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FV kinesiology students have once again made an impact in Antigua through the Champions for Health program, a collaborative effort between the Kinesiology and Physical Education department at the University of the Fraser Valley and the Ministry of Education in Antigua Barbuda, West Indies. And the program is about expand to include visits to UFV by Antiguan teachers. Each spring for the past three years, UFV kinesiology professor Joanna Sheppard has accompanied and led UFV undergraduate students to the island of Antigua Barbuda, West Indies. This year 19 students volunteered at elementary schools across the island, teaching life skills using physical and health education programs that encompass physical, af-
fective, and cognitive, skills: the ers for a month-long session to enable three aspects of the ‘Whole Child them to learn best practices in physical Approach’. education and health education teaching. Through KPE university lectures, Now the UFV Kinesiology and volunteering within the Abbotsford Physical Education department will cont’d on page 11 be hosting up to four Antiguan teach-