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Safety Education Programming
National Resources
The Canadian Cycling Association's CAN-BIKE program is a series of courses on all aspects of safe and enjoyable cycling. Risk Watch is the first comprehensive injury prevention program available for use in schools. Risk Watch was formed to combat the leading cause of death for children over one year of age – unintentional injuries. With education, motivation, and the support of caring adults, the belief is that children can learn to be much safer. SMARTRISK is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to preventing injuries and saving lives. Their five consistent messages around risk taking behavior are: buckle up, drive sober, wear the gear, look first, and get trained. Sprockids is an international program that provides mountain biking curriculum, including safety education, to interested schools and community groups worldwide. This national organization's mission is to prevent brain and spinal cord injury through education aimed at healthy behaviours in children and youth.
Provincial Resources
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There are Children's Safety Villages all across North America and a number of them in Canada (Waterloo, Brantford, London, Chatham Kent, etc.). Bike shops around the province put on workshops teaching basic bike maintenance and repair, how to ride in traffic, rules of the road, etc. Each individual shop would need to be contacted to ascertain the details of the safety education being offered. -
The topic of safety education is covered in the Curriculum Outcome documents for grades P-9. This provincial government department takes the lead on several injury prevention initiatives that are youth focused. -
Each RCMP detachment (there are 48) and each municipal police department (there are 11) across the province serves its own community, providing classroom or community group presentations about bicycle and pedestrian safety. This is a skateboarding program, designed by an American company, but piloted in schools around the world.
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