Activités destinées aux élèves de la troisième à la septième année, accompagnées d’informations générales, de ressources et d’idées de leçons utiles sur les différentes options de transport, telles que les autobus scolaires électriques, qui favorisent un air pur. Écoles primaires Écoles secondaires
Activities including background information, relevant resources and lesson ideas related to transportation options, such as the electric school bus, that promote cleaner air.
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
This Call for Action presents the child health case for making an urgent and just transition from diesel-powered to electric school bus transportation across Canada.
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.
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