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Building Active Transportation Skills for Students Across Canada

June 24, 2022
The walking & wheeling skills training project conducted a best practices audit, developed an online resource hub, and identified collective calls to action to support…
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kids playing on pavement covered in sidewalk chalk

Mississauga Students Give School Streets an A+ for Fun!

May 30, 2022
Singing, bubble blowing, chalk drawing, and many more activities were enjoyed along a temporary car-free Havenwood Drive as part of the City of Mississauga’s School…
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Car-free ‘School Streets’ Launch in Markham

May 24, 2022
The Markham School Streets Pilot launched at John McCrae Public School, creating temporary road closures during peak school drop-off and pick-up times. The Pilot is…
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Key Features of the Toronto Active and Safe Routes to School Pilot Project

April 28, 2022
Toronto’s Active and Safe Routes to School (ASRTS) pilot project has tested methods to improve safety along designated routes to school and to encourage more…
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Kids inside an Electric School Bus

New Canadian Alliance Calls on Electric School Bus Advocates

April 21, 2022
Montréal (Québec), Peterborough (Ontario), April 21, 2022 – On this eve of Earth Day, Équiterre and Green Communities Canada are thrilled to launch the new Canadian Electric School…
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Kids playing at Mountview School Streets pop-up

Car-Free ‘School Streets’ Coming Soon

March 3, 2022
School Streets are coming to three Ontario communities this spring. Learn about the project’s progress and plans within Mississauga, Markham, and Hamilton.
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Black History Month: Books, Articles & Documentaries on Environmental Racism

February 28, 2022
A resource list prepared in commemoration of Black history month to help create a more comprehensive understanding of environmental racism rooted in Black perspectives.
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A man cycling with a child carrier over a bridge that has both cycling and pedestrian lanes

Canada’s National Active Transportation Strategy and Fund: Conversations with the Advocates

December 20, 2021
Canada’s recently released (and first ever!) The National Active Transportation Strategy and accompanying Active Transportation Fund were decades in the making, with strong advocacy efforts…
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A man patting the back of a young boy on a scooter in a fatherly manner, while they move down the sidewalk of a residential street

Top Strategies to Encourage Parents to Let Their Kids Walk and Wheel to School

November 23, 2021
The Ontario Active School Travel Council’s Parent Engagement Working Group has gathered information on engaging parents in active school travel. The key findings of this…
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Creating Car-Free ‘School Streets’ Around Ontario Schools

November 10, 2021
Green Communities Canada (GCC) is proud to introduce the Ontario School Streets Pilot project, which is testing the creation of car-free zones in streets adjacent to schools in three Canadian cities:…
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