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A specific example is the Israeli-Bhangra collaboration. Where the teams of individuals of Israeli folk dance and bhangra dance came together to collaborate on an original score of music and dance that fused both folk dancers.
This collaboration was a testament of creating greater cultural understanding amongst the cultures through engagement and facilitation of learning. The original dance and music was then performed at community events of both the Jewish Community Center and VIBC to thousands of individuals while educating the background of the collaboration.

Financial barriers are one of the main factors allowing youth to participate in organized sport. Furthermore, youth in Surrey face many challenges and barriers to their personal development which puts them at risk for drugs, gangs, and other dangers. Elevate will specifically target Surrey youth and begin with just a basketball component. We will accept athletes of any level and no athletes will be turned away unless there is no more space available. Athletes will be divided into age groups to practice and regular intra-squad games will take place to practice game scenarios. Volunteer coaches will run practices with these youth to develop athletic skill and include character development as part of each practice. Elevate will not be free- a low cost of $15-$30 will be charged to help ensure athlete commitment. This is extremely low in comparison to the $1000+ charged for elite clubs. Elevate will work with the competitive teams to develop higher level skills. Financial barriers are often the reason many gifted youth cannot join elite clubs. Elevate hopes to eventually be able to provide "scholarships" for these gifted youth to join these elite level clubs. Elevate's seeks to provide a safe place for Surrey youth to escape the risk factors often facing these youth. It will also allow them to participate in organized sport without having to bear the expensive cost that many families cannot afford. Special drop-in coaches will be an important part of establishing examples and providing role models for the youth and will include local college and university team players.

Throughout high season (June 01 to October 31) Jaime Adams, Program Coordinator, and a volunteer roll into the Downtown Eastside. Participants who have been selected for the day's activities are picked up at their various hotels, SRO's and supportive housing programs. Every effort is made to include those women who are especially difficult to engage with. The truck is full once three participants have been located and settled into the truck. The ratio is always at least two volunteers to three participants. When outings are particularly challenging, or the participant's physical or mental health needs are very challenging, the ratio evens out to at least one to one.

A typical day trip lasts 6-8 hours, which is a really huge step for this population. Many have never left the Downtown Eastside since the day they stepped foot into it! Outings are different every time and are always focused on the amazing natural world Vancouver including the rivers, lakes, beaches and mountains. A HUGE picnic is made that always includes healthy and fresh smoothies and salads, meats, fish. Many of the participants are severely undernourished and rarely have access to fresh fruits and vegetables. These picnics alone are a real treat.

Activities on the outings vary depending on the abilities and limitations of the clients and include hiking, canoeing, camping, fishing, horseback riding, baking bread in the great outdoors, and of course, relaxing! Many have limitations such as opiate dependence, vision impairment, mobility issues, fears, and phobias and each is accommodated frequently.

One example of how we've implemented our solution has been through organizing scavenger hunts for the students of Chief Matthews in our nature walk. These hunts begin by identifying a series of plants and animals we would like the students to search for, giving information on their biology, life-cycle, Haida name, and their role in traditional Haida culture and subsistence. We then organize the students into teams and send them into the forest with teacher supervision. The students spend a fair bit of time running around "hunting," getting good exercise and enjoying themselves, while the teachers offer support by giving hints as to plant and animal locations and providing the students with additional information.

Once we are able to expand the trail to the beach, we will incorprate traditional seafood gathering lessons into our program, particularly digging for butter clams. This would entail taking students to the beach and, with the assistance of our Haida language teachers, community members, and parents, demonstrating for the students both how Haida have historically dug for clams and how it is done today. Our students would then begin to dig, an energetic activity entailing hunting for clams near the surface of the beach and quickly digging them up. Once enough clams are gathered, we would return to the school and assist the children in cleaning and preparing the clams for cooking and storage.

In both cases, the community would also gain easy access to these areas, forest and beach both, for their own exploration, exercise, and food gathering.

Tourism communities unknowingly make mistakes.
Public presentation by CIEL focuses on the “7 Deadly Tourism Sins that Communities Make."
Participants will recognize mistakes or shortfalls in their services. CIEL will present simple, immediate solutions to some of these issues.
The workshop will provide tools for improvements and different solutions will be explored. The following two years will see continued feedback and guidance from CIEL.

