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Healthy Eating & Active Living Conference 2006
Go for Green to present
an Active Transportation poster presentation!
The Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion is hosting a major conference on healthy eating and active living in Toronto on November 29 to 30, 2006, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The four conference themes are Healthy Communities, Healthy Public Policy, Healthy Children and Youth, and, Public Awareness and Engagement. The conference will bring together internationally and nationally respected experts to examine initiatives and best practices that integrate healthy eating and physical activity.
Johanne Lacombe (Executive Director), Michael Haynes & Marc Plante (Active Transportation Team) will be attending the conference. We invite you to visit the Go for Green "Active Transportation - Communities in Action" poster presentation on Wednesday, November 29th from 10:30 am until 7:00 pm. A guided poster tour will take place during the conference between 5:00 and 7:00 pm.
For further information about the conference please visit:
www.mhp.gov.on.ca/english/health/HEAL/conference06.asp
Go
for Green Congratulates Canadian Students
for Taking a Healthy Route to School
for International Walk to School Week 2006
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OTTAWA,
November 8, 2006 –
Thousands of Canadian students showed their support for active
transportation when they took part in International Walk
to School Week (October 2-6, 2006). By walking or wheeling
to school with parents, school staff and community leaders
Canadian children took an important step toward healthier
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As part of
Go for Green’s national Active & Safe Routes to
School program in Canada, International Walk to School Week
is an annual campaign that promotes the health and environmental
benefits of using active transportation to get to and from school.
It is an opportunity for kids to learn safe routes to school,
and safe pedestrian and cycling skills – all while having
lots of fun!!
Organizers
in 38 countries around the globe work hard each year to deliver
this event and to encourage higher levels of daily physical activity
and reduce air pollution and traffic congestion around schools.
More Canadian schools than ever took part this year by registering
their participation online at www.asrts.ca!
To
thank schools for participating in this event, Go for Green
offers National Walk to School Awards. Winning schools
will receive a banner, educational games and incentives for their
students. Go for Green is proud to recognize the following
schools as winners of this year’s National Walk to School
Week:
Chief
Albert Wright, Tulita, Northwest Territories
Carlyle
Elementary School, Carlyle, Saskatchewan
Marion
Bridge Elementary, Marion Bridge, Nova Scotia
Connaught
Street School, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Darwin
School, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Hillside
Community School, Grande Prairie, Alberta
École
St-Roch, St-Roch, Quebec
“Go for
Green is very pleased with the successes of International Walk
to School Week 2006 in Canada” said Johanne Lacombe,
National Executive Director of Go for Green. “We would
like to acknowledge our national, provincial/territorial and local
partners for their remarkable efforts in making this event possible!”
Originally
a one-day celebration, the initiative has grown to become International
Walk to School Week. Schools can choose the day to participate,
or they can celebrate a whole week of walking to school. In fact,
iwalk,
the international body of this initiative, has declared the month
of October as Walk to School Month.
In Canada,
the event is coordinated nationally by Go for Green in
collaboration with the following provincial/territorial organizations:
Recreation and Parks Association of the Yukon, Way to Go! School
Program in British Columbia; SHAPE in Alberta; Resource Conservation
Manitoba; Green Communities Canada in Ontario; Vélo Québec;
Ecology Action Centre in Nova Scotia and Go for Green’s
13 provincial/territorial board members.
For
more information, please contact:
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Johanne
Lacombe
National Executive Director
Go for Green / Vert l’action
Toll Free: 1-888-822-2848 Ext. 109 |
New
Active Transportation Presenters
in Saskatchewan!
On September
16, Go for Green conducted its very first workshop to train
Active Transportation presenters. Held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
nine people from across the province: Regina, Saskatoon, North
Battleford, La Ronge: completed the session.
From left to
right starting in the back: Marnie Sinclair, Kelly Groyer,
Joaleen Szeles, Cathy Watts,Tami Denomie
Sitting in front: Sara Toth, Michelle Dyck, Cynthia Tymoruski.
This one-day
seminar was held immediately after the Saskatoon Community Active
Transportation Workshop, which was conducted on September 14th
and 15th. Most of the participants to the Presenter's Workshop
also attended the Saskatoon Community session.
During the
training on the 16th, the new presenters reviewed the components
of the community workshop and how these worked together to provide
a complete outline for the participating district. Particular
emphasis was paid on who should attend a community AT workshop,
and dealing with the objections that are often raised to providing
improved AT infrastructure.
Each of the
participants to the Presenter's Workshop received a package of
information that included all the background materials and PowerPoint
presentations associated with Go for Green's initiative "Planning
AT Community workshops".
The AT Presenter's
training was held at the request of and with assistance from Saskatchewan
in motion, an association that promotes increasing
physical activity for health benefits in that province, and five
of the participants were their staff.
Congratulations
and welcome to
the "Planning AT Community Presenters" club!!!
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