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…

A breakthrough for school bus electrification in Canada! Imagine a future where our school buses not only transport students efficiently, but also contribute to a…

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…

Although school buses are an important means of school travel for many students in Canada, diesel-powered buses harm their health and the environment. Electric school…

School Streets pilots were tested in Hamilton, Markham, Mississauga, and Kingston to validate benefits, identify best practices for implementation, and make the case for expansion.

Researchers investigated how public policy impacts child mobility and shapes school travel behaviours. Drawing from across a large evidence base, they developed a suite of…