Changing the Trajectory

Creating equitable and meaningful recreation and sport opportunities is critical to the future of community well-being. At all levels of community and government, New Brunswick recreation and sport professionals are being called upon to address equity, diversity and inclusion to support equity-deserving groups’ participation in community activities, including those living with low incomes.

This 1-day experiential workshop aims to gather as communities of practice to learn and exchange knowledge to address the exclusionary practices and inequities that populations living with low incomes experience. Supporting the trajectory of a more equitable and socially inclusive recreation and sport delivery system requires professionals to embrace new values and practices (i.e. programs, policies, services, and resources) that fundamentally shift the way recreation and sport are experienced in the community. 

This workshop will use existing research and promising practices to support professionals in understanding how and why the current system can be inequitable and exclusionary and to share insight into values and practices that can start shifting recreation and sport delivery systems to a more equitable future.