Who we are
We are Green Communities Association (Green Communities Canada®). Green Communities Canada is a registered non-profit charity (#81526-4890-RR0001). Our website address is: https://greencommunitiescanada.org.
Green Communities Canada® and the Green Communities Canada logo are a registered trademark. Our logos and program logos cannot be used without written permission of Green Communities Canada. Unless otherwise acknowledged, all information contained within the Green Communities Canada website (greencommunitiescanada.org) is the property of Green Communities Canada. No part of the information on this website may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of Green Communities Canada, except as stated below:
Green Communities Canada grants permission to individuals to download or print information from our site for non-commercial purposes only. Any person may reproduce short excerpts from our reports and publications, provided that the source and authors of the material are fully acknowledged.
Privacy Statement
Green Communities Association (Green Communities Canada) is committed to protecting the privacy of the personal information of its employees, members, volunteers, donors, participants, customers, and other stakeholders. Green Communities Canada is also committed to ensuring that confidential and/or sensitive information, whether personal or organizational, be treated with care and respect. Our privacy and confidentiality practices are designed to achieve this, and to ensure we are operating in accordance with applicable legislation, including, but not limited to, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA).
This privacy statement is intended to inform you how we use information that is collected from you on this website. Please read the privacy statement before using this website or submitting any information through this website.
Personal Information
Personal information is any information about an identifiable individual, including: name, home address, age, health, and financial information. It does not include information that cannot be tracked back to a specific individual. In addition, information that is publicly available, such as a telephone book listing, is not considered to be personal information. The history of an individual’s donations to Green Communities Canada is personal information.
Where an individual uses their home contact information as business contact information as well as personal, we consider that the contact information provided is business contact information, and is not therefore subject to protection as personal information.
Where we choose to have certain services, such as fundraising and processing services, provided by third party service providers, we select the service providers very carefully. We take all reasonable precautions to ensure that the service provider protects your Personal Information.
Information collected through contact forms for the purpose of providing a service will be disclosed only to the Green Communities Canada member organization that provides the relevant service in the area where you reside.
Cookie/Tracking Technologies
Our website uses Google Analytics and Google Ads, and may use cookie and tracking technologies to gather information about your web browser and operating system, to monitor the number and nature of visitors, and to understand how visitors are using the website and thereby inform future improvements. Our website may also use cookies for advanced features such as personalization. No personal information is collected via cookies and tracking technology.
Google also offers options to opt-out of Google Analytics and getting personalized ads via Google Ads.
Information Security
No personal information is stored on this website or is accessible through this website. Feedback submitted through the website may be monitored by our webmaster for the purposes of ensuring proper operation of the website.
GCC’s Approach to Generative AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies have a well-documented negative impact on our environment, contributing to significant carbon emissions and water depletion, among other harms. As an organization focused on addressing the climate crisis, we critically evaluate how the tools we use affect our mission. GCC has an AI policy and guidelines. We are committed to the judicious and transparent use of generative AI.
Our AI guidelines
- Mission Alignment: We are committed to using AI technologies only when they provide a considerable benefit to our mission. An internal review process guides our consideration of how our mission is helped or hindered by AI. AI analyzes and predicts; it does not think, understand, or reason. Thinking, understanding, and reasoning are fundamental to our mission, vision, and values.
- Human-Centric Use: We do not use AI to write e-mails or publications, or to create photos, videos, or illustrations. We believe that our staff and board bring value and authenticity to GCC and we showcase their work.
- Transparency: We do use AI for translation and transcription, data synthesis, templating, and other rote tasks. We are open to new, ethical uses and will disclose them when they are adopted.
- Compliance: AI use must abide by GCC’s Privacy Policy and AI Usage Policy and must comply with all with data protection and privacy laws, intellectual property laws, employment standards legislation, and anti-discrimination laws.
- Accuracy and Verification: All information generated or tasks supported by AI require human verification. Everything we publish will meet our internal standards of verification, which includes addressing biases.
- Accountability: Any errors or inaccuracies resulting from the use of AI tools will be transparently addressed and corrected.
Contact Information
We are committed to being accessible and addressing your inquiries, comments, concerns, requests, and questions. Any inquiries or requests for access relating to personal information, or our organization’s privacy statement on the treatment of personal information should be e-mailed to: info@greencommunitiescanada.org. We can also be contacted by phone at (705) 745.7479 and by mail with requests, comments, or concerns.
Mailing Address
Green Communities Canada
PO Box 50028
Peterborough RPO Lansdowne,
Peterborough, ON K9J 8R1