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Brampton Safe City Association |
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Contact:
Brigitte Sayers
150 Central Park Dr., Ste. 019
Brampton, ON
L6T 2T9
Phone: 905-793-5484
Fax: 905-458-7402
Email: brigitte.sayers@city.brampton.on.ca
Website: www.bramptonsafecity.ca
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 8:30
a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (usually)
Fee for Service: No charge
- The following programs are offered through
the office: Neighbourhood Watch Program, Block
Parent Program, YES Program, and Road Watch
- The office also offers a Business Crime Prevention
Program
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Brampton Safety Council |
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Contact:
Terri Brenton, Legislative Coordinator, Clerk's
Office, City of Brampton
2 Wellington St. W., 1st Fl.
Brampton, ON
L6Y 4R2
Phone: 905-874-2106
Fax: 905-874-2119
Email: terri.brenton@city.brampton.on.ca
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 8:30
a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Fee for Service: No charge
- Sub-committee of the Works and Transportation
Committee (a standing committee of the Corporation
of the City of Brampton)
- Membership includes representatives from:
City Council, School Boards, Student Transportation,
Peel Regional Police, Peel Health, Works and
Transportation Department (City of Brampton)
and citizen representatives
- Considers matters that relate directly to
school safety concerns and pedestrian education
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Canada Safety Council |
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Contact:
Ethel Archard
1020 Thomas Spratt Place
Ottawa, ON
K1G 5L5
Phone: 613-739-1535 ext. 228
Fax: 613-739-1566
Email: csc@safety-council.org
Website: www.safety-council.org
Hours of Operation: Normal Business Hours
Fee for Service: Course materials may be purchased
- Council has national public awareness campaigns
concerning Farm Safety, Summer Safety, Road
Safety, School Safety, Community Safety and
Crime Prevention, Senior's Safety, Home Fire
Safety and Safe Driving
- Provides babysitter training
- Provides a quarterly publication by subscription
called Living Safety, a family safety magazine.
Also provides a member newsletter called Safety
Canada, which covers current safety issues and
new council initiative
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Canadian
Pacific Railway Police Services |
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Contact:
Constable Ron Morrison
50 Village Station Rd.
Toronto, ON
M4H 1N1
Phone: 1-800-551-2553
Fax: 416-696-5416
Email: ron_morrison@cpr.ca
Operation Lifesaver Website: http://www.oli.org/
Hours of Operation: 24 hours - Police Service
Fee for Service: No charge
- The Police Service provides an Operation Lifesaver
presentation on railway safety to students in
kindergarten to grade 8, and any other youth
groups
- The presentations are between 30 and 60 minutes
in length and include a lecture, video and handouts
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Canadians
for Safe and Sober Driving |
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Contact:
Ewa Nosek
P.O. Box 397, Stn. A
Brampton, ON
L6V 2L3
Phone: 905-793-4233
Fax: 905-793-7035
Email: cssd@safeandsober.ca
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.
- 1 p.m.
Fee for Service: Donation for survivor presentations
- Works in partnership with community agencies,
corporate Canada, police services, policy makers,
the judicial system and schools to promote education
and awareness to reduce and ultimately eliminate
death and injury caused by impaired and or unsafe
driving
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Health Canada, Injury Section, Health Surveillance
and Epidemiology Division |
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Contact:
Tammy Lipskie, Senior Analyst
Bldg 19, Tunney's Pasture, PL070LD
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0L2
Phone: 613-952-2216
Fax: 613-941-9927
Email: tlipskie@hc-sc.g.ca
Website: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/injury-bles/index.html
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m.
- 4 p.m.
Fee for Service: No charge
- Provides data and information regarding injuries,
manages the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting
and Prevention Program (CHIRPP) - an emergency
department based injury surveillance system
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Mississauga
Safe Driving Committee |
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Contact:
Karin Ann Brent (Committee Coordinator)
300 City Centre Dr.
Mississauga, ON
L5B 3C1
Phone: 905-896-5426
Fax: 905-615-4181
Email: karinann.brent@city.mississauga.on.ca
Website: www.mississauga.ca/portal/home
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.
- 5 p.m.
Fee for Service: No charge
- Provides a source through which both City
Council and the Committee's agency members can
receive a community-based perspective on safe
driving issues
- Continues to raise community awareness regarding
road safety through education and enforcement
- The Committee encourages residents and visitors
to become actively involved in deterring aggressive
and dangerous driving behaviour through its
ROAD WATCH program
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Mississauga
Traffic Safety Council |
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Contact:
Denise Peternell
300 City Centre Dr.
Mississauga, ON
L5B 3C1
Phone: 905-896-5423
Fax: 905-615-4181
Email: denise.peternell@city.mississauga.on.ca
Website: www.mississauga.ca/portal/home
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 8:30
a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Fee for Service: No charge
- Sub-committee of City Council which makes
recommendations on matters designed to protect
students from the dangers of vehicular traffic
- placement of crossing guards, initiated the
Kiss and Ride program
- Conducts site inspections at schools to review
requests for crossing guards, traffic congestion
and appropriate signage
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Ontario Trucking Association |
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Contact:
Steve Anderson, Assistant Manager Communications
555 Dixon Rd.
Toronto, ON
M9W 1H8
Phone: 416-249-7401 ext. 245
Fax: 416-245-6152
Email: stephana@ontruck.org
Website: www.ontruck.org
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.