FOR EXAMPLE: Restaurant owner participates in workshop
TAKE HOME KEY SOLUTION: Educate wait-staff about local services and attractions
ACTION: Have most wait-staff participate in familiarization tour organized by Visitor Centre
FEEDBACK: CIEL sends “secret visitor” to restaurant, who asks staff questions about local opportunities to golf, swim and hike, etc. Gives restaurant owner feedback about service received, encouraging further improvements and recognizing current strengths.
RESULT: Happier restaurant patrons who spend more time in community, recommend it to friends and return themselves, resulting in more business for the community.

The proposed model was adapted from the BCHC’s Living Life Fully youth engagement project and will be implemented in two main phases, as follows:
1. Phase 1 Background (6 months impact milestone): a participatory action research approach will be used, with older adults as co-leaders, to host community conversations about how elder-youth partnerships can increase participation in health-enhancing activities at the community level; intergenerational heath-action teams will be established to provide project leadership; and
2. Phase 2 Pilot Project (12-month milestone): train-the-trainer sessions will be planned and delivered during the summer 2013 Grand-Kids University at Vancouver Island University. Emphasis will be placed on developing fundamental movement and coaching skills using a wide range of healthy-enhancing activities for intergenerational involvement across three communities (Parksville-Qualicum, Nanaimo and Kw’umut Lelum community settings). Project experiences will be documented to increase the knowledge base of promising intergenerational practices for improving physical activity participation rates and access at the community level. A YouTube video will be created to capture the stories and experiences of engaged participants. VIU’s Institute for Healthy Aging and Community-Engaged Scholarship will be used as the vehicle for knowledge transfer and dissemination, with the potential for model adoption/adaptation locally, provincially and nationally.

A4K has supported one family from Burnaby since 2006. The mother, now on her own after the passing of her husband due to addiction, was left with five very active children and a large amount of debt to manage. Quickly after her husband's passing she realized that the money she was making was just enough to put food on the table and a roof over their heads. There just wasn't anything left over for sports and recreation.
She then found out about Athletics for Kids and was relieved to see that the organization exists to assist families in situations just like hers. Thanks to A4K's funding, her children did not have to miss any action on the field as they continued on with their hockey, soccer and football.

The Craigflower Canoe Project will help improve student engagement in learning and self-esteem through a graduated paddling program. Students will learn to paddle in dragon boats and progress to voyageur canoes. Every month of the program, the Craigflower Canoe project will invite First Nations elders to visit the school to connect students’ paddling experiences to cultural teachings of their traditional territories. Teachers will link paddling experiences and elder visits to language arts, science and social studies lessons, which will increase student engagement and possibly academic achievement. In addition, the Craigflower Canoe project aims to have First Nations Esquimalt High School students to act as paddling mentors to further engage Craigflower students. Since students will paddle weekly for most of the school year, they will have a chance to develop paddling skills, which will help increase their self-esteem. As previously mentioned, a weekly canoe program will also enhance students' mental and physical health.

Last year, we facilitated an XploreSportZ Girl's Only after school program in Smithers, BC. It was a fun, encouraging environment where girls were given the opportunity to try a different sport each week. They were able to build athletic confidence, social skills, and also make new friends. The program started with 30 participants, but ended with 37 and include such sports as cross country skiing, volleyball, basketball, soccer, and badminton.

This program addressed several key health and social issues facing not only children in Northern British Columbia, but all of Canada.

First, we were able to get young girls active on a weekly basis. A recent Stats Canada report shows that children in Canada should reach a step count of 13,500 steps per day. Young girls are only reaching 10,300 on average (boys = 12,100). This can only indicate that children in Canada, especially young girls, are leading increasingly sedentary lives. By introducing girls to a variety of sports at a young age, we are able to develop healthy, active lifestyles from a young age.

