Module 1Recreation Foundations.pdf

Module 1 of the Yukon Community Recreation Leaders Guide focuses on the foundations of recreation, aiming to promote its role in contributing to individual, community, and environmental well-being. The module's learning objectives include defining recreation, identifying its importance, describing its benefits, and understanding how to increase participation. Recreation is defined as freely chosen participation in physical, social, intellectual, creative, and spiritual pursuits that enhance individual and community wellbeing. A vision for recreation in Canada envisions everyone engaged in meaningful, accessible experiences that foster individual, community, and environmental wellbeing. The Framework for Recreation in Canada 2015 outlines five goals: fostering active living, increasing inclusion, connecting people to nature, providing supportive environments, and ensuring the growth and sustainability of the recreation field. Community-driven recreation is encouraged, as it engages citizens, strengthens relationships, and promotes collaboration, social connections, and social capital. Recreation leaders play a critical role in enabling and empowering community-based recreation, which can improve quality of life, community cohesion, personal health, and collective well-being.