Alternative Learning & Life Skills Program
A Registered Non-Profit Charitable Organization Since 2001
Our program works in partnership with Pembina Trails School Division
CanTRA Certified Centre (Canadian Therapeutic Riding Association)
Equine Canada Certified Riding Instructors
Equine Canada Western Learn to Ride Program
A.L.L. Skills time can be used towards school credit
Student transportation provided to & from school
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Horses change lives.
They give our young people confidence & self-esteem.
They provide peace & tranquility to troubled souls.
They give us hope.
Photo by Dale Burgos
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Media Articles & Videos
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The Horse Connection is proud to be a member of the True Sport movement
True Sport Report
Youth who participate in sport are less likely
than non-participants to engage in delinquent
behaviour, and have lower rates of criminal
arrest and anti-social behaviour. This relationship
tends to be strongest among disadvantaged
youth and athletes in minor sport.
Research tracking youth aged 12 to 15 over a four-year period, using
data from Canada’s National Longitudinal Survey on Children and
Youth, has shown an association between regular participation in sport
activities and higher self-esteem and better health.121 Youth who rarely
or never participated in organized sports were more likely to report
having lower self-esteem and difficulties with friends. They were also
more likely to smoke. Low levels of self-esteem were four times higher
among this group than among those who had always participated in
sport. In addition, youth who had participated in sport, but had stopped
by 1998/99, were three times more likely to report lower levels of selfesteem
than youth who had always participated. Finally, youth who participated
in organized sports regularly over the years were more likely to
report that expressing their opinion was important and, looking ahead
five years, had a more positive outlook on their personal futures. These
findings were echoed in a 2003 Ipsos-Reid survey of Canadians aged
12 to 21, in which respondents indicated that playing sports:122
• Improved their health (99 percent);
• Helped them make friends (87 percent);
• Improved their feelings about themselves (85 percent);
• Helped them succeed at school (58 percent); and
• Helped them become more active with their family (54 percent).
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