The Montreal Regional Public Health Department and Sport et Loisir de l'île de Montréal, in collaboration with Montreal school boards and the Kino-Québec Research Chair, have set up the GO Project - Secondary School is Active! which aims to identify the actions to be taken to promote the adoption of a physically active lifestyle among young people in public secondary schools in Montreal.
The objectives of the project are to:
- Create a regional portrait of sports, leisure or outdoor activities offered in public secondary schools in Montreal by private and public organizations which will serve as a standard for measuring the offer.
- Know the facilitating factors as well as the obstacles to practicing physical and sporting activities in high school according to private and public organizations, young people and school stakeholders.
- Identify actions to support, amplify or develop to encourage the adoption of a physically active lifestyle among young people in secondary school.
- Prioritize these actions based on institutional and governmental realities and create opportunities for action.