Facts and myths about helmet legislation
Mandating the use of helmets creates some controversy as public opinion varies and the evidence is not always in line with how people feel. As such, there are many myths related to bike helmet legislation. Parachute has developed this one page document to identify and address these common perceptions.
Helmet safety activity – egg drop
Use this activity to demonstrate how helmets can protect something fragile – like an egg. This demonstration should be tied to education about proper helmet fitting on human heads.
Helmet safety activity – melon drop
Use this activity to demonstrate the effects on a melon dropped at high velocity with and without a helmet. Draw parallels between the melon and the human head and have kids imagine the drop being equivalent to a bicycle crash at moderate speed.
Sally Lockhart
Sally Lockhart is currently in the process of retiring from chairing a local not-for-profit cooperative community board that has built an affordable residence for seniors needing more care than they can get at home. Before becoming an injury prevention consultant in 1999, she worked in child injury prevention with Health Canada (7 years) and before that, […]
Shelina Babul
Shelina Babul is the Director of the BC Injury Research & Prevention Unit and Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, UBC. Her area of focus includes: 1) Identifying and addressing critical gaps in injury prevention; 2) TBI/Concussion-specific research and related strategies to promote uptake of proven and effective interventions; and 3) Coordination of TBI/concussion efforts […]
Position Statement on ATV Operation – Alberta Health Services (2015)
The position statement emphasizes no child/youth ATV operation under 16 years of age and other elements of ATV safety; helmet use, passenger restrictions, licensing/registration and training, and alcohol restrictions.
Sandra Newton
Sandra Newton is the Manager of Child Safety Link, located at IWK Health in Halifax, NS. How did you find you way into the injury prevention field? What attracted you? My first degree was a Bachelor of Science and Nutrition and Biology. I really liked it but didn’t think it was for me. I considered […]
Morag MacKay
Morag MacKay is the Chief Research and Network Officer at Safe Kids Worldwide and has worked in child injury prevention for over 35 years in Canada, Europe, and the U.S. Her work has focused on research, surveillance, program development and evaluation, and helping translate evidence into effective policies and practice. How did you get into […]
Debbie Friedman
Deborah Friedman has served as Director of Trauma at the Montreal Children’s Hospital Trauma Centre, McGill University Health Centre, since 2000. In 2011, she was appointed Director of the hospital’s Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP), a Public Health Agency of Canada initiative. She is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics […]
Kathy Belton
Kathy Belton, PhD, is the former Director of the Injury Prevention Centre at the University of Alberta in the School of Public Health. Kathy, how did you find you way into the injury prevention field? What attracted you? On July 26, 1980 on a weekend camping trip to Laurier Lake, I was struck by the […]