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Access Ability in Action

Come on a fieldtrip!

Get Active! Play, Participate, and Enjoy Competitive Sports with Schools, Groups, and Communities!

At Variety Village, we believe in the power of sport, fitness, and active living for people of all ages and abilities. Since 1987, we’ve been a driving force in promoting participation and accessibility.

We invite your school, class, camp, or community organization to join us – on-site or off-site – for interactive learning and activities tailored to your unique needs and interests.

Access Ability in Action: Program Opportunities

  • Live & Interactive Virtual Program Excursion

    An interactive 1-hour virtual program for grades K-1, 2-3, 4-6,7, 8 that is facilitated by a Variety Village Coach. This program highlights the importance of inclusive participation, adapted play, sport and recreation, motivational stories and games.

  • Variety Village Fieldtrip

    Come and join us at Variety Village to participate in a variety of games and activities that promote accessibility, adapted sport and inclusion. These activities could include wheelchair sport activities, roller sledge hockey, sitting volleyball, adapted floor hockey, and communication activities.

  • At your Location

    Variety Village staff would lead 2 activities for your group at your location. The activities could be wheelchair activities, floor curling, bocce, sitting volleyball.

Access Ability in Action: Program Themes

Inclusive Play
  • Name Games
  • Cooperative Games
  • Inclusive Learning Activities
  • Social & Physical Activities
Inclusive Participation
  • Warm up
  • Ice Breakers
  • Cooperative Learning
  • Fitness Recreational Games
Competitive Sport – Summer
  • Wheelchair Basketball
  • Sitting Volleyball
  • Boccia
  • Golf
  • Challenger Baseball
  • Athletics
Competitive Sport – Winter
  • Indoor Curling
  • Floor Hockey
  • Roller Sledge Hockey
  • Guided Slalom Obstacle Course
Summer in the City (July/August)
  • Adapted Games
  • Inclusive Ice Breakers
  • Recreational and Competitive Activities
  • Team Building
Accessibility for EveryBODY™
  • Interactive Learning
  • Identifying Accessibility: Barriers and Provisions
  • Designing Accessible Spaces and Places
  • Creating a Welcoming Environment

Training sessions, learning experiences, and workshops for staff and volunteers are available to educators,
teacher candidates, coaches, municipal program and leadership teams, camp leaders, and representatives
from community organizations

Discover the possibilities of inclusive play, participation, and competition. Partner with us today!

For more information, contact: For Booking Inquiries, contact:
Archie Allison Director
Access & Awareness
(416) 699-7167 x 236
aallison@varietyontario.ca		 Jessica Thieu
(416) 699-7167 x 249
jthieu@varietyontario.ca

 

“Variety plans our visits with consideration of student needs and accommodates accordingly. We have visited the pool and basketball court virtually through stories and actions as well as watching short videos on what Variety Village is about”.
 – Kathryn Angus, OCT, Special Education, Grade 4-6, DD, TDSB Virtual Elementary School

Making a Difference in Sport & Recreation

Variety Village has been educating individuals, school groups, corporations and community organizations in accessibility and inclusive healthy living options across Ontario for more than 25 years. Last year, 10,000 participants took part in Variety Village’s Outreach programs across the province. As one of the first facilities in North America to promote inclusive sport and recreation, we are proud to invite you to get involved in our exciting initiatives.

  • Variety Village is a 168,000 square foot sports and fitness facility in the heart southwest Scarborough providing integrated sports, fitness, life skills and learning programs that impact lives and strengthen communities across the Greater Toronto Area.
  • We empower individuals of all ages and abilities by providing accessible, safe, inclusive, and adapted fitness and sports through facilitation, skills transfer, and training.
  • Our Outreach and Education programs were created in 1987 to introduce adapted activity ideas to engage individuals with disabilities and their peers in inclusive opportunities. Each program offers practical learning in play, cooperation, individual and team experiences.
  • The Inclusive Physical Activity Classes can also provide an introduction to multi-sport or sport-specific activities based on a group’s interests.