What we do

High Five: PHCD is Canada's quality standard for organizations providing recreation and sports programs to children aged 6 to 12 and is based on five principles of healthy child development essential for quality programs. 

This foundation comes from extensive research into what constitutes quality experiences for children and the practical application of the principles in programming.

Our partner organization, NWT Recreation, and Parks Association, is the NWT authorized provider. 

DELIVER PROGRAM & EVENTS will introduce participants to the six steps recreation leaders can use to design and deliver a recreation program or a special event—effective design and delivery of each activity resulting in successful, safe, and enjoyable recreation experiences.  

IDENTIFYING YOUR LEADERSHIP STRENGTHS will highlight some things recreation leaders need to know and do when working or volunteering in their community. Your own path in this field will emerge as you learn more about yourself and identify opportunities to grow as a recreation leader. 

Completion of these courses can go towards your Recreation North certificate in Northern Recreation Leadership. 

Through the stories of people experiencing mental health challenges, it became clear that: People Matter, Recreation Matters, and Being Welcoming Matters. In fact, these became the central principles of this training. 

The Recreation for Mental Health training's primary goal is to share tools with participants so that they can help their recreation settings become more welcoming and inclusive, especially for people experiencing mental health challenges.

Provided by our partner organization, NWT Recreation and Parks Association.

Develop leadership skills and learn how to OBSERVE and IMPROVE fundamental movement skills by analyzing and identifying the various development stages for fundamental movement skills; applying a six-step process to teaching fundamental movement skills; creating safe games where children can practice fundamental movement skills. 

Our partner organization, Sport North Federation, is the NWT authorized provider of the National Coaching Certificate  Program FMS training.   

It is not enough to know how to swim, but we also need to develop Water Smart leaders to deliver drowning prevention messages and programming and develop safety awareness. 

MRA has partnered with the Lifesaving Society of Alberta and NWT to offer waterfront safety strategies and aquatic literacy programming training. 

This year we have also added the option of taking AEC training before the RLTC starts.  

This First Aid course is recommended for lifeguards, waterfront staff, aquatic instructors, lifesavers, and other individuals or recreation programmers who may need to respond to a first aid emergency in an aquatic setting. Includes CPR-C and AED certification. 

Physical literacy can be defined as the motivation, confidence, physical competence, understanding, and knowledge to maintain physical activity at an individually appropriate level throughout life. This means that physically literate people can:

• Develop the motivation and ability to understand, communicate, apply and analyze various forms of movement
• Demonstrate a variety of movements confidently and competently across a wide range of physical activities
• Make healthy, active choices that are both beneficial to and respectful of themselves, others, and the environment.

The RLTC will offer participants an introduction to physical literacy and strategies to purposefully incorporate physical literacy development in programming.