Ontario Communities walkON

With the support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, and the Ministry of Health Promotion's Healthy Communities Fund, Green Communities Canada, in collaboration with Walk and Bike for Life and walkON are spearheading Ontario Communities walkON, a program that will help make 24 Ontario cities and towns more walkable.

Ontario Communities walkON is based on the success of walkON, six community partnerships of the Ontario Heart Health Program who collaborate to engage and support their communities to create environments that support walking. walkON works in partnership with politicians, planners, engineers, and citizens from 17 community groups, using comprehensive, easy-to-use resources and tools designed to educate, empower and inspire community members. The goal is to take the successful walkON model and replicate it around the province of Ontario.

• Ontario Communities walkON Media Backgrounder
  Sept. 15, 2009 Adobe PDF (51 KB)
• www.walkon.ca
• www.walkandbikeforlife.org
• www.trilliumfoundation.org
• Healthy Communities Fund

Guiding this project is the comprehensive resource created by walkON to facilitate the creation of powerful change at the community level – the walkON Walkability Toolkit, updated January 2009 as part of the Ontario Communities walkON project:

• Chapter 1 – Introduction Adobe PDF (2 MB)
• Chapter 2 – Organizing a Pedestrian Advocacy Group Adobe PDF (2 MB)
• Chapter 3 – Influencing Planning Policy Adobe PDF (1 MB)
• Chapter 4 – Working with the Media Adobe PDF (776 KB)
• Chapter 5 – Fundraising and Grant Writing Adobe PDF (799 KB)
• Chapter 6 – Resources Adobe PDF (704 KB)

Participating in Ontario Communities walkON are:

• Simcoe County Health Unit
• “MovingON” (Perth County Health Unit)
• The Township of Uxbridge
• The Township of Brock
• Hastings Prince Edward County Health Unit
• Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge Health Unit
• Northwatch
• Renfrew County - Physical Activity Network