by Nicole Roach | 18 May, 2022 | Events
Mrs. Dzikowski’s grade 8 class at St. Timothy taking part in The Spring into Spring Fitness Bingo Challenge (Photo by: Mrs. Dzikowski via Twitter) To celebrate the new season, students across Ontario took part in the annual Spring into Spring campaign by...
by Nicole Roach | 4 Apr, 2022 | Events
After many months of enduring the harsh Canadian winter, spring is finally upon us! With the snow melting, birds chirping, and sun shining, it is a great time to journey outside. To hop, leap, jump, skip, or “spring” into the new season, we encourage families to...
by Nicole Roach | 14 Mar, 2022 | News
The Ontario School Streets Pilot (OSSP) is testing the implementation of car-free zones surrounding schools in the Ontario communities of Hamilton, Mississauga, and Markham. Since the November 2021 update, the project teams have been busy selecting schools, doing...
by Nicole Roach | 23 Nov, 2021 | News
From 2018-2020, the Ontario Active School Travel (OAST) Council’s Parent Engagement Working Group has gathered information on challenges identified by parents, as well as best practices, tools, and campaigns that have effectively addressed those barriers. The key...
by Nicole Roach | 16 Nov, 2021 | News
Green Communities Canada (GCC) is proud to introduce the Ontario School Streets Pilot project, which is testing the creation of car-free zones in streets adjacent to schools in three Canadian cities: Hamilton, Markham, and Mississauga. Each local pilot is being led on...