Making Healthy
Connections with Racialized Communities:
Girls and Young Women’s Experiences with Sport,
Physical Activity and Healthy Living
The Making Healthy Connections with Racialized
Communities project is designed to enhance capacity
at the community, regional and provincial levels to
increase healthy living opportunities for girls and
young women from ethnic communities. The project was
funded through the Healthy Communities Fund of the Ministry
of Health and Long-Term Care, and builds on On the Move,
CAAWS’ national initiative to increase opportunities
for inactive girls and young women ages (9-18) to participate
in sport and physical activity.
Project Report
Earlier this year, CAAWS hosted focus groups with ethnic
girls and young women, and practitioners involved with
sport and physical activity programs and services for
this target group. The focus groups provided the foundation
for a new report that discusses the sport and physical
activity needs, interests and experiences of girls and
young women from ethnic communities, shares successes
and challenges from an organizational perspective, and
provides recommendations to enhance program and service
delivery. Download the Project
Report.
Host a Community Workshop
Based on the Making Healthy Connections with Racialized
Communities Report, workshops are half-day, interactive,
issue-based sessions that provide an overview of the
project, share focus group findings, discuss the complexities
of race and multiculturalism in an increasingly diverse
society as they apply to sport, physical activity and
healthy living, and provide tips and recommendations
to increase the participation of girls and young women
from ethnic communities. Appropriate for everyone from
practitioners to policy makers, the workshops also provide
an opportunity for participants to network and share
their experiences, successes and challenges. Workshops
will be delivered by trained CAAWS facilitators from
diverse ethnic communities across the province.
Sydney Millar
National Program Director Canadian Association for the Advancement of
Women and Sport and Physical Activity
N202-801 King Edward Avenue
Ottawa ON K1N 6N5
Tel: 613 - 562 - 5667
Fax: 613 - 562 - 5668
