Ressources

Cette ressource est un recueil de programmes de formation et de ressources liés à l’accessibilité et à l’inclusion.

The City of Lloydminster participated in a multi-year process to design, build and operate a new recreation facility that emphasizes inclusion and accessibility for persons with disabilities.

Given the physical, social and economic prioritization of physical activity in our society, why are monitoring and reporting of physical activity in young children with disabilities being missed?

This course, designed for sport and recreation leaders in a range of settings, provides practical tools to help get more participants actively engaged in sport and recreation activities.

This learning program is based on a toolkit created by the Active Abilities Canada and adapted by the Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute to help municipalities and organizations increase opportunities for people with disabilities to participate in sport, physical activity, and recreation.

This article investigates the associations between functioning, community participation, and quality of life (QoL) and identify whether participation mediates the effects of functioning on QoL.

This toolkit is designed for disability and sport organizations who want to evaluate their programs and initiatives. A team of researchers and community partners developed the toolkit. All measures and resources are valid for use among the disability population. This toolkit can also be used/adapted for people/programs outside of the disability population (i.e., the toolkit is inclusive for all programs/mixed ability programs).

The following Disability Inclusion Module was developed specifically for volunteers participating at a sport event for persons with a disability. The module covers topics including defining and describing disability, respectful communication, the history of Para sport, the classification process, benefits of sport participation for persons with disabilities, and tips on how volunteers can facilitate positive, inclusive sport experiences for athletes with disabilities.

The resource contains 12 best practice recommendations for training and managing sport event volunteers, as well as supplementary documents and templates to help event organizers design and implement a successful and inclusive volunteer program.

The Blueprint for Building Quality Participation in Sport for Children, Youth, and Adults with a Disability introduces key concepts that support quality participation and offers practical tools for enhancing sport programs for participants experiencing disability.

The Blueprint provides evidence-based strategies for building quality participation in sport programs specifically for children and youth with intellectual disabilities.

The Blueprint provides evidence-based strategies for building quality participation in recreation sport and physical activity programs for children and youth with autism spectrum disorder.

The Strategy Matrix is a tool that guides program providers through the content that can be used “on-the-ground” to help foster quality participation among persons experiencing disability in community-based exercise programs. This tool an be used in the development of new exercise programs, to assess how existing programming may be altered to promote quality experiences, and to train program staff or volunteers.

Adapted from the Canadian Disability Participation Project’s Blueprint for Building Quality Participation in Sport for Children, Youth, and Adults with a Disability, these resources present 20 evidence-informed strategies designed to support meaningful, inclusive participation on playgrounds for children with disabilities.

The toolkit is designed to support any organization that promotes or delivers sport and physical activity to children and youth experiencing disability. The toolkit includes recommendations and tips to help organizations develop and disseminate helpful or motivational physical activity information targeting families of children and youth experiencing disability.

This bulleting explores the meaning and significance of participation and identifies the key elements that contribute to high-quality, meaningful engagement for persons experiencing disability across a variety of settings.

This Knowledge Translation (KT) bulletin explores the key factors that influence participation in sport and exercise among persons with physical disabilities.

This is Canada’s first comprehensive summary of physical activity data for children and adolescents with disabilities.

A story about a young man who began climbing after losing his sight.

A story about a deaf, racialized athlete’s experience.

Sport is a powerful way to foster greater inclusion and well-being for persons with disabilities. In this lesson, students discuss the value of sport and physical fitness. Students consider how physical activity and sports can be made accessible to help eliminate barriers for people with disabilities.

In this lesson, students will construct a deep understanding of the concept of Fair Play by comparing examples and identifying the essential attributes of this concept. Students will use this understanding to modify the rules of a game/activity of their choice. This understanding has the potential of laying the foundations for creating an inclusive, equitable classroom environment where every student can excel in play, sports, learning, and life.https://www.rickhansen.com/schools-communities/resource-library/fair-play-secondary?page=true

Students will come to understand the meaning and importance of fair play when engaging in physical activities by comparing the role of rules when being physically active alone and with others. This understanding has the potential of laying the foundation for creating an inclusive and equitable classroom environment where every student can excel in play, sports, learning, and life.

Students consider how to best work together during physical activity time to make it a positive and rewarding experience for all participants, including those with physical disabilities.

Describes words and concepts used to describe disability.

Who benefits from inclusion and how.

Best practices related to customer service.

The benefits of sport for persons with disabilities.

Being an effective communicator.

Tips on what to do when you meet a person with a disability.

Tips to ensure a positive first experience.

Ideas on how to adapt activities.

Paying attention to body language.

Ways to increase inclusion and access.

An inventory of programs, resources and services in the physical activity, recreation and community sport and disability sector.

Canadians with Disabilities Tell Their Stories of Physical Activity, Sport and Recreation.

Guidelines for Sleep, Activity and Rest in a Full Day for Children and Youth with Disabilities.

Language plays a powerful role in how to perceive and treat people. This resources provides information about the language we use related to disability.

This resources shares stories about mothers with disabilities and how they are role models for their children.

This resource provides examples of what recreation and parks associations across Canada are doing to promote accessibility.