Dispatch from Africa

  The YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka’s Tom Coon and nine other volunteer and staff leaders are returning to Canada today after a week in Ghana.  Tom, who is also the chair of YMCA Canada’s international workgroup, sent this report: So many resources, so few resources …  Africa is such a continent of contrasts.  Rich in people [...]

The Facts are In. Now What?

We woke up this morning to more bad news about the health of Canada’s children and youth.  Every major paper across the country carried one message:  88% of school-aged kids are failing to meet the recommended minimum of 90 minutes of physical activity each day.  The problem begins with pre-schoolers, we’re told.  The headline in [...]