Men's Sheds

The National Recreation Statement NATIONAL RECREATION STATEMENT Interprovincial Sport and Recreation Council September, 1987 Quebec, Quebec Table of Contents THE CONTEXT Recreation Grows Recreation Contributes This Paper is Commissioned by Recreation Ministers Background - Recreation Defined - 1974 Background - Provincial/Territorial Primacy Recognized - 1978 Ministers Act to Develop a National Recreation Framework - 1980 Government and the Private Sector Community - The Core Concept THE PROVINCIAL/TERRITORIAL ROLE Ptecreation - A Medium for People Development Provincial and Territorial Roles The Municipal Role Defined The Federal Role in Recreation The Federal Role Defined MECHANISMS OF INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION Benefits of Cooperation Federal-Provincial/Territorial Cooperation Benefits of Inter-Provincial/Territorial Cooperation Current Federal-Provincial/Territorial Mechanism for Cooperation in Sport and Fitness Provincial/Territorial and Fed...

  I had the pleasure, this past weekend, of reconnecting with a significant chapter in my life. I spent 33 years connected to the "recreation community" in Canada. I left that community in 1996 to move to the "library community" for 13 years before retiring with a huge smile on my face**.   I was at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge as part of the 2015 Alberta Recreation and Parks Conference. I was there to receive an award not to present or attend sessions. I got caught up in the emotion of the setting, the people and the content they were discussing. Ginger Bread House @ Jasper Park Lodge   It was like being in a time tunnel that moved me into the future and back into the past. I was granted the privilege of looking at the future through the eyes of young recreation and phys ed students from the University of Alberta, Mount Royal and Medicine Hat College. These young people were excited, enthusiastic, niave and just full of joy for what was ahead of them. ...