Physically Active Montreal Regional Action Plan

2014
#MTLPhysActive
Physically
Active
Montreal
Regional
Action Plan
2. GUIDELINES AND
PRIORITIES FOR ACTION
PHYSICALLY
ACTIVE
MONTREAL
INITIATIVE
FORUM
PUBLIC CONSULTATION
Establishment of the TIR
(Table intersectorielle régionale
sur les saines habitudes de vie)
Support for the Toronto Charter
for Physical Activity
SUMMIT
REGIONAL ACTION PLAN
POLICY
2014-2025 GUIDELINES
FOR ACTION
2014-2017 PRIORITIES
FOR ACTION
Process
Resulting in the
2014-2025
Regional
Action Plan
The Regional Action Plan is the outcome
of dedicated and heartfelt efforts by
large numbers of partners. Here are some
highlights:
SPRING 2012
The city organized a Physically Active Montreal Forum, in conjunction
with multiple partners.
FALL 2012 AND WINTER 2013
Montreal’s Commission on Culture, Heritage and Sports conducted
a broad-based public consultation on the Physically Active Montreal
initiative. The session sparked intense interest with over 280 people
attending and 80 submissions filed, including more than 1,000
suggestions for encouraging the adoption of a physically active lifestyle.
The final report, containing 13 recommendations, was unanimously
adopted by the Commission, then submitted to Montreal’s Executive
FALL 2013
Committee and City Council in the summer of 2013.
The Physically Active Montreal initiative grew to take in all of the
Island of Montreal’s partners due to the interest expressed by several
stakeholders and the opportunities presented by creation of the
Multidisciplinary Group on Healthy Lifestyles (TIR — île de Montreal).
This new organization, consisting of many partners, will now coordinate
the island-wide deployment of two major mobilization initiatives:
Physically Active Montreal and the Montreal Equitable and Sustainable
Food System.
WINTER 2014
The 19 borough councils and Montreal’s City Council endorsed the
Toronto Charter for Physical Activity, in accordance with one of the
Commission’s recommendations. The urban agglomeration’s related
municipalities were also invited to support it, with the City of Beaconsfield
and the Town of Hampstead being the first to do so, in the summer of
2014. Endorsement of this international charter is significant, because
WINTER 2014
many of the Physically Active Montreal Action Plan’s guidelines were
Some 300 people attended the Physically Active Montreal Summit. TIR
inspired by that document.
– île de Montreal coordinated organization of the event. A draft policy,
based on the prior year’s public consultation results, was presented to
participants. Guidelines for action, based on submissions filed at the
public consultation and further developed by four work groups formed
from among the partners, were also presented for comment. One goal
of the meeting was to have an impact on the Physically Active Montreal
Action Plan—and it did. This document has been modified based on
Summit proceedings.
Physically Active Montreal
Regional Action Plan
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4 FOCAL POINTS
2014-2025 GUIDELINES FOR ACTION
COMMUNITY PLANNING
TO ENCOURAGE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
1. Obtain concerted efforts of different partners in physical
activities and sports, in outreach efforts and in the formulation
of urban projects.
2. Support a broad-based comprehensive approach to urban
development.
3. Incorporate Active Design principles in development activities
and urban planning projects.
4. Improve access to information on Active Design in urban
planning and development.
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ENHANCED ACCESS TO ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION AND OUTDOOR
URBAN RECREATION
1. Adapt physical activity programs to make more year-round use
of the island’s large and local parks.
2. Step up efforts to develop parks, public areas and shorelines as
sites particularly conducive to physical activity.
3. Forge links from green spaces, bike paths and pedestrian
corridors to sports facilities and shorelines.
4. Support active mobility (walking, cycling and active
transportation, including human-powered wheeled movement)
through urban development.
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PROMOTION OF SPORTS
AND SPORTS EVENTS
1. Continue implementation of master plans for space and
recreational/sports facilities to promote equal access by the
public.
2. Review the local concerted action plan for sports and events to
enhance and support stimulating and positive environments.
3. Support regional sports initiatives, recognizing local sports hubs
and encouraging public access to a wide range of sports.
4. Ensure the presence and visibility of the island’s leading sports
complexes (hubs).
5. Recognize and support the four levels of sports: introduction
to sport, recreational sport, competitive sport and high
performance sport.
6. Promote high-profile and popular sports events on different
scales.
4
PROMOTION AND COMMUNICATION
OF A PHYSICALLY ACTIVE LIFESTYLE
1. Emphasize joint measures to reach the entire population and
in particular, young people, girls, teens, seniors, persons with
disabilities and with cultural communities.
2. Roll out measures to boost economic access and improve life
quality in disadvantaged districts.
3. Organize events to make members of the public more aware
of their sports facilities and introduce them to various physical
activities and sports.
GUIDELINES
• Reducing health-based social inequalities, based
on principles of sustainable development and
universal accessibility.
• Ensuring regional coherence.
• Making physical activities appealing to all.
• Promoting knowledge, sharing expertise and
publicizing stimulating and important initiatives.
• Getting residents and local communities
on board.
• Working in partnership with and supporting
efforts of civic organizations.
2014-2017 PRIORITIES FOR ACTION
5. Monitor and assess compliance of architectural projects and
urban developments with Active Design principles.
