Learnings

The Vivo Play Project was a four-year social innovation and community lab with the Public Health Agency of Canada, Suncor Energy Foundation, University of Calgary and local Community Associations that encouraged kids and families to move and connect more in local parks through free loose parts play.

Traditionally in a one-hour recreation program, children spend an average of 61% of their time standing, sitting or lying down. Vivo flipped this statistic on its head by creating a 4 in 1 Physical Literacy Program.

Creating Coventry was a community-driven project to re-imagine and create a 20 year master plan for 14 outdoor parks across Coventry Hills.

Vivo partnered with Brookfield Residential, the Calgary Public Library and Mount Royal University to do some community research around the design and impact of healthy communities and early childhood settings in public libraries.

The Vivo instructor, also known as the Gen H Instructor, was built from research to combat sedentary behaviors while still having fun, developing skills and improving physical literacy for the participants in our programs.