About
Clean Air Partnership (CAP) is a charitable environmental organization launched in June, 2000. We enable communities to improve air quality, advance active transportation, and take bold climate action. We convene networks, lead research and knowledge transfer, and catalyze transformative action.
Our vision is that Canadian communities are sustainable, healthy and resilient.
Approach
CAP responds to emerging needs through provision of services across three key areas
Research & knowledge transfer
We deliver timely research and distill emerging knowledge into accessible formats for decision-makers
Convening networks
We bring together experts to share their experiences, minimize redundancy and maximize use of resources
Catalyzing action
We advance the scale-up and implementation of climate action
Clean Air Partnership acknowledges that we are on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.
Team
David Simor
Desislava Stefanova
Devanshi Kukadia
Emiko Newman
Ethan Sansom
Gabriella Kalapos
Heather Prest
Jennie Geleff
Keenan Mosdell
Kevin Behan
Mathew Varela
Mike Hager
Nancy Smith Lea
Sébastien Gagner
Aidan Grove-White
Bala Gnanam
Daniel Carr, Chair
Eric McGoey
Lisa Prime
Parag Datta
Sarah Heynen
Sheila Ritson-Bennett
Stuart Galloway, Treasurer
Vicki Gagnon
History
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1996
CAP founding legislation passed by Ontario government
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2000
Clean Air Council (CAC) established- a peer-to-peer climate action network of municipalities working collaboratively on clean air and climate change actions
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2001
Third IPCC report states that unprecedented global warming is “very likely” with highly damaging future impacts
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2005
CAP initiates Adapting to Climate Change in Toronto, setting the City on a pathway to creating its first climate adaptation plan
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2006
TCAT is formed to advance knowledge and evidence to build support for safe and inclusive streets for walking and cycling
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2007
Fourth IPCC report notes that cost of reducing emissions would be far less than the damage they will cause
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2009
CAP creates Canada’s first climate adaptation training program
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2010
TCAT hosts first Complete Street Forum
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2011
World population grows to 7 billion
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2014
Toronto Public Health releases Path to Healthier Air: Toronto Air Pollution Burden of Illness
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2015
Together with federal, provincial and municipal partners, CAP leads the creation of Ontario’s Heat Warning and Information System
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2016
City of Toronto adopts a Vision Zero Road Safety Plan
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2018
CAP selected by FCM to be Ontario facilitator for the Partners for Climate Protection, Canada’s largest GHG reduction program
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2019
TCAT creates Markham Cycles, Markham’s community bicycle hub, and the first of its kind in York Region
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2020
Clean Air Council grows to 33 municipalities and Public Health Units representing over 10 million Ontarians. CAP launches a project on used EV rebates
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2021
IPCC releases sixth assessment report noting that unless there are immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in GHG emissions, limiting warming to close to 1.5°C or even 2°C will be beyond reach
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Funders
Non-Government Funders
- Access Alliance
- Alta Planning and Design
- CanadaHelps
- Chargepoint Inc.
- Charitable Impact Foundation
- Climate Caucus
- Credit Valley Conservation
- CultureLink Settlement Services
- Dunsky Energy Consulting
- ECHO Foundation
- ECO Canada
- Federation of Canadian Municipalities
- Green Communities Canada
- IESO
- M.H. Brigham Foundation
- Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment
- Metcalf foundation
- Montreal Urban Ecology Centre
- Peterborough GreenUP
- MunichRE
- Ontario Trillium Foundation
- Peel Multicultural Council
- QUEST
- Simon Fraser University
- The Atmospheric Fund
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation
- Toronto Metropolitan University
- TREC
- University of Toronto
- WSP Canada
- York Region District School Board
Municipal Funders
- City of Brampton
- City of Burlington
- City of Cornwall
- City of Guelph
- City of Hamilton
- City of Kingston
- City of Kitchener
- City of London
- City of Markham
- City of Mississauga
- City of Newmarket
- City of Oshawa
- City of Peterborough
- City of Pickering
- City of St. Catharines
- City of Toronto
- City of Vaughan
- City of Windsor
- County of Grey
- Dufferin County
- Durham Region
- Halton Region
- Municipality of Chatham-Kent
- Municipality of Clarington
- Northumberland County
- Peel Region
- Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit
- Town of Ajax
- Town of Aurora
- Town of Caledon
- Town of Halton Hills
- Town of Oakville
- Town of Richmond Hill
- Town of Whitby
- Township of King
- Waterloo Region
- York Region
Provincial and Federal Funders
- Canada Summer Jobs
- Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Health Canada
- Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing
- Ontario Ministry of Economic Development