Definitions & Terms To Help Complete The Survey
Recreation: any activity that one freely chooses to participate in during their spare time.
Mainstream sports & recreation: activities regarded as most typical, normal and conventional because they belong to the same group or system as most others of their kind. Examples: basketball & volleyball.
Traditional indigenous sports & recreation: the sport and recreation practiced by the Aboriginal peoples of Canada. Traditional sport and recreation are specific to place, usually transmitted orally, and rooted in the experience of multiple generations. It is determined by an Aboriginal community’s land, environment, region, culture and language. Examples: The Northern Games in the Labrador Winter Games, archery, canoeing, seal crawl, high kick & dog sledding.
North American Indigenous Games (NAIG): Athletic games which showcase indigenous high levels of competition from the Canada and United States of America, every 3 years.
Labrador Winter Games: Every three years, the Labrador Winter Games are hosted in the community of Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Each community puts together a team of up to 17 athletes and one coordinator to compete in a series of traditional and modern events important to the lives of Labradorians. The Labrador Winter Games is one of the biggest events in all of Labrador. Only Labrador residents can participate.