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Please join Green Action Centre and PACM on *Wednesday, October 9th 2013 from 10 am – 12 noon *for a webinar on the findings of the 2013 Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card http://www.activehealthykids.ca/ and a snapshot of what is being done in Manitoba to “pull up our socks”.

All our webinars are free and this invite may be shared widely. Details and registration instructionhttp://greenactioncentre.ca/content/walking-and-wheeling-webinar-series-2/are below.

*MANITOBA AND THE ACTIVE HEALTHY KIDS CANADA REPORT CARD: are we driving our kids to unhealthy habits?*

*Wednesday October 9; **10 am – 12 noon CT*

The goal of the webinar is to introduce participants to the Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card and give them information about what is ongoing in Manitoba towards achieving recommendations laid out in the report card.

*Presentations include:*

*Are we driving our kids to unhealthy habits? Results from the 2013 Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth: **Jennifer Cowie Bonne*, CEO, Active Healthy Kids Canada; *Joel Barnes,* Knowledge Manager, Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Lead Author of the 2013 Report Card

*The 2013 Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card highlights the dramatic decline in active travel among children and the corresponding increased reliance on motorized transportation. Join Active Healthy Kids Canada CEO Jennifer Cowie Bonne and the 2013 Report Card Lead Writer, Joel Barnes, from the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Institute at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario to learn more about and discuss this year’s results.*

*Manitoba’s Active Transportation Action Plan**:* Vicky Reaney, Active Transportation Coordinator, Province of Manitoba

*Healthy Winnipeg By Design / Healthy Canada By Design CLASP Initiative - Phase 2 **Shelagh Graham*, Healthy Built Environment Specialist, WRHA *Deanna Betteridge*, Physical Activity Promotion Manager, WRHA

*Cycling and your Children: The top 7 things to consider when teaching kids to ride a bike **Dave Elmore*, Can-Bike Instructor

*Active and Safe Routes to School in Manitoba and the Bike Walk Roll Fort Richmond Project* *Jackie Avent*, ASRTS Program Coordinator, Green Action Centre

*To register for this webinar, please email Jackie Avent at asrts@greenactioncentre.ca. Further sign-in instructions will be sent closer to the webinar date.*

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*This is the first in a series of Walking and Wheeling webinars put on this season by the Active and Safe Routes to School Program. Visit our websitehttp://greenactioncentre.ca/content/walking-and-wheeling-webinar-series-2/for more information and to register! *

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