Award-Winning Program Welcomes & Empowers Newcomers to West Vancouver
Adapting to a new environment can be challenging. For newcomers to West Vancouver, British Columbia, an award-winning program is easing the transition by building...
Ensuring Inclusivity during Challenging Situations
Inclusion is a powerful concept. Yet how do we practice, reflect on and engage inclusivity during challenging situations?
Webinar: Supporting Reconciliation in Recreation across BC
Recreation and parks groups across BC work and play on the traditional territories of one or more First Nations. Recently, The Outdoor Recreation Council...
Toolkit: Improve Access to Active Transportation in BC
BC Alliance for Healthy Living (BCAHL) has created the Communities Going Active Toolkit to address individual barriers that prevent people who live in British...
Celebrating Recreation and Parks: Throughout June and Beyond
In celebration of June is Recreation and Parks Month (JRPM) communities across BC have been hosting nature-based activities to highlight the health benefits of...
Making Space for Every Body to Thrive: Vancouver’s All Bodies Community (ABC) Program
Everybody belongs in recreation, which is why the award-winning All Bodies Community (ABC) program is creating space around Vancouver for all bodies regardless of...
Ensuring Recreation Includes Everyone – Resources to improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion in physical activity and sport is an active process that municipal recreation and parks professionals are discussing, acting upon,...
Community can be key to physical activity in a post-COVID world
As the threat of COVID-19 begins to diminish, we are all getting excited to resume our previous activities and get on with our new...
EverybodyMoves, and You’re Invited!
As members of the Physical Activity for Health Collaborative (PAHC) and the BC Alliance for Healthy Living (BCAHL), BCRPA is excited to share the...
Kickstarting a career in recreation & parks
Recreation has always played a major role in my life, though it took me a while to find a way to make it my...