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THE STEADWARD CENTRE for Personal & Physical Achievement THE STEADWARD CENTRE for Personal & Physical Achievement ANNUAL REPORT April 2011 - March 2012 www.steadwardcentre.ualberta.ca CONTENTS ic Vision and Mission 2 Message from the Chair of the Board of Directors 3 Message from the Associate Director 4 Activity Highlights • Learning VISION AND MISSION • Discovery The Steadward Centre (TSC) vision and • Citizenship mission support the achievement of the Faculty of Physical Education and 12 Board of Directors Recreation’s (FPER) vision and priorities, as well as those of the University of Alberta. 12 TSC Staff Financial Statement Practical Vision 13 The Steadward Centre is internationally bc Acknowledgements recognized for supporting independence and inclusion of children, youth and adults experiencing disability in their communities by inspiring: • Vital accomplishments in personal fitness, motor skill development, and athletic development • Meaningful, innovative, and applied advancements in adapted physical activity • Passion for learning and discovery • Excellence and leadership Mission To create, disseminate, and apply knowledge of physical activity, athletic development, and motor skill development specific to persons living with impairment. Annual Report / April 2011 to March 2012 1 MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE It has been a pleasure to serve as the Society (SCITCS). The program provides individuals living The past year provided opportunities to reflect, refine and such, participants are learning skills to increase their individual President and member of the Board with spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis or stroke with the recognize The Steadward Centre’s potential for ‘creating, readiness to transition to community facilities; are gaining of Directors of The Steadward opportunity to choose to exercise in a community fitness disseminating and applying knowledge of physical activity, experience through diverse group programming to be active for Centre for Personal & Physical facility with family and friends while still having access to athletic development, and motor skill development specific to life and are developing the confidence to manoeuver through Achievement (“The Steadward FES exercise equipment. We are now also able to offer children, youth and adults experiencing disability.’ A dedicated the intricacies of the fitness culture—with skills in resistance Centre” or the “Centre”) this past participants the choice of the FES Cycle (RT300) or the new team of staff, students and volunteers supported the efforts training and fitness centre etiquette. Examples of our recent year. FES Elliptical (RT200). of over 500 individuals living with impairment to achieve their activities of ‘refinement’ are evident in our electrode purchasing personal fitness, physical activity and/or athletic goals across our program for the Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) members, The Steadward Centre, an Innovation is also top of mind when we speak of the Centre’s many program areas. a streamlined intake process, member education sessions and incorporated society with iDANCE Edmonton Integrated Dance group under the new service delivery models. voting members from both the leadership of Artistic Director Lindsay Eales. iDANCE earned Taking the time to reflect— community and the University the TELUS Courage to Innovate Award at the Mayor’s Awards As we once again received news from Edmonton Catholic Public Recognize potential— of Alberta, continues to serve the for the Arts 2012 banquet this past winter. Schools that space currently housing one of our satellite sites We recognized opportunities to be a leader through community by providing expertise in adapted physical would need to be regained for school use, we were grateful for innovation by strengthening and renewing partnerships exercise as well as a fully equipped exercise centre with On behalf of the Board of Directors, I thank each and our learnings from our previous (St Joe’s) site closure. During the with “old friends.” In partnership with the Saville Community adapted exercise programs. The Centre, though its activities, every member of our teams at The Steadward Centre for summer of 2011, staff supported over sixty members to select a Sports Centre, and the Spinal Cord Injury Treatment Centre continues to assist The Faculty of Physical Education and their invaluable contribution to all aspects of the Centre. new exercise facility, with approximately half choosing to exercise Society (SCITCS), we launched the FES Community Exercise Recreation in achieving its desired outcomes in the areas of This includes our committed professional staff, our many in a community facility close to home and half relocating to the Transition Program, providing choice to individuals seeking to research, education and service to the community. volunteers, students, members and their families who have Centre’s University of Alberta location. The Steadward Centre exercise in a community fitness centre while retaining access given their time and resources to ensure that The Steadward continues to be thankful for the ongoing partnership of 25 to FES equipment such as the FES cycle and FES elliptical. Through an array of high quality adapted physical activity, Centre continues to be a place that promotes community community fitness facilities within the Capital Region, making the The Steadward Centre Community Exercise Transition Model fitness and sport programs, our Centre not only served over inclusion for people with disabilities through physical activity, transition for many of our members a very positive experience. continues to extend its reach by being applied to all user 500 individuals experiencing disability in our community, but sport and the resulting social interaction. groups of the Centre, including FES participants, youth, long- Current trends locally, nationally and globally gave pause for contributed greatly to the learning and discovery components term members, athletes and individuals in the community reflection as we were reminded of the need for our work with the of the Faculty. During the past fiscal yearT he Steadward As always, I would like to recognize the volunteer Board of experiencing disability for the first time. release of the national Physical Activity Guidelines for Adults with Centre provided valuable applied learning opportunities Directors (Marcel Bouffard, Margaret Conquest, Rick Gingras, Spinal Cord Injury and the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines We recognized opportunities amongst our strong participant for over 126 undergraduate students at the U of A campus Trish Manns, Kerry Mummery, Dhiren Naidu, Neil Pierce, recommending 60 minutes of daily moderate to vigorous physical base, families and volunteers. We held a casino with the through full and part-time practicum placements, volunteer Wallace Whitford, Roman Wozniak, and our honorary chair, activity for children and youth and 150 minutes per week for generous support of 45 friends of The Steadward Centre positions and lab experiences. The Centre provided full Robert Steadward) for their individual and collective advice and support throughout this past year. adults. The need for people of all ability levels to be active is volunteering their time. A new fundraising event featuring and part time practicum placements to 21 students from high and the desire for accessible programming and facilities is the comedic singing tenors of Il Duo was initiated and led by academic institutions such as University of Alberta, MacEwan In closing, I offer my sincere thanks and appreciation to evident among all of our community partners and a trend only Free2BMe parents Tim and Bertha Swanson and supported by University, NAIT and Brevard College, USA. all who have supported The Steadward Centre over this witnessed to this level in the past few years. Aptly, The Steadward many families making this inaugural fundraising event a huge The Centre’s strong service component, participant base past fiscal year including but not limited to the following Centre coordinated the local, Edmonton end-of-day celebrations success—raising close to $5000! We continue to be grateful for the 25th Anniversary of the Rick Hansen Man in Motion Tour to Dr. Brian Maraj and former Free2BMe volunteer Terry Tenove and innovative service delivery models provide an excellent collaborators and donors: the University of Alberta, Faculty in March 2012. Speeches from both Rick Hansen and final medal for organizing the second annual tremendous eight hour all avenue for researchers and graduate students, both internal of Physical Education and Recreation; the Province of Alberta bearer Dr. Bob Steadward reminded us of the progress made in day squash tournament, ‘The Maraj-athon” raising over $3,000, and external to the University of Alberta, to engage Centre (through its Ministry of Culture) and the Alberta Sport, the past 25 years and the momentum built to carry on the work in support of Free2BMe programs. We recognize the generous participants and staff as study participants and research Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation. of Drs. Hansen and Steadward in the support of inclusion for all support of all of our partners, volunteers, members, participants assistants. The Steadward Centre is able to offer to its I look forward to another successful year. individuals experiencing disability. Globally, economic instability and their families. program participants an exercise facility where the norm, has reinforced our need to create sustainable programming
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