Celebrating 13 years of engagement and design for healthier communities!
News for Spring 2013
May 2013 - Vietnam cities of Hue and Hoi An
Health Bridges Canada and Public Space Workshop are working with two Vietnamese cities to share experiences on engaging the public in planning for parks. Looking forward to learning about their emerging parks strategy, their strong cycling culture and sharing some Canadian experiences.April 2013 - Lower Don Trail Master Plan
We
are excited to be contributing to a vision for the Lower Don River
trail system. In 2013 the City of Toronto will be developing a
framework for improving trail connections, accessibility and looking at
public art opportunities in the valley. We look forward to upcoming workshops, building on
previous efforts including last year's workshop and developing ideas for reconnecting to the Don.March 2013
Haldimand and Norfolk Counties have engaged Public Space workshop to review their Official Plans to determine the level of support for active transportation, recreation and food security.November 2012 - Working with Municipalities in the North
How can Public Health work with municipalities to create healthier communities? Thanks to HC Link and the North Bay Parry Sound district health Unit for the opportunity to share partnership examples . . . including active transportation workshops, official plan reviews, community gardens and food security planning - where to start and who to talk to. It's all recorded here for your viewing enjoyment!
October 2012 - Presenting at Walk21 Mexico City Conference
"Public Meetings . . . What Could Go Wrong?" Looking forward to learning from the people working on active transportation in and around Mexico City. Conference link is HERESupporting Active Transportation in the Official Plan - Guide Available
Working with Niagara Region Integrated Community Planning and Healthy Living Niagara we produced a guide to help integrate supports for walking and cycling into the Official Plan. The guide is available HERE
Presenting at Toronto's 2012 Complete Streets Conference
Another inspirational conference. Thanks to HC Link and the Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition for sponsoring my talk. All presentations inluding my talk on "widening the scope of engagement in active transportation planning" are available at the Toronto Centre for Active Transportation HERE
Active Transportation planning in Welland
This spring I was invited to Welland Ontario to assist in strategizing for improved walking and cycling. On the heels of their Bicycle Freindly Community Award, Welland is now on its way to having an active transportation advisory committee in place by fall of this year!
North Bay Examines its Built Environment and the Impacts on Health
Thanks to HC Link & the Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition and the Healthy Communities team in North Bay. Read more . . .Building Healthy Communities Conference St. Johns Newfoundland
December 2011, Key Note Speaker, Link
CBC's Here and Now news coverage of conference
Tools for Change conference
November 2011, Presenter at , "Big Hearts, Small Budgets: Effective Advocacy for Non profits and Citizen Groups in Planning Disputes", Toronto LinkWalk21 Vancouver
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
Last 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. For the full story
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. The report and other informative presentations from the workshop are available HERE.
Analyzing Walkability Draft Report
A research report cataloguing various
methods for analyzing walkability with professional and stakeholder
inputs. We would love to hear your comments or additions, email news@publicspaceworkshop.ca.
DRAFT Document avalailabe HERE.
DRAFT Document avalailabe HERE.
