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Home to Sport for Life's Education Program - certifications, courses and workshops that build real skills in physical literacy and quality sport.
Post-Secondary Partners
Universities help us research, test, and scale what works.
Sport for Life's Post-Secondary Partnership Program connects post-secondary institutions with our certification content, giving students the chance to earn professional certifications as part of their education.
To learn more about Sport for Life's Post-Secondary Partnership Program and how you can offer certification opportunities to your students - please visit the Our Partners section.
International Organizational Partners
We work in more than 65 countries focused on lasting, systemic change.
Our organization is there to help National Olympic Committees, national sport organizations, governments, and non-governmental organizations build the workforce and strategic plans they need for lifelong physical literacy and sustainable high-performance results.
The Sport for Life Education Program
The Sport for Life Education Program is our full collection of educational content: certifications, eLearning courses, live workshops, webinars, and resources, all housed on the Sport for Life Campus.
It's built for individuals and organizations working in recreation, sport, education, or health, anywhere in Canada or around the world, who want quality, research-backed training in physical literacy, quality sport, and our Long-Term Development model.
What Our Education Program Can Do For You
The Sport for Life Campus gives you access to everything, anytime, anywhere:
- Certifications, on-demand learning, live learning, and resources, all in one platform.
- Expert-designed content you can put into practice immediately.
- Team-wide capacity building, so your whole organization grows together.
- Standardized onboarding and staff training.
- Career-ready knowledge, skills, and credentials.
- National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) Professional Development (PD) points.
- An extensive library of content in both English and French.
Special Offer for Organizations
Organizations get discounted pricing to train their staff. Contact our Education Team at digital@sportforlife.ca to talk about Campus access for your team.
Program benefits include:
- Organizational pricing for Level 1 and Level 2 online certifications for teams.
- Discounted staff access through coupon codes or individual access keys.
- Completion reporting, so administrators can track usage, completions, and unused codes.
Ways to Learn
However you like to learn, whether that's earning a certification, working through a single on-demand course, joining a live workshop, or using digital tools like PLAYBuilder and PLAY, there's a path built for you.
Certifications for Physical Literacy Leaders
Level 1: Foundations of Physical Literacy
An entry-level certification that gives front-line workers the confidence to advocate for physical literacy in their community, building a strong understanding of core concepts and a sense of belonging in sport and physical activity.
Level 2: Enhancing Physical Literacy
An intermediate certification for front-line workers ready to design and deliver programs that build physical literacy, including inclusive approaches for equity-deserving groups.
Certifications for Quality Sport Leaders
Level 1: Foundations of Quality Sport Experiences
An entry-level certification that builds a working understanding of good people, good places, and good programs in sport, along with the Long-Term Development framework and what each stage of development is meant to achieve. Certified leaders come away ready to create safe, engaging, developmentally appropriate experiences for participants of any age or ability.
Certifications for School Physical Literacy Leaders
Level 1 (Elementary): Foundations of Physical Literacy
This entry-level certification gives elementary educators practical tools to adapt their teaching methods and classroom environment, building physical literacy experiences suited to elementary students.
On-Demand Learning
Stop, start, and finish your learning on your own schedule. Our on-demand courses often dig into one topic from a full certification, giving you a focused deep dive when you need it.
Popular topics include:
- Getting Started with Physical Literacy
- Introduction to Long-Term Development in Sport and Physical Activity
- Benefits of Seasonal Multi-Sport Participation
- Cultural Awareness in Youth Sport
- Effective Board Governance
- Physical Literacy Assessment Training
- Recruitment and Retention of Volunteers in Sport and Physical Activity
- Risk Management in Sport
- Social and Emotional Learning for Educators
- Stepping Stones to Indigenous Sport and Physical Activity Participation
- Welcome to Canada: Engaging New-to-Canada Participants in Sport and Physical Activity
Live Workshops
We deliver in-person and instructor-led virtual workshops for organizations across Canada and around the world, tailored to your needs. Workshops typically run for groups of 8 to 30 people, in English or French.
If you would like to book a workshop for a group, contact us at workshops@sportforlife.ca or complete our intake form.
PLAYBuilder
PLAYBuilder is our all-in-one digital platform for planning, delivering, and managing physical activity programming. It gives you more than 1,600 activities and 150+ ready-to-use lesson plans, built by experts and ready to use immediately.
Whether you're leading a single activity or building a full program, PLAYBuilder saves time, keeps quality consistent, and gives every user, from first-time instructors to experienced leaders, the confidence to deliver a great session. Every activity comes with instructions, equipment lists, teaching cues, progressions, modifications, and visuals or video.
Two Ways to Access PLAYBuilder
Individual Subscription
For anyone who wants to use PLAYBuilder on their own, or whose organization doesn't have a site license. Create, save, and manage your own content in a personal account.
We offer monthly subscriptions starting at $3.99 CAD, or save with our annual plans starting at $29.99 CAD.
Organization Site License
For schools, municipalities, sports organizations, and community groups that want one shared hub for planning and resources across the whole team.
What You Can Do With PLAYBuilder
- Explore thousands of activities and hundreds of ready-to-use lesson plans.
- Access exclusive partner content, including First Down Flag Football (with Football Canada) and follow-along dance videos (by DANCEPL3Y Inc.).
- Create and upload your own content.
- Filter by sport, skill, environment, equipment, curriculum, age, and more.
- Build a full Physical Education term plan in six simple steps.
- Build a custom program plan, with dates, schedules, and instructor assignments, in under five minutes.
- Save favourites into custom playlists for quick access.
PLAY Tools: Physical Literacy Assessment for Youth
PLAY is a set of tools we built with academic physical literacy experts to assess physical literacy in children, youth, and adults, covering movement competence, confidence, motivation, and related behaviours.
Teachers, parents, group leaders, researchers, and coaches use PLAY tools, with different versions for trained observers, self-assessment, parent input, and children with disabilities.
Looking to learn?
We have the certifications, courses, and tools for wherever you are in your career.
Whether you're getting started as a front-line leader or building training for an entire organization, the Campus has a place to begin.