Kinesiology 2263F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Pierre Trudeau, Participaction, List Of Universities In Canada
13 Apr 2017
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Lecture 27: pe, school sport, and physical fitness march 27, 2017. The sport of the international arena was becoming a theatre for he achievement of national prestige through success in sport sport in canada. Hockey situation was characterized as a national embarrassment . The more physically fit we are the less the government will have to spend on health care. In 1968, pierre trudeau hired a public relations firm to review the system of fitness and recreation being supported by the government: strange choice to go to a pr firm in the 1960s for physical exercise concerns. Selling fitness was a delicate process designed to motivate canadians to take ownership over their own physical fitness. Participaction lasted until 2001 and is considered one of the most successful federal recreation programs in canadian history: the main message was: don"t just think about it, do it, do it, do it .
