National Child Day
National Child Day — November 20
National Child Day 2007: "I have the right to be active!"
This year's theme promotes the importance of physical activity for children's health and well being. It also reflects Canada's commitments under Article 24 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which recognizes children's right to be healthy and enjoy the highest attainable standard of health.
Download the official poster for National Child Day 2007
"I have the right to be active!" press release
CCCF National Child Day and physical activity resources available for sale
"I Have the Right to be Active!" Resources
This year's theme promotes the importance of physical activity for children's health and well being. It also reflects Canada's commitments under Article 24 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which recognizes children's right to be healthy and enjoy the highest attainable standard of health.
Here are a few resources to help you plan your National Child Day celebrations and children's right to be active. Courtesy of the Canadian Health Network.
Everybody gets to play Describes a national initiative designed to enhance the quality of life for low-income families and their children by removing barriers to play. Aims to do this by creating awareness of the issue. Provides a community mobilization toolkit, information and promotional materials, fact sheets, research documents and uccess stories. Source: Canadian Parks and Recreation Association (CPRA)
More than child's play Discusses the social, physical, and policy factors affecting the level of a child's activity. Stresses the importance of exercise to child development. Provides suggestions for parents, community recreation leaders, and local and provincial governments on how to increase the physical activity level of Canadian children. Prepared by the Active Living affiliate for the CHN. Source: Canadian Health Network (CHN) From: Partner feature of the month: archives
SportSafe: the SportSafe program Provides information and resources on how to create a safer environment for kids in sport. Offers links to a parents' brochure and contract, template policies and procedures, a volunteer screening model and a coach's game plan. Deals with preventing violence in sport as well as sport injury prevention and anti-doping. Source: British Columbia Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts. Sport Branch
Resources courtesy of the Alberta Centre for Active Living - the Canadian Health Network's Active Living Affiliate
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