SPORT & RECREATION: Recreation: Communities In Action Fund (CIAF): 2007-2008: Provincial Grants
Regional Grants
2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 | 2007-2008 | 2008-2009
Provincial Grants
2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 | 2007-2008 | 2008-2009
Provincial Grant Recipients for 2007-08
Round 1Organization |
Brief Project Description |
Approved Amount |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Ontario | BGCO will offer a "flag rugby" camp to low income children and youth (ages 6-12) within 22 clubs across the province. The program will be offered at no cost, and during the summer months to facilitate the participation of children. The focus of the program is having fun in a non-competitive environment thereby contributing to increased physical fitness levels and enhanced self-esteem in children. | $101,280 |
| Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing (CADS) - Ontario Division | Enable people with disabilities to enjoy the sports of skiing and snowboarding through trained volunteer instructors and the expansion of the CADS Adaptive Ski Program at six ski resorts in Central and Western Ontario. This project will also result in the development of a model for introducing adaptive ski programs at new resort communities in Ontario. | $15,372 |
| Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (CAHPERD) | Student Leadership Development Program would be comprised of a guide/manual/toolkit for 3 different target groups (elementary, secondary, post-secondary). The resources will support educators and recreation leaders in offering youth leadership development in schools, community organizations, and recreation agencies. | $128,000 |
| Clean Air Champions | The Clean Air Achievers and Stepping Ahead (CAA/SA) project will benefit between 4,500 and 6,500 school children in addition to parents and teachers. This project encourages kids to use active transportation and records their AT trips on an interactive website. School curriculum is provided. | $102,389 |
| Cyle Ontario Alliance | Kids Safe Cycle - to encourage kids to commute via bicycle CanBike instruction, improve the quality and quantity of bike parking at kids destinations, work with municipal officials to improve cycling infrastructure, initiate best practices in bike theft prevention, ecuate parents and kids on the benefits of kids cycle commuting. | $73,500 |
| Get Active Now - Active Living Resource Centre for Ontarians with a Disability | In partnership with OPA, the "Accessible Playgrounds for All" project will involve the creation of a searchable database of accessible playgrounds in Ontario | $37,000 |
| International Fun and Team Athletics (IFTA) Canada Inc | Soccer Agility Challenge training program which creates initial interest for children on a "come and try it" approach, combined with the competitive structure of "Fun in Athletics," actual inter-community and inter-school competitions. The programs are designed to deliver "barrier-free" sporting activities which are gender neutral, cross community and cross cultural, with adaptions for children with disabilities. | $147,600 |
| Lifestyle Information Network (LIN) | Develop guidelines for intergenerational physical activity programs to be included in an existing toolkit. Once the online collection of physical activity resources is created, workshops will be conducted throughout the province through pilot programs and the sharing of a "Success stories" database. New participants and increased participation will be tracked offline with personal follow-up to those receiving or downloading the guidelines. | $100,000 |
| Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centres (OAYEC) | The Pump Up Your Future project will offer the thousands of youth and youth-at-risk who access OAYEC's 70 member agencies across Ontario motivational fitness training. The program is geared to inspire personal awareness and a greater particiption in daily physical activity to enhance their physical health, energy level, and overall feelings of confidence and well being. | $49,000 |
| Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres (OFIFC) | OFIFC's Aboriginal Community Recreation Project (ACRP) will provide specialized training for master trainers as well as 8 Community Recreation Activators. The program is targeted towards Aboriginal women and girls in 8 Friendship Centres across the province. | $110,000 |
| Ontario Minor Roller Hockey Association (not a PSO) | "Getting Girls in the Game" is a unique initiative aimed at increasing the physical activity levels of girls ages 6-18 through the sport of inline roller hockey. Over 500 young women and new immigrants will be esxposed to this growing sport. | $39,950 |
| Parks and Recreation Ontario (PRO) | PRO will provide leadership support for a steering committee that will support the continued development and dissemination of the Volunteer Municipal toolkit focussing on volunter engagement. As a result of the closing of the Ontario Network Canada Volunteerism, Dec 2006, PRO was asked and has agreed to work with the Professional Administrators of Volunteer Resources - Ontario, to ensure continued support for volunteers in Ontario. | $36,000 |
| Parks and Recreation Ontario (PRO) | PRO would like to replicate a 1996 study around the Benefits of Community Recreation & Parks services in Ontario. This longitudinal study would allow for a comparison over time related to changes in leisure attitudes, behaviour, services use and the perceived benefits of parks, recreation and physical activity. | $60,000 |
| York University - School of Kinesiology & Health Science | The University will promote higher physical activity levels in under-resourced ethnically diverse communities. This project will build knowledge about specialized target groups, train new community change agents, and advance interventions contribution to healthy activity in ethnically diverse communities. In Year 1, the Jane-Finch area will be used as the test community to identify barriers to engaging ethnic minorities. In Year 2, a similar approach will be conducted in Sault Ste Marie with Aboriginal populations in collaboration with the Aboriginal Cancer Care Unit of Cancer Care Ontario. | $72,000 |
Totals: |
$1,072,091 |
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Organization |
Brief Project Description |
Approved Grant Amount |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Canada - Ontario Division | Go Girls! is a mentor-led program that is designed to provide girls aged 12-14 with information to help them make informed choices about healthy eating and active living. The Go Girls! program will be delivered through 15 Big Brother Big Sister agencies across Ontario who will collaborate with local school boards, colleges, and universities to recruit female mentors (aged 18 – 25). The mentor format - where 1 mentor will work with a small group of 4 – 7 girls, allows for enough intimacy for the mentor to develop personal relationships with the girls, and for the girls to develop relationships amongst themselves. | $101,800 |
| Get Active Now | The project will place 1,000 knapsacks within communities to encourage children/families with disabilities to get active now. This project will be developed using the successful model for adapted equipment bag lending program. Each knapsack will contain 6-8 pieces of equipment with a game book. | $50,000 |
| Ontario Trails Council | Expansion of the "Kicking It Up On The Trails" to introduce 4000-5000 school children to trails as an excellent setting for life-long physical activity. The project will engage local school children, teachers and parent volunteers (in Caledon, Hastings, Frontenac, Halton, and North Bay regions) to outdoor physical activity, hike leader training, orienteering, group leadership, and trail etiquette. | $48,200 |
| Ornge | In collaboration with SMARTRISK, Ornge will pilot test the introduction of their "JuMpSmart" programming into the existing curriculum provided to youth campers at Muskoka Woods. The JuMpsmart curriculum will be delivered in an outdoor setting targeted at youth campers between 10-17 yrs old. The program will focus on developing requisite skills while providing training in the area of personal risk management and injury prevention involving high-risk "helmet sports." During the pilot testing over the summer, Ornge will work with SMARTRISK and universtiy researchers to develop an evaluation survey which will measure the impact of the curriculum. Results from the survey will assist in the development of Phase 2 implementation. | $50,000 |
Total: |
$250,000 |
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