New Year’s Resolutions

Posted by Siobhan in Blog, Home Page Image | 0 comments It’s that time again.  Time to make new year’s resolutions.  Time to decide what we want to change and how we want to change it.  It’s a challenging task to take on alone, but it’s often made easier when we have a pacing partner.  Or a community to support us.  And the best way to add fire to our goal is to say it out loud.  To share it.  To tell other people about it so that they can hold us accountable and inspire us to continue on our journey. Why not make your goal this year to help create the healthiest kids in the world?  Right here in Canada. Whether you are a parent or a teacher or a politician or a farmer, what are your ideas about how we can help reach this goal?  What has worked for you?  What hasn’t worked?  By connecting people across the country who are inspired to give all Canadian children the gift of healthy living, we can do it.  Together. So make your list of new year’s resolutions for you, your family and your community.  And if helping create the healthiest kids in the world is on your list, then join the...
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Together we are an ocean…

Posted by Siobhan in Blog, Home Page Image | 0 comments When we decided to start this journey, we went on a “listening tour.” We wanted to hear from as many people as possible about what was and was not working as far as health and wellness in our youth is concerned. We sent some emails and made some phone calls. And we ended up meeting or talking with people including…   Medical Officers of Health City Councillors Executive Directors at the Fraser Mustard Institute for Human Development at University of Toronto Directors at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto members of the Ministry of Education members of the Ministry of Health Directors at the Peel Children and Youth Initiative high school students who are growing their own vegetables for the cafeteria with a zero carbon footprint in Canada’s first vertical aeroponic tower garden farms that are doing school trips for children to learn how to pick and cook fresh vegetables members of the George Brown Food Innovation and Research group Humber College research co-ordinators high school teachers who are offering culinary apprenticeship programs to their students and are getting young people cooking opportunities in the real world principals who are building gold standard health and wellness initiatives into the daily curriculum and many more. Our goal now is to connect people from these groups with community members like you. Parents, teachers, students, professionals, volunteers, athletes, celebrities or politicians who are passionate about making change in their communities. We want to get everyone working together to exponentially grow programs that are working and brainstorm new ways to create the healthiest kids in the world. Because as Ryunosuke Satoro once said, “Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” Are you ready to jump...
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What’s in it for me?

Posted by Siobhan in Blog, Home Page Image | 0 comments So you’ve read through the site and you’re wondering, “How will joining the Blueberry Shark movement help me create the healthiest children in the world?” The thing is, you already have all the tools you need.  Your fire.  Your drive.  Your need to help.  Your wish to do more. Now all you need is a team. What the Blueberry Shark movement will give you is a network of people just like you.  People who want what you want.  People who have tried things you might want to try. Once we connect the dots and create the network, the magic will happen and change will occur. So join the movement today. Because as Anne Frank once said, “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before beginning to improve the...
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