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2023 Green Community Award Winners Announced
The votes have been tabulated and Green Communities Canada (GCC) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 edition of the annual Green Community Awards. The awards celebrate individual and organizational excellence in the GCC national network. The 2023...
GCNews June 2023: We’re hiring!
Are you an experienced financial administrator excited to support the work of a thriving national environmental non-profit? If so, you’ll want to check out our latest job posting! Applications for the Finance Director position will be accepted until 5 pm ET, Monday 26...
Living Cities Canada Begins Transforming Cities Across Canada with an Event in Waterloo
Living Cities Canada is significantly scaling up its impact in 2023 and 2024 with the launch of the Living Cities Canada Fund. The Fund — which has two streams — will support local partner organizations across Canada to create new green infrastructure in their...
GCNews May 2023: Celebrating Earth Day
Green Communities Canada (GCC) celebrated Earth Day by launching its National Mini-Forest Pilot Program at Terra Nova Rural Park, in Richmond, BC. The planting event was the first of five that will take place across Canada this year. A minimum of 2,800 trees will be...
Infrastructure Canada invests in Student Travel Surveying across Ontario
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 how children travel to school. The funding, granted to Green Communities Canada (GCC), will...
National Mini Forest Pilot Kicks Off on Earth Day 2023 in Richmond, BC
Green Communities Canada (GCC) is excited to launch our National Mini Forest Pilot program on Earth Day, April 22, 2023. The kickoff planting event will take place Saturday at Terra Nova Rural Park, in the City of Richmond, British Columbia. The site is the first...
GCNews April 2023: Advancing equity
In 2020, responding to the ongoing and widely publicized police violence against Black people and communities, Green Communities Canada embarked on a process to review whether and how its School Travel Planning framework might perpetuate racism and other forms of...
The Importance of Home Insulation in Canada
Insulation is a key component of every Canadian home. It acts as a thermal barrier to keep heat inside our homes in the winter and outside in the summer. Even though the outside environment can vary dramatically, an energy efficient Canadian home can be comfortable...
Stormwater Management Practices To Keep Local Waterways Healthy
Have you ever been on a walk through your neighborhood and spotted a fish symbol painted on a storm drain and wondered what it's there for? The use of a fish or other aquatic species on storm drains aims to get you thinking about your connection to local waterways....
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