Women in Motion Success Stories

Breast Friends Dragon Boating Breast cancer is a scary and life-altering diagnosis that 1 in 8 women in Canada will experience (Canadian Cancer Society). The changes that impact your body following cancer are profound and lifelong. Breast Friends accepts women of all shapes, sizes, and abilities and trains to compete in Dragon Boat Festivals in Alberta, Canada,... View Article

Swim Against the Stream The Alberta Chinese Cultural Education Society (ACCES) offered the Swim Against the Stream program for women in the winter/spring of 2023. This project was in response to community need and their mission to eliminate barriers to accessing recreational sports for low-income families. Swimming Against the Stream is a successful program with... View Article

Danse Poussette The Danse Poussette program offered by L’Association La Girandole d’Edmonton in the spring of 2022 provided an opportunity for mothers with babies to attend a low cost, low commitment active program in their community with their children in strollers. The outdoor program was ideal to provide socialization opportunities for moms and babies while connecting… View Article

SAGE Seniors Association - Zumba Gold Sage Seniors Association has been a long term partner of the InMotion Network. The Zumba Gold program continues to be extremally popular with the community at Sage. This also include a hybrid model of in person and online when participants were unable to attend in person during the pandemic.... View Article

Sweetgrass Fitness Through the spring and summer, InMotion supported the Edmonton Aboriginal Seniors Centre to offer physical activity, fitness and recreation to over 400 participants! The Edmonton Aboriginal Seniors Centre (EASC), through the Sweetgrass Fitness program offers a range of weekly indoor and outdoor physical activities to choose from for low or no cost. Staff and... View Article