Outlined below is another fabulous opportunity to promote health and wellness in our schools and community.

The ISPARC Indigenous Run Walk Wheel 5km program is here!

Would you like to progress from almost no activity to being able to comfortably walk, run, wheel the equivalent of 5 km?! Are you unsure of where to start? If you have not been active for a while, then this is the program for you!

This is an 8 week program that will culminate in our SD8 wuqanqankimik Reconciliation Run Walk.

The first week of the program is April 11th.

The last week of the program is June 3rd.

The SD8 wuqanqankimik Reconciliation Run Walk Wheel will take place in our school district the week of June 6th. We acknowledge and thank Chief Jason Louie from Lower Kootenay Band for the teachings of wuqanqankimik – to take long strides, to take big steps. We are all moving together toward Reconciliation.

Who can participate? EVERYONE! The Indigenous Run Walk Wheel program is for all people.

Staff can register their classes/programs here. Once you register, you will receive weekly coaching videos from the District Aboriginal Team as well as guidance for time, gear, stretches, and tips for form.

Please register by April 11th 2022.

For those in the Nelson area, the District Aboriginal Team will be hosting LIVE in person coaching sessions every Monday from April 11th to May 30th at Lakeside Park at 4 pm. All levels welcome! All humans welcome! All families welcome!

Contact Jesse Halton jesse.halton@sd8.bc.ca or Danica Weager danica.weager@sd8.bc.ca for more information.

This program is sponsored by ISPARC and SD8 Kootenay Lake Aboriginal Education.