Register now for our Fall/Winter
Walking and Wheeling Webinar Series!

After the success of last winter's webinar series in  in conjunction with the After The School Bell Rings project, Active and Safe Routes to School in Manitoba is back again this fall and winter with new webinars to help communities around Manitoba encourage youth to walk or cycle!

To register visit our website and select which webinars you'd like to participate in!

PULLING UP OUR SOCKS: MANITOBA AND THE ACTIVE HEALTHY KIDS CANADA REPORT CARD: ARE WE DRIVING OUR KIDS TO UNHEALTHY HABITS?
October 9th, 2013- 10:00am-12:00pm CST
Presenters:

Jennifer Cowie-Bonne – Chair, Active Healthy Kids Canada
Vicky Reaney - Active Transportation Coordinator, Province of Manitoba
Deanna Betteridge, Winnipeg in motion
Dave Elmore, Can-Bike Instructor
Jackie Avent – Active and Safe Routes to School in Manitoba

The goal of the webinar is to introduce participants to the Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card and give them information about what is ongoing in Manitoba towards achieving some of the recommendations laid out in the report card. Production of this webinar is in partnership with the Physical Activity Coalition of Manitoba, the Province of Manitoba and Winnipeg in motion.

EXPLORING THE AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVE TRAVEL RESOURCE GUIDE

October 31, 2013- 12:00pm-1:00pm CST
Presenter: Lea Grzenda- Green Action Centre

Encouraging walking and cycling programs can be a challenge at after school programs with limited time and resources. That’s why we have developed an Active Travel Resource Guide just for after school programs! This webinar session will take you through our guide step-by-step and focus on some basic things you can do to help build that walking and cycling culture in your program. A discussion will follow to hear ideas from participants.  Green Action Centre’s Lea Grzenda will share our new guide with you!
 

MAKING IT COUNT: INCLUDING SCIENCE AND MATH IN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS

November 7th, 2013- 12:00pm-1:00pm CST
Presenter: Adam Prokopanko- Green Action Centre

Have a love for math or science? Don’t know how to include easy science experiments or math problems in your program without putting people to sleep? Green Action Centre’s Adam Prokopanko will guide you through creative and fun ideas to do with children to bring a little more math and science into your activities that they will actually love! This is definitely a presentation you won’t want to miss.
 

YOU CHOOSE THE TOPIC!

November 21, 2013- 12:00pm-1:00pm CST

Want to learn about a specific active travel topic but don’t see it here? Send us your ideas on what you would like to learn about surrounding active travel to active.events@greenactioncentre.ca and we will present it!
 

GET OUTTA TOWN! RURAL AND NORTHERN ACTIVE TRAVEL AFTER SCHOOL

December 5, 2013- 12:00pm-1:00pm
Presenter: TBD

So your kids/students want to walk or ride their bike to school? Are you in a rural or northern community? We can help!  We have put together some key tips for schools and after school programs outside of larger cities that face different challenges to active travel and how they can be solved.
 

SHOW US A STORY: USING PHOTOVOICE FOR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS

January/February 2014
Presenter: Lea Grzenda- Green Action Centre

Have you ever tried to see your community from a different perspective? That is the goal of a Photovoice project, and we will be going into an after school program in the fall to see how kids see their community! They will share what they love about it and what they want to change and we will be sharing the results with you.


To register for any of these webinars or to inquire about additional information, please contact Lea Grzenda or Jackie Avent at 204-925-3773 or visit our webinar website!