RCE Greater Sudbury-2011

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Submitted by RCEgreatersudbury on Wed, 2011-06-22 15:27
1. General Information
Contact Name(s): 
Catherine Matheson
Cindi Briscoe
Organizational Affiliation : 
City of Greater Sudbury
City of Greater Sudbury
Role in the project: 
Lead for the Project
Coordinator of the Project
E-Mail Address(es): 
catherine.matheson@greatersudbury.ca
cindi.briscoe@greatersudbury.ca
Project-relevant information: 
www.healthycommunitysudbury.ca
2. Project Information
1. Project title: 
Sustainable Mobility Plan
2. Project Description: 
Move the community forward in terms of active transportation strategies and initiatives. With a focus on low income populations, the plan will examine the mobility of individuals and the impact mobility has on the health, environment, and the economy.
3. Project Status: 
Ongoing
4. Key Words
Key Words: 
Poverty
5. Project categories
Project categories: 
Education
Research
Awareness building
Influencing policy processes
Networking and partnership development
Material production
6. Expected outcomes:: 
Describe results and consequences of the project, e.g. impact on the society, policy

The document will be included in the next official plan developed by the City of Greater Sudbury. It is also a strategic document that will be included in the Transportation Master Plan which ultimately affects all new projects that are undertaken.
7. Duration of the Project:: 
2010 - ongoing
3. Project Leadership & Vision
8. Project coordination (e.g. teams): 
We had collaboration for the community. There were very many community organizations that sat on steering committees. Focus groups were set up across the community to get feedback from the community. A literature review was completed. Other cities’ best practices were reviewed to ensure that all avenues were covered.
9. Leadership structure
a. Administration: 
4
b. Transactional: 
3
c. Transformational: 
3
4. Project results
10. Project results : 
The Sustainable Mobility Plan was accepted by the municipal government and now is key strategic planning document for future projects.
11. Contribution to reforms and innovations: 
The plan contributes significantly to policy level as related to the city’s official plan. All new and revised Infrastructures must comply with the Official Plan.
12. Unexpected / unplanned results: 
The project has been presented to other municipalities
13.Core Partners: 
City of Greater Sudbury; Sudbury & District Health Unit; Social Planning Council of Sudbury; YMCA Sudbury; Sudbury Regional Hospital; and Rainbow Routes Association
5. Partnership and networking
14. Project Network
a. Information network: 
4
b. Knowledge network: 
3
c. Innovation network: 
3
6. Participation
15. Type of involvement: 
Partners contributed in many ways; either by financial or human resources. Focus groups were organized; literature reviews took place; community consultations; other cities were contacted to ensure we were aware of best practices. A lot of collaboration took place.
16. Participation opportunities
a. Informational participation: 
3
b. Consultation participation: 
4
c. Decision influencing participation : 
3
7. Education & Learning
17. Educational activities: 
Focus Sessions, information posted across the community.
18. Learning activities: 
part of the recommendations in the sustainable mobility plan are to have learning sessions within the community, and schools.
19. Educational activities
a. Theory: 
3
b. Discussion: 
4
c. Interactive and Multidimensional "action oriented education": 
3
8. Research Integration
20. Research & Development (R&D): 
A literature review was conducted.
21. Research partners: 
Laurentian University, Cambrian College, Sudbury & District Health Unit, Greater Sudbury Economic Development Corporation, Social Planning Council of Sudbury, Downtown Sudbury, Corner Clinic, Our Children, Our Future
22. Description of research
a. Disciplinary: 
3
b. Interdisciplinary: 
3
c. Transdisciplinary: 
4
Type: 
Project Reports
Region: 
Americas
Community: 
Health
Community_second: 
Research and Development
Issue: 
Health
One More Issue: 
Poverty Reduction
Country: 
Canada