PR โ A two (2) day workshop on Physical Literacy (PL) will be held in Grenada on Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th Februaryย 2025 at the Grenada Youth Cultural and Recreational Centre in Morne Rouge.
An opening session will be held at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, 25th February 2025, with aย presentation on the โGlobal Impact of Physical Literacy.โ
The workshop is organised by the National Sports Council (NSC) in collaboration withย the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Education.
The workshop facilitator, Dr. Dean Kriellaars, is a professor from Canada who has beenย travelling the world providing education on physical literacy. He is a global leader inย physical literacy research, knowledge translation, and application in many sectors,ย including physical education, sport, recreation, play, design, and the performing arts.ย He has numerous successful interventions in communities for enhancing physicalย literacy and, in turn, for fostering physical activity.
Stakeholders from sports associations, clubs, parish sports councils, and the widerย community have been invited to the opening session.
The workshop falls within the National Sports Councilโs mandate through the Nationalย Sports Policy to encourage physical activity in Grenada.
The concepts that would be shared in the workshop are expected to be discussed andย reviewed and a recommendation presented for improving the delivery of physicalย activity in the school, home, and workplace.
