Tag: BCRPA
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...
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...
Fitness Essentials: Exercise Screening Tools
Whether you are a fitness leader or a fitness participant, chances are you’ve come across a medical screening form to be completed before registering...
A Legacy of Changing Lives through Fitness and Healthy Living
There are moments in time that can completely change the course of our life. This was the case with BCRPA’s 2022 Fitness Professional of...
Making Space for Every Body to Thrive: Vancouver’s All Bodies Community...
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...
Award-winning Victoria Gardening Program Sows Seeds that Feed and Connect
First-time growers and experienced gardeners have found solace in the soil during the pandemic through the help of a City of Victoria gardening program...
How the Vancouver Park Board is Shifting the Approach to Encampments
By building communication and trust with the former residents of the Strathcona Park encampment, the Vancouver Park Board has demonstrated a significant and positive...
Ensuring Recreation Includes Everyone – Resources to improve Diversity, Equity, and...
Ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion in physical activity and sport is an active process that municipal recreation and parks professionals are discussing, acting upon,...
‘It’s been a ball’: Reflections from a Retiring Fitness Leader at...
With more than 40 years of leading fitness and twice that in life experience, Kathy Feay is ready to retire and hand off her...
How becoming a Fitness Leader changed my life
Picture it. It’s January 2007. The holidays have just ended, and like everyone else, I’ve made some New Year’s resolutions that I am keen...
Fitness Essentials: Choosing the Right Workplace for You
If you're starting your fitness career or you're an experienced professional seeking new opportunities, you might wonder which workplace might suit you best. Job...
