How to Use this Site

This information will help you find your way through our new site.

The Alberta Centre for Active Living website contains extensive resources on many aspects of physical activity, including

• information about the Centre’s work
• news
• Centre publications and research
• links to resources from other organizations

How to Find Information on Our Site

There are three main ways to find information on our site.

1. Site Map
2. Search
3. Using the drop-down main headings
   About Us
   News
   Our Work
   Our Publications
   Resources
   
4. Using the bottom navigation bar
   Contact Us
   Subscribe to E-News
   Site Map
   About this Site
   Links
   Search
   

1. Site Map

To see all sections of our website at a glance, visit our site map. The site map appears at the bottom of every website page (bottom right).

2. Search

The Search Feature appears on every website page (bottom right-hand side). This feature allows you to search by typing in the name of the information you’re looking for. You can also search using one or more categories, for example,

• population groups (Aboriginal people, adults, children/youth, older adults, people with disabilities, women/girls);
• settings (communities, schools, urban design, workplaces);
• other topics (chronic diseases, general advocacy/policy, healthy eating, healthy weights, mental health, walking/pedometers);
• keywords (type in a word or phrase describing the kind of information you’re looking for, e.g., barriers to physical activity, childhood obesity, pedometers).

3. Using the drop-down main headings (see below)

ABOUT US

Find out about the Alberta Centre for Active Living, including our advocacy work, population-health approach, partnerships, committees, and current projects.

• FACTS ABOUT US
  Who we are
  Goals
  Advocacy role
  Annual report
  Research priorities
  Researchers
  Supporters/funders
  Career Opportunities
• POPULATION-HEALTH APPROACH
  This approach underlies all the Centre’s work in promoting physical activity. This section also connects you to resources from other organizations on this topic.
• COMMITTEES/PARTNERS
  Committees
  Partners
• RESEARCH AFFILIATES
  Alberta Centre for Active Living Research Affiliates are internationally known researchers whose research programs support the mandate of the Alberta Centre for Active Living: providing research and education for the promotion of physical activity.
  
• STAFF/CONTACT
  Centre and staff contact information.

NEWS

Find out what’s happening at the Centre in our Centre news section. The Events section lists both events at the Centre and at other organizations. Media can access staff contact information and media releases in the Media section.

• SUBSCRIBE TO E-NEWS
  Active Living E-News is our regular e-newsletter sent to subscribers from all over Alberta, across Canada, and beyond!It features the most recent WellSpring or Research Update, important products, events, or services from our Centre, and other news from the world of active living.
• PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INFORMATION ROUND-UP
  The Alberta Centre for Active Living regularly receives physical activity information from various sources, including listservs, websites, personal contacts, and e-mails. These resources are useful for people who need evidence-based physical activity information for their work. The information listed has been cut and pasted from its original source and is provided as information only.
• EVENTS
  Centre and other organizations’ special events, workshops, and conferences.
• SOCIAL MEDIA
  We invite you to join any or all of our social media sites to keep updated of our latest news and web postings.
  
• MEDIA
  Media releases (both current and past media releases)
  Contact information (who to contact at the Centre for further information).

OUR WORK

Find all the centre’s publications in this section, including our newsletters WellSpring and Research Update, Alberta Surveys on Physical Activity, fact sheets, journal articles, and research and general reports.

• ANNUAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FORUM
  Each year, the Alberta Centre for Active Living invites a prominent speaker to discuss a key topic in the physical activity field.
• PROJECTS
  In addition to our core operations, our Centre leads and/or supports a variety of other projects each year, including
  • Healthy U website
• PHYSICAL ACTIVITY COUNSELLING TOOLKIT
• QUICK FACTS (e.g., fact sheets on physical activity and pedometers, the Hot Topics in physical activity and healthy living).
  
• FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQS)
  Here are responses to frequently asked questions about physical activity and active living. These FAQs are written in plain language and were originally developed for the Canadian Health Network.
• FEATURE ARTICLES
  These feature articles were originally developed for the Canadian Health Network. They are also available in French.
• INFOGRAPHICS - The Centre has created infographics to support various reports.
• PEDOMETER TOOLKIT
  The Centre has pedometer tool kits available for loan to practitioners. They are free to borrow.
  
• SCREENSAVER
  Download the Centre's free Active Living Screensaver for interesting and colourful facts about the many benefits of keeping active.
• VIDEOS and PODCASTS
  The Centre has produced various videos to support physical activity. Also you can listen to two active living podcasts that are available in English and French.
  

OUR PUBLICATIONS

Find all the centre’s publications in this section, including our newsletters WellSpring and Research Update, Alberta Surveys on Physical Activity, fact sheets, journal articles, and research and general reports.

• WELLSPRING
  Information about best practices, topical issues, recent research, and policy for practitioners.
• RESEARCH UPDATE
  Summarizes recent research in physical activity and other health issues for practitioners.
• ALBERTA SURVEY ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
  You can access the most recent and past surveys on physical activity.
• RESEARCH AND GENERAL REPORTS (major reports by centre researchers).
• GUIDES
  Guides or booklets produced by the Centre.
• JOURNAL ARTICLES (links to abstracts of journal articles by centre researchers).
• ORDER OUR PUBLICATIONS

RESOURCES

This section provides you with access the various Internet resources, both from Alberta Centre for Active Living and around the world.

POPULATIONS

Physical activity resources related to specific populations (both Centre resources and links to resources from other organizations). Information in these sections is arranged by the type of resource, e.g., Quick Facts, Programs/Resources, Advocacy/Policy, etc.

• ABORIGINAL PEOPLE
• ADULTS
• CHILDREN/YOUTH
• OLDER ADULTS
• PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
• WOMEN/GIRLS

SETTINGS

Physical activity resources related to specific settings (both Centre resources and links to resources from other organizations). Information in these sections is arranged by the type of resource, e.g., Quick Facts, Programs/Resources, Advocacy/Policy, etc.

• COMMUNITIES
• SCHOOLS
• URBAN DESIGN
• WORKPLACES

CHRONIC DISEASES

Physical activity resources related to chronic diseases (both Centre resources and links to resources from other organizations). Information in these sections is arranged by the type of resource, e.g., Quick Facts, Programs/Resources, Advocacy/Policy, etc.

• GENERAL
• ARTHRITIS
• CANCER
• CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
• DIABETES
• OSTEOPOROSIS
• RESPIRATORY DISEASES
• OTHER

OTHER TOPICS

Physical activity resources related to specific issues (both Centre resources and links to resources from other organizations). Information in these sections is arranged by the type of resource, e.g., Quick Facts, Programs/Resources, Advocacy/Policy, etc.

• GENERAL ADVOCACY/POLICY
• HEALTHY EATING
• HEALTHY WEIGHTS
• MENTAL HEALTH
• SEDENTARY BEHAVIOUR
• WALKING/PEDOMETERS