
Building Active Transportation Skills for Students Across Canada
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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Mississauga Students Give School Streets an A+ for Fun!
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
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
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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New Canadian Alliance Calls on Electric School Bus Advocates
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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Car-Free ‘School Streets’ Coming Soon
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
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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Canada’s National Active Transportation Strategy and Fund: Conversations with the Advocates
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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Top Strategies to Encourage Parents to Let Their Kids Walk and Wheel to School
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
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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