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Citizen science project examining Ontario schoolyards to be launched at Toronto school
April 8, 2019
For Immediate Release
Brantford – Are schoolyards across Ontario equitably promoting health and access to nature? A new citizen-driven research project aims to find out.
Schoolyards Count!, a partnership between Wilfrid Laurier University and Ophea (Ontario Physical and Health Education Association), is being launched at a news conference Friday, April 12, at Rose Avenue Junior Public School in Toronto.
Speakers will include:
- Kelly Gallagher-Mackay, an educational policy expert and assistant professor in Laurier’s Law and Society program, principal investigator of the project
- Chris Markham, executive director of Ophea
- Alorani Van Hahn, teacher and co-lead of EcoSchools at Rose Avenue Junior Public School
- Grade 5 student schoolyard auditors
All participants, including students, will be available for photos and interviews.
Time: 10:25-11:15 a.m., Friday, April 12
Address: Rose Avenue Junior Public School schoolyard, 675 Ontario Street, Toronto
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Media Contacts:
Kelly Gallagher-Mackay, Assistant Professor
Law and Society, Wilfrid Laurier University
Beth Gurney, Associate Director, Communications and Public Affairs
Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford campus