressed by this working committee. Send us an email at sportnetwork@vancouver.ca

Committee Work Plan

Working Committee Action Plan (draft)
Strategies and Implementation Ideas

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Documents and Related Links

We would like to be a hub for information sharing. Please send us any related links or PDFs that can be legally posted on the web.

• Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute
• Canadian Sport For Life - Developing Physical Literacy
• Physical & Health Education Canada – Physical Literacy
• NCCP Fundamental Movement Skills
• MoreSports
• Action Schools BC
• Run, Jump Throw
• Kids Can Move
• LEAP BC
• Play at the Heart of Learning Workshops
• PacificSport Northern BC's Active Kids
• PE Universe – A Space for Physical Educators
• Phys Ed Source
• Play Sport

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