#KnowWhatImpairedMeans
This public awareness campaign aims to educate Canadians that cannabis impairs a person’s ability to safely operate a motor vehicle.
All-terrain vehicles
ATVs cause more permanent disabilities and death than most other sport or recreational activities. Here are our safety tips for ATV operation.
Canadian Youth Road Safety Council
The Canadian Youth Road Safety Council engages and integrates youth voices and expertise into Parachute’s youth road safety programs. Our youth council is made up of 10 highly motivated and passionate young people, aged 15-24, from across Canada. They play a key role in making sure that Parachute’s youth road safety programs are designed by […]
Canadian Youth Road Safety Council Application
Do you want to help your friends be safer on the road? Do you want to learn new skills and gain new experiences that will be helpful for job and school applications? Do you want to meet like-minded youth across Canada? Apply for Parachute’s Canadian Youth Road Safety Council now! About the Canadian Youth Road […]
Case study: the Ottawa Walkshop
Parachute and the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals (CARSP), along with staff from the City of Ottawa, organized a Vision Zero Walkshop that took place on June 18, 2024.
Data collected and shared
My data – What is collected, for what purpose and how it is kept safe. Canada’s Safest Driver gathers smartphone data from position and inertial sensors and measures driving quality. All the information of entrants collected in the App at the time of or after registration, all data produced during the contest, all anonymous aggregate […]
For Young Drivers, By Young Drivers
This project partnered with Canadian youth to understand attitudes and perceptions that affect safe driving behaviours in young drivers and then developed more effective ways to address the issue of road fatalities and injuries among youth.
NIPD Hospital Challenge
As part of National Injury Prevention Day, Parachute invites hospitals across Canada to raise awareness about the importance of injury prevention to the health-care system. Why injury prevention is important for hospitals The Cost of Injury in Canada report shows that, in one year, preventable injuries from collisions, falls, poisonings, drownings and violence cost the […]
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 […]
Parachute Youth Ambassadors
Parachute’s Youth Ambassador projects highlight the commitment of young leaders to enhance road safety in Canadian communities. Through partnerships with local organizations, school and law enforcement, each initiative addresses key issues such as promoting safe driving, bicycle and pedestrian awareness, and impaired driving prevention. By engaging peers and community members in educational campaigns and activities, […]