RECREATION DISCOVERY Recreation resource directory for persons with disabilities This document is produced by Calgary The City of Calgary offers this directory as an Recreation, a business unit of The City of Calgary educational and promotional tool only. With the Products and Services department. This resource exception of those programs offered by The City directory provides information on recreation of Calgary, The City is not associated with the and leisure opportunities for persons with programs or organizations listed. disabilities throughout Calgary. If you require This directory is only available online at calgary.ca. further information about a program, call the Please use an online copy when possible and organization/agency directly for details, or you print responsibly. can click on the website or email address links provided throughout the directory. Copyright © 2017 The City of Calgary. All rights reserved. Table of contents – Agencies servicing persons with disabilities Alberta Amputee Sports & Recreation Foothills Academy – Amicus Recreation 22 1 Association (AASRA) Foothills Nordic Ski Club (FNSC) 23 Alberta Health Services – Alberta Healthy 2 In-Definite Arts Society 24 Living Program – Calgary Zone Independent Living Resource Centre of Alberta Paratriathlon 3 24 Calgary (ILRCC) Alberta Soccability – Cerebral Palsy Sports 3 Inside Out Theatre 25 Association and Alberta Soccer Association JB Music Therapy (JBMT) 25 The Alberta Sports & Recreation 4 Association for the Blind (ASRAB) Kids Cancer Care 27 Ares Pentathlon & Fencing Club 4 Kids Cancer Care – Camp Kindle 28 Autism Aspergers Friendship Society March of Dimes Canada (MODC) 29 5 MoMo Mixed Ability Dance Theatre of Calgary 30 Between Friends – Mount Royal University 6 31 Recreation for persons with disabilities Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, Boys and Girls Clubs of Calgary 7 Calgary & Area Chapter 32 Calgary Grizzlies and the Calgary Rollers Muscular Dystrophy Canada 8 32 Wheelchair Basketball Societies National Cycling Centre – Calgary Power Hockey League (CPHL) 8 Canadian Sport Institute Calgary 33 Calgary Rotary Challenger Park 9 Opening Gaits Therapeutic Riding Society 33 Calgary Sledge Hockey Club 10 of Calgary The Calgary Society of Community Parkinson Alberta 34 10 Opportunities (CSCO) Picture this…film festival 35 Calgary Wheelchair Curling Association 11 (Calgary SCOPE Society) Calgary Wheelchair Rugby Association 35 11 Priori Epee Fencing Club (CWRA) Prospect 36 Canadian Association of Disabled Skiers – 12 Rocky Mountain Adaptive (RMA) 37 Calgary Zone (CADS Calgary) Special Olympics Calgary 37 Cerebral Palsy Association in Alberta (CPAA) 13 Spinal Cord Injury Alberta 38 Cerebral Palsy Kids and Families 14 Repsol Sport Centre 39 Challenger Little League Baseball – Calgary 15 Repsol Sport Centre – Para-cycling 40 The City of Calgary – Recreation 16 University of Calgary Rehabilitation and Disabled Sailing Association of Alberta Fitness for Persons with Physical Disabilities 41 (DSA-Alberta) 18 Kinesiology – Health and Fitness Programs Dubasov Dance & Wellness Inc. 19 Vecova Recreation Centre 42 Easter Seals Camp Horizon 20 Youth Singers of Calgary 43 Epilepsy Association of Calgary 21 Physical literacy 45 Foothills Academy – Camp Amicus 22 Alberta Amputee Sports & Recreation Association (AASRA) P.O. Box 708, Station M, Calgary, AB T2P 2J3 Contact: Trish Weatherup, Executive Director Phone: 403-201-0507 Email: [email protected] www.aasra.ab.ca Population served: All amputees province wide with a focus on peer support and encouragement to participate in sports and recreation programs. The Alberta Amputee Sports & Recreation Association (AASRA) was originally formed in 1977 to assist amputees from all walks of life with moral, physical and personal support. AASRA is a registered charitable organization in Alberta run by volunteers. AASRA believes the quality of life for all amputees is enhanced through participation and interaction with other amputees, as well as the able-bodied. This interaction improves each participant’s social, emotional and physical well-being. AASRA provides moral support to new and existing amputees, young and old alike. Support group meetings, one-on-one consultations with new amputees, as well as recreational and competitive sports programs are provided. AASRA further supports the rehabilitation of amputees by organizing, encouraging and funding personal involvement in social and recreational activities like annual amputee golf tournaments, cycling clinics, hockey, bowling, track and field, skiing and more. The Association also provides personal support to amputees and their families in the community with amputee and family support groups. Meetings are held at 7 p.m. the last Wednesday of every month at Carewest Glenmore