Healthy Living: Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity & Recreation Council

08/15/2025

Healthy Living Leader Training is now OPEN FOR REGISTRATION! 💯💯

Join us and our very special guests this fall for I•SPARC's annual Regional Healthy Living Leader Training (RTS)!

We are excited to bring you some incredible presentations, including:

🔹Keynote presentation "As I Am" with

🔹Holistic Wellness with the one and only, Honoured Elder Gerry Oleman

🔹Plenary session of "Food is Medicine" with and .rd

➕ workshops including cultural activities, traditional teachings, and active sessions for suitable for all!

This is be one of our best tours yet! Please join us in your region:

2025 Dates and Locations

➡️ Northwest, Witsuwit'en (Smithers) Sept 24-25

➡️ Northeast, Lheidli T'enneh (Prince George) Oct 7-8

➡️ Interior, Tk'emlùps te Secwèpmec (Kamloops) Oct 20-21

➡️ Van Coastal/Fraser, Sumas (Abbotsford) Nov 6-7

➡️ Van Island, Snuneymuxw (Nanaimo) Nov 19-20

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06/19/2025

!SAVE THE DATE!

The planning for our Regional Training sessions are underway! Let’s get excited, get pumped, and get ready to attend this year’s amazing training as we have some exciting new developments, including our "Food is Medicine" workshop! 🌱

Stay tuned for more details!

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06/05/2025

🐟🌿🥕**Applications due Friday, June 13th 2025 **🐟🌿🥕

The 2025-26 Spring intake of the Food Systems Grant is Now open!
Find the Application here: https://isparc.ca/healthy-living-activities/food-systems-program/application-2025-fsp-grant/

The Food Systems Program (FSP) supports Indigenous communities in reaching their food security and food sovereignty goals. The FSP distributes grants and provides support with capacity building, technical training, networking, and cultural sharing through in-person gatherings, online events, and resource sharing!
Approved communities and organizations will receive in an amount up to $5000, as well as access to additional support and opportunities through the program.

More information about this grant can be found here : https://isparc.ca/healthy-living-activities/food-systems-program-grant-2025/

Any questions? Please reach out to the Food systems team @ food@isparc.ca

05/02/2025

🌿The Food Systems Program is excited to continue activities in the 2025-26 year and prepare to launch the Food Systems Program grant. In preparation for the launch of the grant application, we are hosting a webinar on May 7, 2025 at 12PM to share more about the Food Systems program, provide information about the application process, and answer any questions that you may have about the program. Please feel free to share this opportunity widely. The webinar, will be recorded and posted on out YouTube channel. 🌱🌿


Time/Date: May 7, 2025 at 12PM

Topic: Food Systems Program Grant Application

Registration for the webinar via Zoom:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/GdRe5lPLRduQ1ZAyzOyTMg

03/18/2025

Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc - Come see us and win a prize, if you dare to RETHINK YOUR DRINK!

03/04/2025

Register now for the Food Is Medicine webinar series. The I·SPARC Food Systems Program team is excited to announce this partnership campaign beginning on March 5th at 12PM, kicking off with Jacob Beaton from . Join the free webinars that amplify messages from Indigenous food leaders across the province. 🌱🌽 Questions? food@isparc.ca

Register here:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/K2FBIhXfSZyoDLlwAyCTuw

03/03/2025

⚠️Register now for the Food Is Medicine webinar series⚠️The I·SPARC Food Systems Program team is excited to announce this partnership campaign beginning on March 5th at 12PM, kicking off with Jacob Beaton from Tea Creek. Join the free webinars that amplify messages from Indigenous food leaders across the province. 🌱🌽

March is National Nutrition Month, and the FNHA is holding our annual “Food is Medicine" wellness campaign. As a part of this campaign, we are hosting three enriching webinars led by Indigenous food leaders across BC.

Register to learn about Tea Creek Farm with Jacob Beaton on March 5: https://bit.ly/3QHDVpz

Register to learn about the Nuu-chah-nulth Youth Warrior Family Society on March 10: https://bit.ly/3XlcO7s

Register to learn about Kwakiutl Community Garden and Traditional Food System & Stellat'en Journey towards food Sovereignty on March 12: https://bit.ly/4bh1M94

02/27/2025

Day 1 of our Food Security Gathering. Our hearts, minds and tummies are full! What a breathtaking environment on beautiful Musqueam territory, so many incredible teachings today from greenhouse management, dying wool with plants and fungi, smoke house preparation, chef Nola Mack, heck we even played BINGO!! It was an inspirational day with community, family and our emcee extraordinaire, elder and knowledge holder Shane Pointe. We finished off the evening with a special viewing of Tea Creek and met Director Ryan Dickie . Can’t wait to see what tomorrow will bring.🌱🐝🪵🍄🫐🍅 🫎 🍣💧

12/13/2024

On behalf of the I•SPARC team, we want to thank the amazing new leaders who answered the call of FitNation! Welcome to the family, our new Spicy Habaneros!

It was an incredible three days of training with a beautiful workshop on Mental Wellness from the incredible, Shaunna Taylor () and a very informed and engaging workshop on Disability Inclusion from the amazing Richard 'Bear' Peter (.07). Thank you for helping us deliver this important and impactful information to our leaders!

As usual, there were tons of laughs, smiles, and high fives all around with a super engaging and fun group of leaders! We hope you carry all the teachings and energy you absorbed over the last three days back to your communities and homes and bring your vision to life with your new FitNation program! Thank you all for giving us your time, energy, and presence to make this training a success! We look forward to staying connected and hearing about the amazing programs to start in your communities 🧡

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11/28/2024

Congratulations to our 2024/25
Healthy Living leaders!! It was an honour to share space with you all, learning and laughing together. Next these remarkable and inspirational leaders will run multi-week programs in their communities ranging from traditional games, foods and medicines, dancing, mental wellness, running, walking, wheeling and more! We are SO proud of you all and look forward to supporting you in the months to come! 🥏🥍🏹🏀🥗🍠🥦🍅🍓🫐🌱🌲🐓🏃🏽‍♂️🚶🏽‍♀️👨🏽‍🦽🦌💃🏽🕺🏽🧠 🎣

11/22/2024

A huge thank you to the Snuneymuxw people for allowing us to host our fifth Region Training Session in their beautiful territory 🌈

Many smiles, laughs, and knowledge was shared over the two-day training and the I•SPARC family thanks all the leaders who came to participate! We raise our hands to all those who answered the call and showed up for themselves, their loved ones, and their community 🧡

With incredible workshops in Trauma Informed Practices, Finger Weaving, Dreamcatcher Making, movement, and Nutrition, we thank all facilitators who helped make this session a success 🙂‍↕️

The I•SPARC family is always here for new, returning, and future leaders who want to make a change in their community and become Healthy Living Champions 😁

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11/13/2024

What a fabulous 2 days it was with these community healthy living champions! Thank you for your energy and inspiration. One more training session to go next week on Vancouver Island to wrap up the tour! The team is looking forward to welcoming you!!