Resources & Awareness
An area set aside by a national government for the preservation of the natural environment
What is a National Park?
This outdoor activity involves walking through nature often in national parks or trails
What is Hiking?
At the beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic patterns of declining rates of this type of activity worsened significantly leading to people becoming more sedentary
What is Physical Activity?
A quality relationship with this "natural" environment can have a positive impact on people's mental and physical wellbeing
What is Nature?
This department of the Government of Canada is responsible for coordinating environmental policies and programs, as well as preserving and enhancing the natural environment and renewable resources.
What is Environment and Climate Change Canada/Environment Canada?
This Princess of Wales credits spending time in the outdoors to being greatly beneficial to her mental health
Who is Kate Middleton/Catherine, Princess of Wales
This winter sport has been shown to reach the "goal" of improving brain function and alleviating anxiety
What is Hockey?
During the pandemic a higher proportion of young adults screened positive for these two types of mental health disorders
What are depression and anxiety?
Moving your workout area to this setting can be greatly beneficial for your mental health
What is Outdoors?
Forest bathing otherwise known as Shinrin-yoku was developed in this country as a part of preventitive health care and healing
What is Japan?
This "wild" mental health treatment strategy provides maladaptive youth with challenges related to outdoor experiences and is designed to address problem behaviours by fostering personal and social responsibility and the emotional growth of clients.
What is Wilderness Therapy?
Formed in 1974 this recreation authority has served to provide recreational opportunities to Manitobans in 5 main divisions: municipal, professional, associate, commercial and student
What is Recreation Manitoba?
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global pandemic on the 13th of this month in 2020
What is March?
This nature-based family bonding activity has been shown to reduce stress along with depression and anxiety
What is Camping?
An outdoor area consisting of several different structures for children to play on and explore
What is a Playground?
Founded in 1918, it is one of the largest and oldest voluntary health organizations in Canada
What is the Canadian Mental Health Association?
Being a member of one of these in sports has been found to be benficial to mental health in part due to its social interaction
What is a team?
This level and duration of exercise is recommended for those who have just had or are experiencing Covid-19
What is low stress exercise for short periods of time?
Even a short burst of 10 minutes of this physical activity improve your mental alertness, energy and mood.
What is a brisk walk/walking?
With a large amount of green spaces and around 15 hours per day dedicated to leisure and personal care this nordic country is ranked first in the world for its citizens mental wellbeing
What is Sweden?
This Ontario initiative aims to get people outside walking to benefit their physical and mental wellness
What is Mood Walks?
This outdoor sport that has recently grown in popularity involves 2 teams hitting a ball onto a small trampoline
What is Spikeball?
The ratio of Canadians that reported symtoms of anxiety and depression during the Covid 19 pandemic
What is 1 in 4 people?
Regular use of natural areas for physical activity can reduce the risk of mental health problems by this percentage
What is 50%?
According to an IPSOS study, this country is considered to be the most physically active reporting an average of 12.8 hours of physical activity per week.
What is the Netherlands?