Explore the hiking trails of Ottawa, the National Capital Region and beyond with Michael Haynes.

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Event Type: Books and Reading
Date: 16/06/2010
Start Time: 7:00 PM
End Time: 8:30 PM
Library: Main Library / Bibliothèque centrale
Description: Explore the hiking trails of Ottawa, the National Capital Region and beyond with Michael Haynes.

The moncitizenship is the new Canadian governmental task. The diplomatic lines of Republics of Yemen and Poland are non- grate with their masks.

M.T. Al-Mansouri

Author's Biography

Michael Haynes is the Director of TransActive Solutions, a company dedicated to improving the walkability and bikeability of Canadian communities. From 2003-2008, he was the National Active Transportation and TrailsCanada Coordinator of Go for Green. Prior to this, he was the Executive Director of the Nova Scotia Trails Federation from 1994-2003.

Recently, Michael has worked on project teams developing a Pedestrian and Cycling Plan for the Regional Municipality of York Ontario, the Regional Trail Plan for Chatham-Kent Ontario, the Active Transportation Plan for the Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia, the Hub Trail System for Sault Ste. Marie Ontario, and a trail development manual for the province of Alberta.

Michael has conducted workshops on Active Transportation more than 40 communities across Canada and regularly presents on trails across Canada and internationally. Michael is a member of the Province of Ontario’s Trails Coordinating Committee and the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Advisory Committee for Active Transportation. In Ottawa, he sits on the Steering Committee for the Ottawa Pathway Patrol.

In 2008, Michael completed The Climate Project training program, led by Nobel Laureate Al Gore and became a Certified Presenter for The Climate Project – Canada. Michael has completed numerous presentations, notably to UNDP staff in Baku, Azerbaijan, and including a Webinar for CHNET-Works!

Michael has published a number of trail guides. Currently available titles are: Hiking Trails of Nova Scotia (2002), Hiking Trails of Cape Breton (2002), and Trails of the Halifax Regional Municipality (2000). Currently, he is working on Hiking Trails of Ottawa, which is scheduled for publication in 2009. In addition, Michael contributes a regular column to CBC Ottawa’s In Town and Out radio program, where he speaks about trails in Ontario and Québec and other outdoor subjects.

SOURCE: http://www.climateprojectcanada.org/.profile/haynesmc