Clean Air Champions - "Getting Active For Cleaner Air" - Education Resource Kit

Links And Web Sites

Some of the following hyperlinks are to sites of organizations or other entities that are not subject to the  Official Languages Act. The material found there is therefore in the language(s) used by the sites in question.

Government Of Canada

• Health Canada - Health and Air Quality Program
  www.hc-sc.gc.ca/air
• Environment Canada
  www.ec.gc.ca

Medical

• Canadian Association for Physicians for the Environment
  www.cape.ca
• Canadian Lung Association
  www.lung.ca/children/g rades4_6/respiratory/ (inside the Respiratory System, Teacher's Resource)
• The Children's Environmental Health Network
  www.cehn.org(range of issues and information including Child Safety Tips for Parents)

Environmental

• Clean Air Champions
  www.cleanairchampions.ca(an organization that works with respected athletes to encourage Canadians to get active for the environment)
• Go for Green
  www.goforgreen.ca (Active & Safe Routes to School, The Active Living and Environment Program)
• Pembina Institute
  www.pembina.org (has curriculum materials for climate change lessons and other air quality issues)
• Pollution Probe
  www.pollutionprobe.org(environmental watchdog focused on topical issues including air, water, soil quality and policy)

Environmental Education And Safety

• Detour Publications
  www.detourpublications.com (a non-profit, on-line bookstore specializing in sustainable transportation and urban ecology).
• Environmental Education Directory
  www.webdirectory.com/education /k-12
• Green Teacher
  www.greenteacher.com(focused on environmental education issues in Canada)
• Safe Kids Canada
  www.safekidscanada.ca/Engl ish/Home.html (guidelines and suggestions of how to promote and encourage safety for children)

Fitness

• Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (CAHPERD)
  www.cahperd.ca
• Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Institute
  www.cflri.ca (statistics on levels of fitness and related issues in Canada)

For further information contact:

• Air Health Effects Division
  Safe Environments Programme
  Health Canada
  275 Slater, Postal Locator 3807B
  Ottawa ON K1A 0K9
  Or visit:
  www.hc-sc.gc.ca/air

For more information on Clean Air Champions or to order a copy of this kit contact:

• Clean Air Champions
  99 Seneca St.
  Ottawa ON K1S 4X8
  (613) 730-0870
  Or visit
  www.cleanairchampions.ca