Green Communities Canada and partners are funded to lead the National Active School Streets Initiative to support physical activity in communities across six provinces. 

In November 2023, Green Communities Canada was thrilled to receive funding for the continuation of the Canadian Electric School Bus Alliance (CESBA). The funding for…

In July 2023, Green Communities Canada was pleased to be awarded a three-year contract to deliver the expanded School Travel Planning (STP) program across the…

If you don’t yet know what a “bike bus” is, it is time to take note. The concept started gaining social media attention in 2021…

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…

The Canadian Electric School Bus Alliance (CESBA) – led by Équiterre and Green Communities Canada – unveiled its first study, Pathways for Canadian Electric School Bus…

Peterborough, Ontario, May 2, 2023 – Today, Infrastructure Canada announced a federal investment of $50,000 to advance a provincial data collection pilot in Ontario to research…

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…

We are celebrating five years of amazing accomplishments in active school travel. Read along as we reflect on program highlights and the future of the…

Green Communities Canada (GCC) is thrilled to receive funding through the Government of Canada’s Active Transportation (AT) Fund to lead an Active School Travel (AST) data collection pilot in…