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GCNews July 2022: Meet GCC’s summer staff
Tianna Mighty (left) and Charlotte Estey (right) have joined GCC for the summer months. Based in Winnipeg, MB, Tianna is working with our Green Infrastructure and Administrative Teams as Program Impact Support staff. She’s assisting with program development, impact...
Depave Paradise site in Saint John, NB, gets recognized as a vital pollinator habitat!
What was once a run-down asphalt walkway in Seaside Park, Saint John, New Brunswick, was transformed by the Depave Paradise project to get recognized as a vital pollinator habitat by the David Suzuki Foundation! The park got a new urban greenspace featuring 200 native...
‘School Streets’ Pilot Makes Space for Play in Hamilton
The Hamilton School Streets Pilot is creating temporary car-free zones during school drop-off times. The project is closing streets at Strathcona Elementary School every Tuesday morning throughout June.
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 more effective collaboration across jurisdictions.
GCNews June 2022: Our staff are getting noticed
We know they’re doing amazing work, and the outside world is taking notice too – Executive Director Brianna Salmon and Water Programs Lead Emily Amon have both been nominated for awards. Brianna is nominated for a Canada’s Clean50 individual award in the Advocates...
Watershed Management Insights from an Indigenous-Led Community Flood Plain Mapping Project
Featured image: Turtle Island, by Mi’Kmaq artist Louretta Gould In 2021, more than $2B of damage was recorded in Canada due to severe weather events. Aging and poorly maintained stormwater infrastructure paired with increased severity and duration of rain events puts...
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 Streets pilot project. To celebrate the initiative, students, elected officials, and community members...
How green infrastructure can make our cities safer, healthier and more climate resilient
Pic Courtesy: Chesapeake Bay Program. CC BY-NC 2.0 Cities in Canada are losing greenspace at an alarming rate, per a recent satellite study conducted by Statistics Canada. The research found that three quarters of Canada’s largest urban centres were detectably less...
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 closing Sticker Avenue for four consecutive Wednesdays in May.
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