by Jose Joy | 22 Apr, 2021 | News
Excerpts from the submission by the Active School Travel Canada Working Group to the Government of Canada regarding the proposed National Active Transportation Strategy and Fund. Who we are Active School Travel Canada (AST Canada) is an all-volunteer working group of...
by Jose Joy | 10 Mar, 2021 | News
For people across the world, 2020 was a difficult year, particularly for those working in the health sector. At the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU), the team implementing the On The Move active school travel project faced the twin challenges of a work to...
by Jose Joy | 10 Mar, 2021 | News
Ajax is no newbie to active school travel (AST) initiatives. Initial work to get more kids walking and wheeling to school began as early as 2010! But, a grant from the OAST Fund in 2019 helped boost those efforts over the last two years. The Town of Ajax, the...
by Jose Joy | 30 Nov, 2020 | News
Click here for the November 2020 issue of OAST News. Read about:Responding to the ‘new normal’; Timiskaming and Brantford/Brant County AST Spotlight; A bike park with a difference; and...
by Jose Joy | 30 Nov, 2020 | News
Improvise. Adapt. Overcome. They have quickly become essential responses to the COVID-19 pandemic that has gripped the world. With schools in Ontario undergoing major transformations to provide safe in-class as well as on-line instruction, local active school travel...
by Jose Joy | 30 Nov, 2020 | News
Recent efforts to boost walking and wheeling to school in Timiskaming District have proven that AST projects can serve a larger social function. At a time when COVID-19 painted the world grey, project staff and volunteers came together to paint brightly coloured...
