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A Guide to Intergenerational Physical Activity
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 Building on the success of the Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming Project, The Lifestyle Information Network (LIN) received funding from the Ministry of Health Promotion’s Communities in Action Fund (CIAF) to develop Guidelines for Intergenerational Physical Activity Programs. Recognizing an opportunity for intergenerational programs to support generations being physically active together, work got underway to research, write and disseminate a new guide to implementing intergenerational physical activity. The formation of United Generations Ontario (UGO) fostered in a new era in intergenerational programming in this province. UGO has helped intergenerational programming grow into a province-wide movement with representative leadership from across Ontario, and several hundred agencies actively involved in sharing and caring relationships between members of two or more generations. UGO has developed and strengthened its national networks through affiliation with organizations such as the BC Council for Families, the Vanier Institute of the Family, and the Canadian Health Network. UGO has played a role in Ontario's Alzheimer Initiative #10, the Ontario Seniors' Secretariat's Round Table on Elder Abuse (Training of Front Line Staff), and the Ontario Human Rights Commission's consultation on what the Commission could do to raise public awareness about human rights issues related to aging and to combat the attitudinal barriers that are often associated with aging. In 2002, UGO launched a new, national Crime Prevention Partnership Program (CPPP) initiative funded by the Department of Justice Canada. |
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