6. Reassign street use by adopting by-laws, and safety/traffic
calming measures.
7. Adapt intermodal public transit hubs to make active
transportation safer and more user friendly.
8. Establish environments in green alleys and winter activity
alleys.
5. Include needs of pedestrian and cyclists in planning and
producing new developments, road repairs and the provision
of services.
6. Place priority on snow removal and maintenance of
pedestrian routes and certain bike paths in the winter.
7. Prepare coordinated messages on active transportation to
promote activities with long-term island-wide impact.
8. Promote concerted partner efforts in formulating
and establishing environments conducive to active
transportation.
7. Pursue formulation of the Island of Montreal’s strategic
positioning on major sports events.
8. Promote the organization of family activities as the preferred
means of introducing people to sports.
9. In conjunction with different local organizations, recognize
schools as the prime environments for developing young
people’s interest in different types of physical activities.
10.Optimize use of sports facilities and provide a range of
services for all through local agreements between the
different partners.
11.Recognize and promote the achievements and success
of Montreal’s inspirational athletes and key figures in the
Physically Active movement.
1.Illustrate Active Design best practices by partners with the
appropriate means and create mechanisms to enhance
awareness, disseminate information and train people in Active
Design.
2.Develop routes in local communities that provide quick
physical access to local community facilities and highlight
recreational points of interest that encourage people to
engage in physical activity.
1.Encourage partners of Physically Active Montreal to engage
in the implementation of concrete and constructive active
transportation projects to produce better road-sharing
systems.
2.Get Physically Active Montreal’s partners to engage in the
creation of facilities and developments supporting outdoor
activities.
3. Develop and implement educational, training and
promotional initiatives tailored to target groups and
promoting active transportation, along with outdoor activities.
1.Get schools, families and communities to implement joint
initiatives aimed at encouraging life-long sports and physical
activities for all.
2.As part of a coordinated effort, produce mobilizing and
unifying sports and physical activity events throughout the
island.
3.Highlight and promote, through various coordinated
communication tools, the variety and number of local,
regional, national and international physical activity and sports
events held on the island.
4. Ensure that promotional efforts supporting and activities by
partners of the Physically Active Montreal Regional Action
Plan and the Montreal Equitable and Sustainable Food
System are consistent and interconnected.
1.Develop a unified strategic plan to promote physical activities
and a healthy diet involving all partners concerned, by
communicating clear and consistent messages to the public.
5. Promote the use of public transit because of its health
benefits and encourage the combined use of public transit
and active transportation.
2.Work with Veille action in creating a Physically Active
Montreal monitoring tool to promote knowledge sharing
and stimulating best practices for a physically active lifestyle.
6. Promote the development of basic physical abilities at an
early age, emphasizing the pleasure of physical fitness.
Partners’ Committee
Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal
Association sportive et communautaire du Centre-Sud
CAPSANA
Cardio plein air
Cégep du Vieux-Montréal
Centre d’écologie urbaine de Montréal
Coalition poids
Commission sportive du Lac St-Louis
Commission sportive Montréal-Concordia
Commission sport et loisir de l’Est de l’île de Montréal
Commission scolaire de la Pointe-de-l’Île (CSPI)
Commission scolaire de Montréal (CSDM)
Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys (CSMB)
Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard
Défi sportif Altergo
Direction de la santé publique de Montréal
Égale action
English-Montreal School Board (EMSB)
Excellence sportive de l’île de Montréal
FADOQ, Île de Montréal
Fédération des sports cyclistes du Québec
Fillactive
Fondation David Suzuki
Ma santé au sommet, HEC Montréal, Polytechnique Montréal
et Université de Montréal
Marathon Oasis Rock’n’Roll de Montréal
Parc olympique
Participaction
Québec en Forme
Regroupement des centres de la petite enfance de l’île de Montréal
Regroupement des éco-quartiers
Relais Rivière
RSEQ Collégial
RSEQ Lac-St-Louis
RSEQ GMAA
RSEQ – Montréal
Sport et Loisir de l’île de Montréal
Société canadienne du cancer - Trottibus
Société de sauvetage
Société du parc Jean-Drapeau
Sports Montréal
Sports Québec
Société de transport de Montréal (STM)
Le TAZ
Table des directeurs des parcs et loisirs des municipalités liées
de l’agglomération de Montréal
Forum jeunesse de l’île de Montréal
Table des directeurs de la culture, des sports, des loisirs
et du développement social de la Ville de Montréal
Grand Défi Pierre Lavoie
Table des chefs de division en sports et en loisirs de la Ville de Montréal
Groupe DesÉquilibres
Tennis Montréal
Groupe de recherche sur les espaces festifs (GREF)
Tennis Québec
Groupe entreprises en santé
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Jeux de la rue-Rap jeunesse
Vélo Québec
La Fondation des Canadiens pour l’enfance
Ville de Montréal. Service de la diversité sociale et des sports
Lester-B.-Pearson School Board (LBPSB)
Viomax
Vivre en ville
WIXX
Les YMCA du Québec
Design: [email protected]
Photo Credits: Marie-Andrée Blais - www.marieandreeblais.com
This initiative has been made possible
through the support of:
And the financial assistance of: