Faculty
Social Science
Supervisor Name
Dr. Jason Gilliland and Dr. Andrew Clark
Keywords
active travel, active school travel, green transportation, school travel planning
Description
Early in 2021, the HEALab worked with Green Communities Canada and Ontario Active School Travel (OAST) to conduct a policy scan of existing by-laws, regulations, programs and policies at school board and municipal level to better understand how they affect students ability to travel actively. The results of this policy scan were used to create a qualitative survey to ask parents, community members and other professionals their opinions on where current gaps exist and how they propose that they can be filled. The results were coded and will be used to guide interviews with key stakeholders and provide further recommendations regarding how to make AST a more viable option for families in Ontario.
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank my supervisors Dr. Jason Gilliland and Dr. Andrew Clark for their mentorship and support in this project over the summer as well as my other colleagues Sheena Ye, Madeleine Fisher, Melissa Thomas and Danielle Tobin. Working with the HEAL has been an absolute pleasure and I am excited to continue to work on more projects like this in the future.
Document Type
Poster
Ontario Active School Travel Policy Qualitative Survey
Early in 2021, the HEALab worked with Green Communities Canada and Ontario Active School Travel (OAST) to conduct a policy scan of existing by-laws, regulations, programs and policies at school board and municipal level to better understand how they affect students ability to travel actively. The results of this policy scan were used to create a qualitative survey to ask parents, community members and other professionals their opinions on where current gaps exist and how they propose that they can be filled. The results were coded and will be used to guide interviews with key stakeholders and provide further recommendations regarding how to make AST a more viable option for families in Ontario.