Moving Forward on a National Recreation Agenda
Chris Szabo developed a very comprehensive overview on the evolution of recreation, sport and physical activity for the National Recreation Summit in 2011. This should be required reading before any conference. Connecting the Dots... Looking Back on Federal- Provincial/Territorial and Interprovincial Sport and Recreation Council (ISRC) Involvements in Recreation Sport has the 2012 Canadian Sport Policy in place with implementation underway. Fitness has a plan, Active Canada 2020 that is underway. Recreation does not have a plan in place. Sport and Physical Activity both have linkages to Federal Government policy responsibilities. Recreation is a Provincial responsibility with Municipalities being responsible for delivery of services. Interestingly Sport and Fitness programs and services have "shared" delivery in Municipalities. Nothing is black and white, lots of variations from coast to coast to coast. Heading into the National meeting in New Brunswick (May