Vehicle-for-Hire Driver Training
Parachute’s Vehicle-for-Hire Training program has been certified by the City of Toronto for Vehicle-for-Hire drivers in that city as of October 2022. Course registration is now open.
Buying Consumer Products Online
Learn how to be a smart shopper and keep safety in mind when buying consumer products and cosmetics online: tips and information from Health Canada.
Online Concussion Course – University of Calgary, MOOC
This massive open online course (MOOC) demystifies concussion and explains how everyone can play a role in the prevention, identification, and management of this type of traumatic brain injury. The course also describes the revision and implementation of a concussion management protocol adapted to different environments.
Smart Hockey online guide
Follow this guide to walk you through all the steps and resources to implement Smart Hockey with your team.
Injury Data Online Tool (iDOT) - BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit
The iDOT is an easy-to-use, menu-driven system that makes injury data available to injury prevention practitioners and professionals, as well as the public. It is an effective and efficient way for users to access British Columbia injury data including mortality, morbidity, traffic-related incidents and sports.
Official contest rules, Canada's Safest Driver
Official Rules The Canada’s Safest Driver Contest (hereinafter “Contest”) is designed to (i) promote safe driving; (ii) improve road safety; (iii) provide insight into how telematics can improve driver safety; and (iv) increase awareness of and participation in Parachute Vision Zero initiatives. The Contest is a contest of skill that measures the driving habits of […]
Official Contest Rules – Canada's Favourite Crossing Guard
Parachute Leaders in Injury Prevention & Desjardins CANADA’S FAVOURITE CROSSING GUARD (the “Contest”) OFFICIAL RULES (the “Official Rules”) NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THE CONTEST. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR NOMINEE’S CHANCES OF WINNING. By submitting an Entry, you acknowledge and agree that your Entry (including the Nomination Content) […]
Horseback riding
Horses can reach speeds up to 60 km/h (37 mph), resulting in more injuries per hour in the saddle than during motorcycle or auto racing. Due to these potential high speeds, the unpredictable behaviour of horses and the distance of the rider from the ground, equestrian athletes are at risk for head and spinal injuries. […]
Videos and webinars
Supersized vehicles, supersized safety risk (2024) Global road safety actions 2023: What you need to know (2023) Good roads for all: Moving the needle on road safety (2023) Equity in Vision Zero and road safety (2022) Vision Zero: The Next Generation (2022) The role of technology and data in Vision Zero interventions (2022) Cycling in […]
Infographics
Safe Mobility infographic series Road safety measures have a broad impact on urban communities, with a wide range of benefits ranging from environmental to health. Parachute has created these infographics to explore the intersections among equity, health and wellbeing and the environment and their connections to road safety. We encourage our road safety partners to […]