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September 23, 2011
Highlights from a TCAT report released in 2010 comparing the performance of active transportation in Toronto against other cities in Canada, the United States and Europe using key indicators as benchmarks. This paper will be presented at the Walk 21 Conference in Vancouver, BC on October 4, 2011 and published in their proceedings.
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July 13, 2011
On May 24, 2011, Clean Air Partnership (CAP) and Toronto Public Health (TPH) jointly organized and hosted a Climate Change Adaptation and Health Equity workshop in order to initiate a broader discussion and subsequent action toward climate change adaptation and health equity. The workshop results will be of use to municipalities, NGO’s and other sectors who work with vulnerable populations.
Climate Change Adaptation and Health Equity Background Report
June 2, 2011

The Climate Change Adaptation and Health Equity Background Report explores information on climate change adaptation and health equity to ensure that Toronto’s adaptation efforts do not further widen the health inequality gap. This report focuses primarily on research that is relevant to a first-world, urban city.

Prepared For: Healthy Public Policy Team, Toronto Public Health

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Local Wind Summit

April 16, 2009

News release

Conference Announcement -- Local Wind Summit

TORONTO – Municipal representatives, farmers and community groups with an interest in participating in Ontario’s growing wind energy sector are encouraged to attend the Local Wind Summit: Projects up to 10 MW.

Saturday, October 15, 2005
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Toronto Congress Centre

The conference will feature an impressive list of local and international speakers who will provide participants with an overview and analysis of:

Local Wind Projects: The Strategic, Social & Economic Benefits of Wind Projects
Business Models for Local Projects: Models for Farmers, Municipalities and Standard Offer Contracts
Ontario Landowners Guide to Wind: A Guide for Farmers & Municipalities
Developing a Local Project: An A to Z guide on Community, Farmer & Municipal Wind Projects

Featured presenters at this exciting event will include:

Paul Gipe: International Wind Energy Expert and Author, USA
Robert Hornung: President, Canadian Wind Energy Association
Eva Ligeti: Executive Director, Clean Air Partnership
David Toke: University of Birmingham, UK
Joyce McLean: Director, Strategic Affairs, Toronto Hydro
Teresa Welsh Galluzzo: Iowa Policy Project, USA
Bill Kemp: Author ‘The Renewable Energy Handbook’ and ‘$mart Power’
Mark Willers: MinWind Farmer Owned Wind Project, Minnesota USA
Lisa Daniels, Executive Director, Windustry, USA
Henning Holst, Wind Farmer, Husum Germany
Hans-Detlef Feddersen, Wind Farmer, Germany
And many more!

Registration for the event is now open online, visit www.communitygreenpower.ca to register securely online and view the full agenda for the event. Registration is $100/individual. Registration closes Friday October 14.

About the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association

OSEA is a provincial non-profit organization working to enable the development of community sustainable energy projects. Sustainable energy projects use renewable technologies such as wind, solar, micro-hydro and biogas. OSEA has over 20 member organizations spread out across the province including WindShare, the wind power co-operative which developed and jointly owns the 750 kW wind turbine at Exhibition Place in Toronto (see www.windshare.ca)

OSEA recently published the ‘Ontario Landowners Guide to Wind Energy’, a comprehensive guide endorsed for use by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and the Canadian Wind Energy Association. The guide can be downloaded for free at www.communitygreenpower.ca

About the Clean Air Partnership
The Clean Air Partnership is a registered charity that works in partnership to promote and coordinate actions to improve local air quality and reduce greenhouse gases for healthy communities.

About the Canadian Wind Energy Association
The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) is a non-profit trade association that promotes the appropriate development and application of all aspects of wind energy in Canada, including the creation of a suitable policy environment. CanWEA.s goal is to achieve 10,000 MW of installed wind energy capacity in Canada by 2010. For more information visit: www.canwea.ca

Contacts:
Jennifer Penney
The Clean Air Partnership
jpenney@cleanairpartnership.org
(416) 932-0376

James Murphy
Ontario Sustainable Energy Association
info@ontario-sea.org
(416) 977-4441