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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

Red Deer Grow Kids – Strong Confident Beautiful This year’s event was the 20th anniversary and the first one in person in over 3 years! The committee has updated the name of the event to Grow Kids – Strong Confident Beautiful (formerly know as Red Deer Go Girl) to be more inclusive of all the… 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

Connecting Girls Through Sport – Edmonton Ski Club Edmonton Ski Club hosted two InMotion events during the 2022/23 winter season. A 6 week 2 hour snowboarding program for girls ages 7-15 and the second a collaborative day camp held in partnership with Girls In Sport Alberta. Both events advertised and worked with the Action for… View Article

Karate Alberta Officials Certification This Take the Lead project supported 5 female Karate Alberta officials to take the certification requirements to upskill and improve their certification level (nationally or continental). These new level / newly experienced officials are then better equipped to lead officials in Alberta and help better train the next generation behind them all the... View Article

Go Girl Chestermere 2023 The March 17, 2023 Chestermere Go Girl was a success with 140 girls ages 9-14 years attending the all day event. This community event had many partners including the InMotion Network, the event organizing committee, Macaroni kid, Synergy, Camp Chestermere, Chestermere Primary Care network, Stepping Stones to Mental Health, volunteers and... View Article

Try it Triathlon This Makadiff funded project was a partnership with InMotion Network and Alberta Triathlon. Over the 2022 year we worked together to try to reduce the barriers for participation for girls and women in the sport of Triathlon. This included financial barriers, access barriers, skill development barriers and facility access barriers. Girl's Program... View Article

Central Alberta Lacrosse - Try It Nights In an effort to increase participation in their girls program, Central Alberta Lacrosse held a series of Try It Nights in the Red Deer area in January of 2023. The organization is working to increase girls participation and were able to use the support from InMotion to host... 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

Calgary Canoe Club – Coach Mentoring This Take the Lead initiative supported Calgary Canoe Club and coach Ornmadee Baxter-Lovo to increase their coaching experience through a coaching mentorship opportunity. In the fall of 2022, Ornmadee attended a 2-week paddling clinic with world champion coach, Imre Kemecsey. InMotion Network was excited to support Ornmadee and Calgary… View Article

Action for Healthy Communities – After School Soccer Program for Newcomer Girls in Edmonton Action for Health Communities is a dynamic, community-based agency that serves people of all ages and backgrounds, including families, children, youth, adults and seniors. They are proud to serve and build community connections with: Newcomers to Alberta and Canada, including immigrants,… View Article

Wheelchair Sports Alberta - Coaching Supports This Take the Lead project through Wheelchair Sports Alberta was to support a coach to have access to the equipment modifications needed to coach Para Ice Hockey on the ice. Geneva Coulter had been coaching from the bench for the past 4 years and needed modifications to a para... View Article

Paralympic Sports Association - Women's Para Ice Hockey Coaching Through the Take the Lead contribution program and the Paralympic Sports Association, Tara Chisholm was able to participate in the High Performance 1 Certification from Hockey Canada. This intensive course includes a week long in person course with additional work to be completed over a year... 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

Allez les filles! Red Deer On October 20, 2022, 50 teen girls from the Red Deer area attended Allez les filles at the Collicutt Centre in Red Deer. The fédération du sport francophone de l’Alberta held the event in partnership with the local francophone schools and teachers. The event included a variety of activities taught… View Article

Go Girl Sturgeon County Sturgeon Go Girl was held in June 2022 at the Edmonton Garrison Fitness Centre for 61 girls ages 9 – 17. The day provided a variety of physical activities, sports, educational and community connections throughout the event, with one of the goals to provide a variety of new activities for the… View Article

Go Girl Carnival Kids Up Front Calgary hosted a Go Girl Carnival in August 2022 in partnership with Green Fools Theatre. This program targeted girls ages 6-12 years old, as an opportunity to try learning a new skill in a location they might not have access to due to financial or transportation barriers. The girls... View Article

iskwêwak Circle Project at maskêkosak kiskinomâtowikamik The iskwêwak circle was designed for young women at MK school on Enoch Cree Nation from Grade 10-12. This alternative PE 10 program focused on student voice, leadership opportunities through a variety of physical activities, meeting Indigenous leaders in the community, and connecting with Elders. This project was supported... View Article

Learn to Twirl This Learn to Twirl program was hosted in north west Edmonton by the Alberta Baton Twirling Association in 2021-2022 to reduce financial barriers to participation for girls ages 5-14. The program was free and offered opportunities for the participants to attend performances, clinics and parades in their area. In addition, some participants… View Article

Girls on the Move Medicine Hat With the help of the InMotion Network, Ever Active Schools & Be Fit For Life, a partnership with FAME (Females in Action Moving & Empowering) and the City of Medicine Hat we were able to offer the Girls on the Move Program to twenty girls aged seven and up… View Article

“For the past 29 years, the Dino Women’s Volleyball Club has been a leader in the Calgary community by providing young female athletes with exceptional female role models as coaches and mentors. We currently have 72 athletes enrolled in our club program with 23 female coaches leading those groups. In addition, we have close to… View Article