Irma Coulson Public School becomes Canada’s first ever climate ready school

The Climate Ready Schools initiative holds the view that public school
grounds are valuable assets with potential to have a positive influence
on student development: physical and mental health, as well as learning
and social behaviour. Additionally, school grounds represent significant
public land holdings that have enormous potential to positively impact
education, health and well-being, and to mitigate the impacts of a
changing climate by cooling sites with shade and managing stormwater
on site.

However, there are very few examples of Canadian school
grounds that have realized this potential. Climate Ready Schools
employs innovations in design, construction, community engagement
and professional development to produce a broad suite of benefits for
students, communities, and the environment. Climate Ready Schools
raises the bar on school ground design, management, and outdoor play
and learning in Canada, and sets the stage for change at scale. With public
schools in almost every neighbourhood across the country, the potential
to positively impact every community is significant.

Read this case study and discover how Irma Coulson Public School in Milton, Ontario, became Canada’s first Climate Ready School.