News: Winter 2011
Speaking engagements
. . . beating the drum for healthier communities!
December 2011, Key Note Speaker, Building Healthy Communities conference, St. Johns Newfoundland Link
CBC's Here and Now news coverage of conference
November 2011, Presenter at Tools for Change conference, "Big Hearts, Small Budgets: Effective Advocacy for Non profits and Citizen Groups in Planning Disputes", Toronto Link
Walk21 Vancouver, Presenting "Drums, Dots and Drawings" a metaphor for bringing participants into a process, enabling them to share priorities and then moving into action for design improvements. Link
Thanks to OHCC, SRCHC for support.
Official Plan Policy Reviews
We just completed a review of 10 Niagara Municipal Official Plans to see how these policies can best support cycling and walking. Paul just finished a draft of an active transportation guide for future official plan work in the Region. Report is available HERELinking the Don Valley Trail to Communities and Destinations
This summer Paul worked with a number of enthusiastic trail user groups, The Toronto Cyclists Union, Evergreen Brickworks and the City of Toronto to host a workshop to improve connections to and from the trail.
Report is available HERE
Georgian Bay Active Transportation Strategy
In the Spring of 2011, Paul conducted a day long workshop to set out strategic directions for Active Transportation in the Township of Georgian Bay.
Planning and Engineering Professionals Workshop on Accelerating Supports for Active Transportation in Niagara Region
Paul coordinated a workshop and drafted a report outlining key action steps for Niagara professionals. A summit is planned for late 2011. Stay tuned . . . The report and other informative presentations from the workshop are available HERE.