Please WaitThe History of Club Aviva Club Aviva's programs are under the direct supervision of Vivien Symington. Vivien is a graduate of Queens University where she completed her B.A./B.pH.E. She went on to study in the M.Sc. Program at Dalhousie University. Vivien was a faculty member both at Queens and Dalhousie and was responsible for the gymnastics courses. Vivien minored in Adaptive Physical Education and has worked extensively on developing motor skill acquisition programs for children. Each program is designed to emphasize movement education, which develops confidence and competence in each participant. In 1985 Vivien saw an opportunity to change the way that gymnastics was taught. By developing her own programs that develop competence and confidence in all athletes, Vivien founded Club Aviva. Since 1986, following the curriculum designed by Vivien, Club Aviva has had a long history of providing high quality gymnastics lessons to athletes of all ages and skill levels.
Since opening, Club Aviva has expanded to a school of 700 registered gymnasts in recreational and competitive programs and over 23,000 other users throughout the year (as of 2007). Club Aviva also offers competitive programs that train both provincial and national level athletes. Club Aviva will continue to develop their recreational programs to aid their students in developing motor skills. Club Aviva is also continually developing new programs to meet the needs of a variety of athletes with special needs.
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