Physical Activity Manitoba
Research
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority-Wave online magazine December 2012 includes a supplement on Manitoba research with features on:
Dr. Joannie Halas: Rec and Read Aboriginal youth program to encourage physical activity participation and education.
Dr. Jon McGavock: Studying how physical activity can be used to reduce type 2 diabetes.
Dr. Dean Kriellaars: Developing effective physical literacy education and curricula in schools.
Opportunities for Physical Activity at Schools - CFLRI
RESEARCH LINKS
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute
The mission of the Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute is to enhance the well-being of Canadians through research and communication of information about physically active lifestyles to the public and private sectors. The Institute takes an integrated approach to understanding active living and strives to address fitness issues from the complementary perspectives of the health professions, the sociological and psychological sciences, and the physiological and biological sciences.
SIRC, the Sport Information Resource Centre
SIRC Sport Research is a not-for-profit organization based in Ottawa Canada. Founded in 1973 as a resource for coaches, athletes, sports medicine professionals and sporting organizations, SIRC is a leading source for academic and medical sport research. Our flagship product, SIRC SportDiscus database, is considered to be the primary sport research tool in libraries worldwide.
www.sirc.ca
Alberta Centre for Active Living
Working with practitioners, organizations,and communities to improve the health and quality of life of Albertans through physical activity.
www.centre4activeliving.ca
Public Health Agency of Canada
The personal life and self-care choices you make greatly influence your health. Eating well, being active, feeling good about yourself. These three key elements work together to help you achieve a healthier, more active lifestyle.
www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/index-eng.php
Canadian Institute of Health Research
"To excel, according to internationally accepted standards of scientific excellence, in the creation of new knowledge and its translation into improved health for Canadians, more effective health services and products and a strengthened Canadian health care system."
What is CIHR?
Canada's premier health research funding agency funds over 8,500 researchers in universities, teaching hospitals, and research institutes across Canada invests in high quality people, excellent science and training the next generation - the backbone of a knowledge-based economy $662 million budget for 2004-2005 94 cents of every dollar CIHR receives from the federal government goes directly to Canadian health researchers in every province across the countryPrairie Women's Health Centre for Excellence
The Centre is dedicated to improving the health status of Canadian women by supporting policy-oriented and community-based research and analysis on the social and other determinants of women’s health. No longer active, archived information only
Canadian Women's Health Network
Sharing information, resources and strategies, and building links to improve women's health. No longer active, archived information only.
www.cwhn.ca
About the associationPAM is a group of organizations interested in promoting increased physical activity by all Manitobans through promotion, collaboration and education.
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