Articles with tag: Local elections
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OLL suggests including student exercise as a strategic target for municipalities and wellbeing services counties
Published:The Finnish Student Sports Federation (OLL) calls for wellbeing services counties and municipalities to consider students as a separate group in exercise promotion. The Federation offers councillors four solutions to encourage residents to be more physically active.
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The municipal elections were held – decision-making in municipal councils and committees begins
Published:How was physical exercise featured in the municipal elections of 2021 and what happens next?
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Can you find municipal candidates who promote physical activity in voting advice applications?
Published:We went over the questions of a few voting advice applications and looked at how important a role physical activity plays in them. We paid special attention to how physical activity among students was taken into account in the questions.
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Students, use your vote in advance!
Published:Advance voting has become even more important for students after the municipal election was postponed. A significant portion of students move away from where they study for the summer months, which is why advance voting is a good way for students to make a difference in the municipal elections.
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Oscar Byman: Exercise crucial to student wellbeing
Published:Oscar Byman, candidate for RKP in Helsinki, blogs about the municipal elections.
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Hanna Kivimäki: Cycling should be made accessible to all
Published:Hanna Kivimäki, candidate for SDP in Helsinki, blogs about the municipal elections.
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Essi Lumme: It is worth acknowledging higher education students in the municipal decision-making
Published:During our studies, we try to find ways to expand our cross-disciplinary networks before hitting the workforce. We all create several new friendships during our studies. Too often these encounters and this networking takes place at different kinds of parties. It would be fantastic if we could increase the role that sports play in networking and maintaining friendships.
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Sanni Lehtinen: Can students afford to ski?
Published:Sanni Lehtinen, candidate for the Greens in Helsinki, blogs about the municipal elections.
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Toni Ahva: Let's turn the municipal elections into sports elections!
Published:Toni Ahva, Head of Public Affairs at the Finnish Olympic Committee, blogs about the municipal elections.
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Anna Laurila: Everyone is entitled to exercise in all municipalities
Published:Anna Laurila, candidate of National Coalition Party in Tampere, blogs about the municipal elections.
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Joint municipal election campaign by student organisations: we make a better student city together
Published:The student organisations’ joint municipal election campaign wants to encourage students to vote and increase the awareness of international students’ right to vote.
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The OLL Board divided areas of responsibilities and is heading towards municipal elections
Published:The Board of the Finnish Student Sports Federation (OLL) for 2021 held their constitutive meeting and divided areas of responsibilities among themselves. The Board also decided on the respective sponsored student unions (list below).
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Liisa Reinola: University students – an easily forgotten group of users
Published:Children and young people’s physical exercise is often discussed, and equal opportunities for them to be active: how certain sports are expensive, but how physical exercise is important for personal development, social relationships and even health. Once this case is somehow fixed, the discussion jumps ahead many decades and focuses on exercise opportunities for the elderly. It is a well-known fact that physical exercise does play a key role in supporting their health and ability to function. So, the opportunity for safe gym training, jogging paths close to home, and guided sports groups for seniors by the city sports services must be provided.
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Jussi Ansala: Municipal elections and cycling – the holy trinity for commuters and students: bicycle, route and a wholly reliable lock
Published:In June, the Board OLL, the Finnish Student Sports Federation, decided on the federation's goals for the 2021 municipal elections. The decisions are based on statements by member organisations. The first goal, or rather the solution, is this: the conditions for cycling must be improved and city bike networks expanded – cycling is a great form of everyday exercise for all residents of a municipality, including students. In this blog post, I will address the municipal election theme mainly on the basis of my personal experiences in the saddle.
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Sanna-Maria Ahl: Municipal elections – matters concerning you
Published:Municipal elections, the lesser-known cousin of parliamentary elections. You've probably heard about them? Have you voted in them? Or haven’t you voted because you already went to the polls in those “real” elections?
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