• Timiskaming Public Health Unit convened a workshop on active transportation
with municipal staff, councillors and community members. The workshop
was facilitated by Share the Road Cycling Coalition, an Ontario-wide cycling
organization, who also produced a report with recommendations resulting
from the workshop. The report was approved by Council in Temiskaming
Shores and led to the creation of a Bicycle Friendly Communities Committee
with representation from Council and community members. More information
about Temiskaming Shores can be found in Share the Road’s Bicycle Friendly
Communities Yearbook from 2016 and 2017.
• One health unit reported that they sought to broaden the scope of stakeholders
they were working with by asking themselves the question, ‘Who influences the
design of communities?’ Through this exercise, the health unit identified nontraditional partners, such as construction contractors. By working with these
companies at an early stage, they have been able to see healthy community
elements incorporated into proposals. For example, a contractor’s proposal for
the construction of a major bridge included a safe active transportation route, and
they won the contract in part because of their commitment to health.