Park, 6909 14th St. S.W. in Calgary (just up the hill and across from Rockyview Hospital). All amputees and their families are welcome. AASRA believes that it’s not what you’ve lost that counts. It’s what you do with what you have left. Disability need not get in the way of ability. Recreation Discovery | 2017 Resource Directory 1 Alberta Health Services – Alberta Healthy Living Program – Calgary Zone Business office: Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre 1213 Fourth St. S.W., Calgary, AB T2R 0X7 Phone: 403-9-HEALTH (403-943-2584) www.ahs.ca/cdmcalgaryzone.asp Population served: Clients in the Alberta Health Services, Calgary Zone and surrounding areas who have chronic, long-term health conditions, including, but not limited to diabetes, celiac disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), obesity, asthma, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, chronic pain, depression, stroke, Parkinson’s, osteoporosis, arthritis or congestive heart failure. Mission: We are an interdisciplinary team leading a community-based, self-management program that puts the participant at the centre of all care. We deliver accessible and diverse services to improve the quality of life for people with chronic health conditions. Alberta Healthy Living Program is a three-part program: supervised exercise classes, disease-specific education classes and a self-management workshop (Better Choices, Better Health®). Mandatory criteria for all Alberta Healthy Living Program – Calgary Zone services: • At least one chronic condition. • 18 years of age or older. • Must be cognitively capable of participating in group setting, except for one-on-one dietitian counselling. • Must be able to handle group situations without disrupting the class. • Basic English except for programs offered in other languages. People will be assessed for eligibility criteria on an individual basis. Mandatory criteria for exercise program: • All people need to be able to walk. • Exercise classes are only held on week days during the day. • If a person requires a caregiver, then caregivers are required to stay with person during these sessions. • Program is between eight and 10 weeks in length; people attending sessions will require ability to transition out to the community after this time frame. People will be supported through this transition. Disease-specific education classes are offered free of charge in a variety of formats for varying lengths of time during the day, in the evenings and on Saturdays – offered in English, some in Cantonese and Punjabi. There are two self-management workshops offered free of charge in a group setting during the day and in the evenings. The Better Choices, Better Health® (is offered in English, Cantonese and Punjabi for people with any chronic conditions) and the Better Choices, Better Health® – Chronic Pain (is offered in English). Clients can self-refer for any part of the program by calling 403-9-HEALTH (403-943-2584) Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. A doctor’s referral is not required. Recreation Discovery | 2017 Resource Directory 2 Alberta Paratriathlon Contact: Jason Dyck, Head Coach Phone: 403-836-7730 Email: [email protected] www.facebook.com/groups/alberta.paratriathlon Population served: All ages with a physical disability: spinal cord injury, amputee, limb impairment, visually impaired, stroke, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy. Paratriathlon is one of the newest and most exciting paralympic sports. It consists of swimming, biking (handbike/tandem) and running (racing wheelchair). It’s fun, challenging and a great way to stay fit! Alberta Paratriathlon’s mandate is to share our passion for the sport by introducing it to new participants and by developing existing athletes who strive for excellence. Individual coaching programs are available. Paratriathlon information sessions, camps and races are organized throughout the year for people to see what the sport is all about and give it a try. Assistance is offered to interested individuals by providing them with information on various (swim, bike and/or run) clubs that they could participate in as well as information on equipment individuals may require. Alberta Soccability – Alberta Cerebral Palsy Sports Association and Alberta Soccer Association 11759 Groat Rd. N.W., Edmonton, AB T5M 3K6 Email: [email protected] www.acpsa.ca Population served: Soccer players of all ages, impairments and abilities. Alberta Soccability seeks to provide sport and recreational opportunities through soccer participation opportunities for all players with an impairment. The program is now a collaboration between the Alberta Soccer Association and the Alberta Cerebral Palsy Sports Association. The Alberta Soccability program will see two streams: