Ontario Students Sprang into Spring!

Ontario Students Sprang into Spring!

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...
Spring Kids into Action!

Spring Kids into Action!

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...
‘School Streets’ Coming this Spring

‘School Streets’ Coming this Spring

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...
Top Strategies to Engage Parents in Active School Travel

Top Strategies to Engage Parents in Active School Travel

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...