by Xuedan Xu | Sep 6, 2023 | News, Transportation
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 important research, Green...
by GCC Team | May 2, 2023 | News, Transportation
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...
by Nicole Roach | Jan 4, 2023 | Transportation
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 British Columbia to establish a travel mode baseline for Canadian...
by Charlotte Estey | Dec 15, 2022 | Transportation
Active transportation to school (i.e., walking or biking) provides near-daily opportunities for children and youth to reap the health benefits of physical activity. It is also an environmentally-friendly mode of travel, producing negligible emissions. As more students...
by Xuedan Xu | Nov 3, 2022 | Transportation
Road closure barriers placed at Tyneburn Crescent on Havenwood Drive (photo by: Green Communities Canada). School Streets are an innovative solution to encourage active school travel, improve air quality, and increase road safety for children, caregivers, and...
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