I can talk anecdotally to the impact I've seen with our 4,500 members in Ottawa.
Starting at age six with kids who are engaged in physical activity, their self-esteem and their ability to participate in different activities and programs is exponentially higher than a young person who never develops those physical literacy skills. It's that confidence piece that is so hard to attain if you don't have the space to get those skills and to have a role model to give you those opportunities.
The mental health piece could be as simple as resiliency. It's as simple as learning that it's okay to lose an activity. It's sportsmanship and all of those things we take for granted, but they're all things we use in our day-to-day lives for our work. Anecdotally, that's the piece, and I think a longitudinal study on that would be important at some point. As service providers, we can see the impact and difference it makes.