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Xuedan Xu

Xuedan Xu

Lead, National Active School Streets Initiative

Greater Vancouver Area, British Columbia

Bio

BSc. Natural Resources Conservation

Xuedan holds a BSc in Natural Resources Conservation from the University of British Columbia. Upon graduating, she began her career with Green Communities Canada, having supported the coordination of sustainable mobility initiatives, including School Travel Planning, active transportation encouragement campaigns, and the National School Travel Data Collection Pilot. Currently, Xuedan leads the delivery of the National Active School Streets Initiative. Xuedan has a background in sustainability outreach, having delivered community engagement initiatives at her former university and the District of West Vancouver. She believes in the importance of an empathy-led, equity first approach to community outreach. In her spare time, Xuedan enjoys backpacking through BC’s beautiful mountains, running, and sewing.

Sustainable Mobility

School Streets, Active School Travel

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Articles by Xuedan Xu

An Energy Advisor conducts a home evaluation

3 Biggest Benefits of Doing an EnerGuide Home Energy Evaluation

January 31, 2022
Buildings, including residential properties, account for a whopping 18% of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada. Getting an EnerGuide energy evaluation for your home can be…
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Students on wheelchair being wheeled to school by friends

New School Travel Planning Framework Prioritizes Equitable Engagement

April 3, 2023
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…
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Canada Announces the Natural Infrastructure Fund: What You Need to Know to Apply

August 16, 2022
Green Infrastructure uses nature and natural processes to help reduce flooding and extreme heat, improve air and water quality, and make communities more vibrant and…
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Celebrating Ontario Active School Travel’s Five Years of Impact

March 8, 2023
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…
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Group of diverse people from GCC's School Streets initiative gathered in front of giant mushroom monuments in a permanent school street in Montreal.

School Streets Team Gathers in Person for the First Time!

October 9, 2025
The National Active School Streets Initiative (School Streets) is a 4-year program that aims to create car-free streets in front of schools at the start and end…
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A woman posing in front of a Road Closed sign set up at a School Street

Key Findings from Piloting ‘School Streets’ in Four Ontario Communities

November 3, 2022
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.
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Students accompanied by parents/caregivers walking to school

School Travel Data Collection Pilot to Take Place Across BC and Ontario

September 6, 2023
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…
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