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Author Archives: Kenji

“The Entourage” -Are you in?

posted by: Kenji category: Engagment, Flash Mobs, Generation Action Youth Summit, Leadership, Physical Activity, Saskatchewan in motion, Youth Leadership

It’s flash mob time again in Saskatchewan! Do you want to be a part of history? Because that is what this mob is going to be! We’re calling it “the entourage”, and we want you to be a part of it! If you’ve visited my blog recently you will definitely have seen my posts detailing [...]

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Spring is here! Time to get active outdoors!

posted by: Kenji category: Uncategorized

It may be wishful thinking to say that spring has sprung with snow still popping up in the forecast, but I’m saying it anyway, spring is here! To me spring means a lot more time outside! Don’t get me wrong – I love winter activities and getting out in the snow but I’m a warm [...]

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Sask Youth Talk Physical Activity

posted by: Kenji category: Advocacy, Awareness, Empowerment, Engagment, Generation Action Youth Summit, Leadership, Physical Activity, Saskatchewan in motion, Youth Leadership

The Youth Summit Team has identified key messages and asks for the specific audience of leaders and decision makers that will be present at the Provincial Summit. They refined the messages and asks from a huge collection of barriers, benefits and opportunities they identified over the course of our two Generation Action Youth Summit meetings.

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Generation Action Needs Your Help

posted by: Kenji category: Advocacy, Awareness, Empowerment, Generation Action Youth Summit, Leadership, Physical Activity, Physical Inactivity, Saskatchewan in motion, Youth Leadership

The Generation Action Youth Summit has been incredible so far, but now the youth summit team needs your help to make their vision a reality! The youth summit team believes in the power of youth and they believe in the power of their voices speaking out for the activity opportunities all youth need to be healthy. But, they don’t want to stop at just their voices being heard.

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Congrats Team Sask!

posted by: Kenji category: Uncategorized

Check it out.. While not everyone can be an elite athlete and physical activity doesn’t just mean sport, the dedicated lifestyle of an athlete is something to be applauded. The young athletes who compete for Team Sask are no exception. These individuals spend a vast amount of time, effort and financial resources on developing their [...]

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Post your Active Pics! – Family Activity Day

posted by: Kenji category: Advocacy, Awareness, Contest, Engagment, Family, Physical Activity, Play, Saskatchewan in motion

With fewer than 15% of Saskatchewan children and youth being active enough each day, it’s more important than ever to encourage an active lifestyle. We need to tell one another good job when we choose to be active. We need to remind each other of the benefits of activity for our health, nicer communities and [...]

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Sask Youth Taking on Physical Inactivity

posted by: Kenji category: Advocacy, Empowerment, Engagment, Generation Action Youth Summit, Leadership, Physical Inactivity, Youth Leadership

The second meeting of the Generation Action Youth Summit is set to take place on Feb 11 & 12th. The participants and Saskatchewan in motion staffers are all so pumped to reconvene and keep the momentum rolling. At part II of the Generation Action Youth Summit we will be developing our presentation for the Provincial [...]

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Changing Things Up-Canada’s New Physical Activity Guidelines

posted by: Kenji category: Awareness, Education, Healthy Living, Physical Activity Guidelines, Physical Inactivity, Research

When I heard there were going to be new physical activity guidelines for Canada my first question was, why? Turns out the old guidelines were simply outdated. The new guidelines were developed because of all the new research that has been conducted recently. This new research allowed the scientists to make more specific recommendations about physical [...]

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Generation Action Youth Summit: Part I

posted by: Kenji category: Advocacy, Empowerment, Engagment, Generation Action Youth Summit, Leadership, Physical Inactivity, Student Leadership, Youth Leadership

The first ever Generation Action Youth Summit is in the book folks! The Summit brought together youth from across Saskatchewan who have something to say about physical activity, ranging in age from 16 – 23. The participants applied to be a part of this historic occasion. A group of 9 youth, including Graham and I [...]

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Generation Action Youth Summit -APPLY NOW!

posted by: Kenji category: Advocacy, Empowerment, Engagment, Leadership, Student Leadership

Saskatchewan in motion is looking for idealistic, passionate and creative youth (16 – 23), who want to be a part of a story with us.  We’re looking for leaders to be a voice for Saskatchewan youth, to be a conduit of change for physical activity choices in the province, and to be an active role [...]

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