The HELD Campaign on the electrification of school buses was featured in the April 27th Toronto Star, highlighting the impacts of diesel exhaust and the need to shift school buses to electric. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/04/27/are-diesel-school-buses-poisoning-kids-why-replacing-them-with-electric-could-have-health-and-psychological-benefits.html?rf
In Ontario, one in three people (of all ages) have one or more chronic diseases, and at least 60% of Ontario’s health care costs are due to chronic diseases. In Canada, the prevalence of the most prominent chronic diseases is estimated to be in the multi-millions of affected individuals.
Environmental contaminants can have serious and long-term impacts on reproductive and child health. Information about these risks, and how to address them, is new to many service providers.
There is an important opportunity for the Government of Ontario to transition to an electric school bus fleet across the province, and to stop the use of diesel-fueled buses. The electrification of the provincial school bus fleet would help to combat climate change and protect the health of Ontario’s children
Bill C-226, An Act respecting the development of a national strategy to assess, prevent and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice.
CPCHE’s Erica Phipps and Helen Doyle are among the invited speakers at a national workshop organized by Équiterre and Green Communities Canada on the benefits of electric school buses and making an effective case for transitioning to electric. Registration details below. CESBA Workshop: Making an effective case for school bus
CPCHE’s Coordinating Committee Chair, Helen Doyle, presented CPCHE’s new interactive Healthy and Sustainable Child Care Checklist and Resource Hub at the September 12th Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors conference in Ajax, Ontario.
Feature article in Green Teacher on Healthy Environments for Learning Day campaign 2022. Download PDF: Healthy Places, Sustainable Spaces
Join the Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment (CPCHE) and special guest Raffi as we explore what it will take to create learning environments that truly foster children’s health and well-being, now and into the future.
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