Indigenous Physical Activity & Cultural Circle
4169 Staulo Cresent V6N 3S1 Vancouver, BC, Canada

The 8th Annual National Indigenous Physical Activity & Wellness Virtual Conference is right around the corner! IPACC is happy to announce some of our finalized speakers and there will be many more to join them! This is the nation's largest conference on Physical Activity & Wellness for First Nations, Métis and Inuit people, created for all of those with an interest in sports, recreation, fitness, and traditional activity who may be band council members; health directors, repr...esentatives, or health practitioners; counsellors or social workers; federal, provincial, or municipal health employees; academics; researchers; recreation workers; coaches; fitness instructors; cultural leaders; community members, and all others interested in the promotion of health and wellness through physical activity. Register on Eventbrite: https://2021virtualnipaw.eventbrite.ca

We hope you enjoyed our Seated Yoga poster! Next, we would like to share our Standing Yoga poster which highlights another one of our Indigenous community members, Jared Sam, modelling and demonstrating some standing yoga poses. We encourage you to try some of these poses by yourself, with a partner, or with your family! These exercises are designed so that they can be done at home, at work, or outdoors in nature. Feel free to tag us Indigenous Physical Activity & Cultural C...ircle or post a photo in the comments of you trying out some of these exercises! We would like to acknowledge and thank the following individuals: Dr. Rosalin Miles for spearheading this project Maddi Chow, Kai Kaufman, and Delon Chan for being the editors of these posters Jolanta Staczek and Reza Morin-Dayanl for photographing the models JaRed Sam for modelling the exercise poses Alice Joe for designing the posters Shawn Hanna for his coordination and organizing work behind the scenes Dr. Darren Warburton for overseeing these projects

IPACC is excited to share a project we’ve been working on with everyone, our fitness and yoga posters! First, we would like to share our Seated Yoga poster which highlights one of our Indigenous community members, Chelsie McCutcheon, modelling and demonstrating some seated yoga poses. We encourage you to try some of these poses by yourself, with a partner, or with your family! These exercises are designed so that they can be done at home, at work, or outdoors in nature. Feel ...free to tag us at Indigenous Physical Activity & Cultural Circle or post a photo in the comments of you trying out some of these exercises! We would like to acknowledge and thank the following individuals: Dr. Rosalin Miles for spearheading this project Maddi Chow, Kai Kaufman, and Delon Chan for being the editors of this poster Tina Taphouse Photography for photographing the exercises Chelsie McCutcheon for modelling the exercise poses Alice Joe for designing the posters Shawn Hanna for his coordination and organizing work behind the scenes Dr. Darren Warburton for overseeing this project

Indigenous Physical Activity & Cultural Circle is happy to announce Sara Hotomanie will be presenting: Hoop Medicine: Basketball & Wholistic Wellness at the upcoming 8th Annual National Indigenous Physical Activity & Wellness Virtual Conference May 1st & 2nd, 2021. Eventbrite Registration: Discounted tickets for youth, students & Elders at $20! https://2021virtualnipaw.eventbrite.ca... @Indigenouspacc on all social media! [email protected] if you would like to receive our Call for Presenters or would like more information.

Indigenous Physical Activity & Cultural Circle is happy to announce Rachel Radyk RPN, BA ComMS, BScN, Hons. Nursing Candidate 2021 Year 4 will be presenting: Self Care During A Pandemic at the upcoming 8th Annual National Indigenous Physical Activity & Wellness Virtual Conference May 1st & 2nd, 2021. Eventbrite Registration: Discounted tickets for youth, students & Elders at $20. https://2021virtualnipaw.eventbrite.ca... @Indigenouspacc on all social media! [email protected] if you would like to receive our Call for Presenters or would like more information.

Indigenous Physical Activity & Cultural Circle is happy to announce Dr. Paul Whitinui will be presenting: Developing an Indigenous Cultural Safety Training Impact Assessment Tool for Organizational Sport in BC, Canada at the upcoming 8th Annual National Indigenous Physical Activity & Wellness Virtual Conference May 1st & 2nd, 2021. Eventbrite Registration: Discounted tickets for youth, students & Elders at $20! https://2021virtualnipaw.eventbrite.ca... @Indigenouspacc on all social media! [email protected] if you would like to receive our Call for Presenters or would like more information.