Another issue we have identified is that there are not enough trained leaders in small northern communities to lead these programs after we leave. Through a strong partnership developed with Coaches BC, we are able to go into these communities, train and certify leaders in the NCCP Run, Jump, Throw program, and facilitate an XploreSportZ camp so these new leaders are aware of what is required to run a proper physical literacy program. Effectively, we are completing two jobs in one trip which saves on travel expenses.

Some one visiting Charlottesville VA enjoys hiking, biking, and wine. They would log into the market place we create where locals of Charlottesville post on their expertise. One such guide is a hiking enthusiast. The guide writer tells the tourist about a local shop "Ragged Mountain Running" to visit before specifying what the best trails are around town.

The tourist then browses wine tour guides for Charlottesville. They notice guides that tell them which vineyard to go on which day, and in what order.

Lastly, the tourist finds a guide for biking around town. They find out that there are local bike stores that rent bikes and have bike tours around the historic Down Town Mall.

The tourist purchases, rents, or views these guides, directly supporting the local who wrote them, as well as the local economy via the actions prescribed in the guides.

Establishing a Trail Crew allows the RCA to help protect and enhance the investment of all the trail infrastructure that has already been put in place. Trail Building by the RCA began in 1998 with volunteers and later with forest fire fighters. Recent funding based on the economic benefits of attracting cycling tourists has allowed the RCA to hire local contractors to build several new trails. Management and maintenance of the trails shows ownership and having a dedicated Trail Crew gives the RCA access to a consistent and reliable resource to address any trail issues that may arise. This will also help discourage unauthorized trail building or motorized use.

All the cycling trails in the region will be assessed to identify where maintenance, re- routes, signage or new trail building is needed. These tasks and their solutions will be documented and placed on a prioritized list to be completed when time, weather and funding allow. Completing these tasks on a priority basis ensures that the most important tasks receive timely, specific attention to maintain the integrity of the trail and add greater value and safety to the trail user experience.

Having trails that are managed, maintained and in good condition will be more attractive to locals and visitors. Locals will want to get out on their favourite trails more often and visitors will spend more time in Revelstoke and go home with a positive experience.

One example might include a community soccer team who wishes to attend a tournament in other town, but the parents of two team members cannot afford the trip expenses.

The athlete/team creates a profile (team name, sport category, age group, club affiliation, social media accounts ), and then a 'project' called "Going to the Kamloops tournament in July". The project details would include a video showing the team and outlining the purpose of the funding requirement, timeframe (45 days), amount required ($900), funding levels ($5, $20, $50 & $100), and rewards for funding (T-Shirts, signed team photos, etc.).

Once the project is published, the system would send a link to the social media accounts for publishing on Facebook and a Tweet with a linkback to the project on our platform.

A potential financial backer would review the project and profile, and if they are agreeable to financially back the team members. The user would either create a personal profile or log into their existing profile, and then choose an amount. The backer would enter their credit card, and commit to make a payment.

All funds are held in a trust account, and settled with the athlete in accordance to the project type selected.

This solution is complimentary to other existing funding sources, but uses new technology to reach previously unknown prospective backers. Our methodology is also unique in that it regularly proactively communicates with each user. The use of recurring payments allows several micro-payments over a longer period, instead of relying on a single large donation.

We would like to bring Ivan E. Coyote to town to give a reading at the local highschool. This event would be open to the public. Ms. Coyote provides a living example of a successful Canadian literary personality. Her work addresses issues of identity, self-expression and bullying. She is an important voice for compassion amoungst contemporary Canadian writers. Her work addresses many issues for youth at risk, especially gay, lesbian and transgender youth.
This event would include discussion circles, radio interviews, and other follow up to help process the information and find ways to share the message with a wider audience.
Some of the other artists we hope to engage include Zaccheus Jackson Nyce, a young aboriginal poet and Starr Muranko, a dancer with ties to the Lillooet community. We will seek further partner and community input before focusing on other programming.
Each event will include newspaper and radio coverage, focus group discussions and evaluations.
The artists we chose all have important messages to share. They have life experience, cultural backgrounds and artistic passions which members of our communities can relate to and connect with. We are looking for unique, cutting edge cultural programming with a specific intention to disseminate ideas and open up the world of possibilities.