ParticipACTION 2235192 219347250 2008-06-14T20:12:32Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other [[Image:Participaction.gif|thumb|The ParticipACTION logo]] '''ParticipACTION''' is a [[Canadian]] government program, launched in the 1970s, to promote [[health]]y living and [[physical fitness]]. It shut down due to financial cutbacks in 2001, but was revived on [[February 19]], [[2007]] with a grant of $5 million from the Federal Government.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/02/19/participaction.html | title=$5M to bring back ParticipACTION exercise program | publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC News]] | date=[[19 February]] [[2007]] | accessdate=2007-02-19 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | publisher=Government of Canada | title=Canada's New Government Re-Launches ParticipACTION | date=[[19 February]] [[2007]] | accessdate=2007-02-19 | url=http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-cs/media/nr-cp_e.html }}</ref> ParticipACTION emerged from Sport Participation Canada, a [[non-profit]] private company formed on [[July 12]], [[1971]]. [[Lester B. Pearson]] chaired the board while [[Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien]] served as president. In 1972, the company was nationalized by then-prime minister [[Pierre Elliott Trudeau|Pierre Trudeau]] to battle exorbitant [[health care]] costs. The resulting government program was renamed ParticipACTION. ParticipACTION is well known for its [[television]] [[public service announcement]]s and segments such as [[Body Break]] during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. A 1973 commercial, comparing the health of a 30-year-old Canadian to a 60-year-old [[Sweden|Swede]], started a national discussion on the state of [[physical education]] in Canada. ==References== <references /> ==External links== *[http://www.healthycanadians.ca Healthy Canadians - federal government portal], accessed [[19 February]] [[2007]] *[http://www.usask.ca/archives/participaction/ The ParticipACTION archive project] *[http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-41-615/sports/fitness/ CBC Digital Archives – Getting Physical: Canada's Fitness Movement] *[http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060901/QP_fatoftheland_060903/20060903?hub=TopStories Legendary fitness program is back in the game] [[Category:Canadian television commercials]] [[Category:Sport in Canada]] [[Category:Health in Canada]] [[Category:Health promotion]] {{Canada-stub}} {{health-stub}}