Webinars

The following are links to archived School Travel Planning webinars on various topics. When you click on  an archive link, you will be taken to our Blackboard Collaborate or Wimba archives and asked to login with your name (first_last).  If you are unfamiliar with Blackboard Collaborate or Wimba, please email us for instructions on gaining access.

Technology Developments in STP and ASRTS
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Presenters: Anders Swanson, Project Manager and Designer with the Green Action Centre's Active and Safe Routes to School Program, and Ken Martin, Founder, Passion for Action.
Developers of unique active school travel apps for web and mobile devices shared their latest findings and updates.
Date: April 30, 2013 

Progress in Local Communities
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Presenters: Ian Hosler from City of Edmonton Community Services, Wendy Majewski from City of Vernon Planning, Jenyfer Neumann from Recreation and Parks Association of Yukon, Leon de Vreede from Town of Bridgewater, Jen McGowan from Ecology Action Centre and Jennifer Lay, School Travel at Metrolinx. *For your reference, we have attached the slide deck for the Metrolinx presentation here. 
Municipal planners and other community professionals joined us to present on their School Travel Planning and active school travel programs in their communities.
Date: April 3, 2013

The Reality of Working with High Schools
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Presenters: Jamie Stuckless from Share the Road and Green Communities Canada, Omar Bhimji from HasteBC and Jennifer McGowan from the Ecology Action Centre
Date: March 6, 2013

Safe Route to School Planning: A Transportation Engineering Perspective
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Presenters: Dwayne Cross and Russell Brownlee, Canadian District of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (CITE).
This webinar covers how the engineering approvals and practices related to school siting and design have been changing of over the past ten years, and provides examples of opportunities to proactively work with your engineering partners in planning and designing schools that promote walking, cycling and transit trips.
Date: September 26, 2012

School Travel Planning Guide and Tools: Webinar Training Session
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A step-by-step overview of the STP Guide and complete toolkit - recommended for training purposes
Date: August 15, 2012

AQHI: Air Quality & Active Travel
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Presenter: Dave Henderson
Date: February 17, 2012

Project BEAT: Integrating the key lessons of time, space and gender into STP 
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Presenters: Michelle Stone and Guy Faulkner, University of Toronto
Date: February 15, 2012

INCORPORATING ACTIVE TRAVEL IN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS - Sharing Best Practices 
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Presenter: Jan Vesna, Manager of National Programs for the Boys and Girls Club of Canada
Date: November 29, 2011

TALKING A BETTER WALK: Lessons from a Student Photovoice Activity with Schools in Lower Income Areas, Hamilton, ON 
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Lead presenter: Jennifer Lay, Metrolinx
Date: November 15, 2011

Sustainable Happiness and Health Education
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Presenters: Dr. Catherine O'Brien, University of Cape Breton; author Elin Kelsey; staff from Crestview Elementary, Winnipeg, MB
Date: March 2, 2011

Overcoming the Barriers to Sustainability
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Presenter: D'Arcy Farlow
Date: October 20, 2010

Student Engagement for STP 
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Presenter: Arthur Orsini, Urbanthinkers
Date: September 28, 2010

Risk Management and Active School Travel
Prepared for Green Communities Canada by Municipal Risk Services Limited, April 2010.
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Below is the May 3 Risk Management and Active School Travel webinar archive link:
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Presenter: Doug Wyseman
Date: May 3, 2010