by Xuedan Xu | Sep 6, 2023 | News, Transportation
In early 2023, Green Communities Canada received $100,000 in funding from Infrastructure Canada’s National Active Transportation Fund to conduct research about how students across British Columbia and Ontario get to school. To do this important research, Green...
by Xuedan Xu | Apr 3, 2023 | Transportation
School Travel Planning (STP), a community-based approach to increase rates of active travel to school, was brought to Toronto in the mid-1990s to address such concerns. Since then, Green Communities Canada (GCC) has been a major contributor to the growth of STP in...
by Xuedan Xu | Mar 8, 2023 | Transportation
After decades of work to reverse the decline in walking and wheeling among students, Green Communities Canada (GCC) received a major financial contribution from the Government of Ontario in 2017 to do this important work on a provincial scale. Thus, the Active &...
by Xuedan Xu | Nov 3, 2022 | Transportation
Road closure barriers placed at Tyneburn Crescent on Havenwood Drive (photo by: Green Communities Canada). School Streets are an innovative solution to encourage active school travel, improve air quality, and increase road safety for children, caregivers, and...
by Xuedan Xu | Aug 16, 2022 | Green Infrastructure
Climate change impacts, like flooding and extreme heat, are made more severe by the loss of nature and greenspace. To build resilience to climate change in cities and beyond, we need to protect and harness the power of nature. Green infrastructure is a tool to do...
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