Civil Municipal - April 2024

PREFERRED VENDOR/PARTNER n Vant Play Equipment Inc. www.vantplayequipment.com Vant Play Equipment Inc. is a full-service one- stop for all playground needs. From inspections to surfacing repairs to refurbishing an older structure, we either have the parts or contacts for parts to help keep your site CSA compliant.  If repairs are not feasible, we also do sales and installation of new equipment. n Bevcon Construction & Paving Ltd. www.bevcon.ca students take part in most athletic activities sponsored by the Toronto District Catholic Athletic Association (TDCAA); they produce music, drama, and dance productions annually; and they participate in other activities including debate, public speaking, yearbook and school newspaper production, and language clubs. OUTDOOR LEARNING Finally, since the COVID-19 pandemic, the TCDSB has endeavored to explore more outdoor learning initiatives for all of its students by using COVID infrastructure funding that not only provided money for improvements in school ventilation systems, e.g. upgrading air handling units, buying HEPA units and filters, but also for some outdoor classrooms. “We’ve tried, as a Board, to bring learning outdoors,” says Zlomislic. “There have been a lot of studies regarding the benefits of bringing learning outside. I know the full-day kindergarten program does a lot of that. And we are trying to do as much of that as possible with this funding.” 286 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 5, ISSUE 04