Charlotta Burger Bäckström describes in her article the Swedish Model of IVSS. The good practice example of Charlotta Burger Bäckström shows, what it takes to get a big group of pupils (10.000) during one season on the snow. Further than that the goal was not only to get the pupils on the snow, but to […]
Charlotta Bürger Bäckström (President of IVSS Sweden) presents a mid term report about the project “all young people on snow” posted earlier on this web site. Subproject_Report_alla_paa_snoe_in_Sweden.PDF
Stefan Künzell, Birgit Szimanski und Reiner Theis decribe in their attached paper various arguments, why teaching snowsports especially in schools creates a lot of different positive effects in the growing up of young people. The described arguments can easily be a draft to be adjusted to the national or local conditions. Why_snowsports_should_be_taught.PDF
At the FIS youth seminar 2010 Prof. Dr. Stefan Künzell held a presentation why snowsports is of tremendous importance (health, social, personal) for the development of pupils. The documented arguments have not vanished in their importance. Why_should_snow_sports_be_taught_in_schools.PDF
Charlotta Bürger Bäckström (President of IVSS Sweden) presents a program, looking for the goal, that every young girl and boy in grade 4 and 5 in the city of Norrköping had the opportunity to ski during the winter season of 2009/2010. The attached pdf gives you a brief insight of the project. IVSS_Sweden_young_people_on_snow.PDF
Michel Lamothe, representative of IVSS Canada, reports about a program for Grade 4&5, open to all children born in Canada, with the purpose to remove the barriers trying skiing/snowboarding and to encourage the enjoyment of outdoor winter recreation. Skiing/snowboarding should be a rite of passage for every child lucky enough to be raised in Canada […]