- 5 p.m.
(Road Knights available on weekends and evenings)
Fee for Service: No charge
- Knights Team is a group of nine professional
transport drivers with first class driving records
who make presentations on how car and truck
drivers can safely share the road. The team's
mission is to help make our roadways safer by
encouraging all road users to be partners in
safety. The program is overseen by the Ontario
Trucking Association
- The Road Knights are available to meet with
groups to provide insight on sharing the road
with a transport truck and how all road users
can be partners in safety
- A visit by a Road Knight includes an oral
presentation, a video on road sharing and/or
careers in the trucking industry, and a complimentary
copy of Sharing the Road with a Truck - our
highly acclaimed booklet of safe driving tips
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Peel
Children's Safety Village |
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Contact:
Christie Hallet
7605 Kennedy Rd. S.
Brampton, ON
L6W 4T2
Phone: 905-453-3311 ext. 4071
Fax: 905-454-1148
Email: admin@peelsafetyvillage.on.ca
Website: www.peelsafetyvillage.on.ca
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 7 a.m.
- 4 p.m.
Fee for Service: No charge
- Educational centre designed to teach safety
issues to students in grades 1, 3 and 5
- Board of Education books sessions for students
to visit the village throughout the school year
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Cycling Ambassadors, City of Toronto
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Contact:
Sean Wheldrake
590 Jarvis St., 4th Fl.
Toronto, ON
M4Y 2J4
Phone: 416-392-1143
Fax: 416-392-0071
Email: swhedra@city.toronto.on.ca
Website: www.city.toronto.on.ca/cycling
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.
- 6 p.m. Flexible due to events
Fee for Service: No charge to Toronto public
- A City of Toronto initiative providing safety
information and raising awareness for all road
and trail users
- Ambassadors host special events and distribute
safety information to promote responsible behaviour
on the roads and trails, and encourage people
to learn about bike safety
- Program events include: safety talks, school
presentations, Kid's Can-Bike festivals, helmet
fitting, bicycle safety checks, interactive
public displays, distribution of safety information,
maps and materials, lunch time seminars, special
program events such as S.P.A.C.E., Large Truck
Safety, O.A.S.I.S. and Trail Maintenance, and
smog awareness
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ROAD
WATCH |
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Contact:
Caledon OPP
6211 Old Church Rd.
Caledon East, ON
L0N 1E0
Phone: 1-877-RDWATCH
Fax: 905-584-2188
Email: info@roadwatch.ca
Website: www.roadwatch.ca
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.
- 5 p.m.
Fee for Service: No charge
- The ROAD WATCH program is a community initiative
started as a result of the high number of fatal
vehicle collisions in the Caledon area
- The City of Brampton, Town of Caledon and
the City of Mississauga have adopted this program
- ROAD WATCH encourages the residents/visitors
of Peel to report dangerous and aggressive driving
by completing a Citizen Report form when they
observe a motorist demonstrating unsafe driving
behaviour
- The goals of the program are Awareness, Education
and Enforcement
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Safe Kids Canada |
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Contact:
Dee Diaz
180 Dundas St. W., Ste. 2105
Toronto, ON
M5G 1Z8
Phone: 1-888-SAFE TIPS or 416-813-6766
Fax: 416-813-4986
Email: safekids.web@sickkids.ca
Website: www.safekidscanada.ca
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.
- 5 p.m.
Fee for Service: No charge
- National injury prevention program of the
Hospital for Sick Children
- Activities focus on raising awareness about
injury prevention for children, educating people
on how to prevent child injuries and advocating
safer environments for children
- Provides information to parents by telephone
and through the Website as well as through
public awareness campaigns and media stories
- Provides information to the people who deal
with parents and children directly - doctors,
teachers, public health nurses - to make sure
that parents can obtain safety tips in their
community
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Trauma
Prevention Council |
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Contact:
Leslie Cicero
Rm. 436, 237 Barton St. E.
Hamilton, ON
L8L 2X2
Phone: 1-866-860-2226
Fax: 905-577-9966
Email: traprev@skylinc.net
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 8:30
a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Fee for Service: No charge
- Facilitates the development of injury prevention
programs and projects
- Focus is on community development including
partnership building and networking
- Programs relate to all age groups and include
pedestrian, vehicle, bicycle safety, playspace
safety, falls in the older persons and elder
abuse
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