| Operation Lifesaver |
- OL |
| Canada Safety Council |
- CSC |
| Provincial Safety Councils/Leagues |
- PSC/L |
| Transport Canada |
- TC |
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Title: Operation Lifesaver
Medium: Information brochure
Created by: OL
Distributed by: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Description: 14-page brochure providing general information on railway safety.
Target Group: General
Available from: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: English and French (bilingual format)
Title: Can you make the grade?
Medium: Information brochure
Created by: OL
Distributed by: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Description: 8-page fold-out brochure providing multiple-choice questionnaire dealing with crossing safety.
Target Group: General
Available from: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: English and French (available separately)
Title: Engineering Considerations
Medium: Information brochure
Created by: OL and TC
Distributed by: OL, CSC, PSC/L, TC, railways, and others
Description: 4-page brochure providing information on cost-sharing programs to construct or improve crossings.
Target Group: Individuals, communities, and groups seeking information on construction and improvements to crossings.
Available from: OL, CSC, PSC/L, TC, railways, and others
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: English and French (available separately)
Title: Your Project and the News Media
Medium: Information brochure
Created by: OL
Distributed by: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Description: 8-page brochure providing a basic guide to media relations for voluntary groups.
Target Group: Voluntary groups
Available from: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: English and French (available separately)
Title: Policy Position
Medium:Information Booklet
Created by: OL
Distributed by: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Description: 12-page booklet providing background on OL - its development, mandate, and program parameters.
Target Group: General
Available from: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: English and French (bilingual format)
Title: Teacher's Guide
Medium: Information booklet
Created by: OL
Distributed by: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Description: 19-page booklet providing course outline for educators who teach OL program to elementary and secondary school students, and to adult groups.
Target Group: Educators
Available from: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: English and French (available separately)
Title: Speaker's Guide
Medium: Information booklet
Created by: OL
Distributed by: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Description:19-page guide to assist speakers in organizing and making interesting and informative OL presentations. Includes forms, speeches, fact sheets, and speaker's material list.
Target Group: Volunteer speakers
Available from: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: English and French (available separately)
Title: Elmer the Safety Elephant's Railway Safety Booklet
Medium: Newsprint colouring/activity booklet
Created by: OL and CSC
Distributed by: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Description: 22-page activity/colouring book with forward by OL and recommended activities for teachers in back of booklet.
Target Group: Kindergarten to grade 5 (ages 4 to 11)
Available from: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: English and French (available separately)
Title: Children's Activity Book
Medium: Colouring/activity booklet
Created by: OL
Distributed by: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Description: 24-page activity/colouring book featuring Rover the Railway Rabbit.
Forward by OL.
Target Group: Kindergarten to grade 5 (ages 4 to 11)
Available from: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: English and French (available separately)
Title: You're on the Wrong Track
Medium: Posters
Created by: OL
Distributed by: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Description: 18" x 24" poster. Set consists of 5 posters dealing with trespassing scenarios. Scenes include: snowmobilers, skiers, ATV operators, children on railway bridge, children with radios on railway tracks.
Target Group: General audience.
Available from: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: English and French (bilingual format)
Title: Untitled
Medium: Poster
Created by: OL
Distributed by: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Description: 11" x 17" poster illustrating truck in a dangerous position at crossing
Target Group: Truck/bus drivers
Available from: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: English and French (bilingual format)
Title: Trains Can't Stop (1987)
Medium: VHS video
(Children - 8 min 30 sec)
(Teens - 7 min)
(Adults - 6 min)
Created by: OL
Distributed by: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Description: Video illustrating hazards at highway/railway crossings. Children's version also contains segments dealing with trespassing.
Target Group: Available separately for children, teens, or adults.
Available from: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: English and French (available separately)
Title: Consequences (1990)
Medium: VHS video, 9 min 26 sec
Created by: OL
Distributed by: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Description: Video illustrating trespassing incidents on railway property.
Target Group: Pre-teens (age 9-12)
Available from: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: English and French (available separately)
Title: The Gallery (1988)
Medium: VHS video, 12 min
Created by: OL
Distributed by: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Description: Video illustrating dangerous scenarios confronting truck/bus drivers at highway/railway crossings.
Target Group: Truck/bus drivers
Available from: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: English and French (available separately)
Title: Gambling a Lifetime
Medium: VHS video (English version 14 min 14 sec; French version 14 min 4 sec)
Created by: OL
Distributed by: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Description: Video illustrating crossing collision scenarios
Target Group: Adults
Available from: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: English and French (available separately)
Title: David's Run (1987)
Medium: VHS video, (English version 16 min; French version 15 min)
Created by: English version - Association of American Railroads
French version - Operation Lifesaver
Distributed by: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Description: Video illustrating dangerous trespassing scenarios involving teenagers.
Target Group: Teenagers (ages 12-18)
Available from: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: English and French (available separately)
Title: Rover the Railway Rabbit - On the Right Track (1993)
Medium: VHS video, 8 min 46 sec
Created by: OL, CN, Sheridan College
Distributed by: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Description: Animated film illustrating dangerous trespassing scenarios involving children.
Target Group: Children (ages 5-12)
Available from: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: English and French (available separately)
Title: Steel Wheels Don't Forgive (1995)
Medium: VHS video, 12 min
Created by: CN
Distributed by: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Description: Documentary about the train-related fatality of a high school student. Includes interviews with fellow students.
Target Group: Teenagers (age 12-18)
Available from: OL, CSC, PSC/L, railways, and others
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: English
Title: No Contest (1998)
Medium: VHS video, 14 min
Created by: OL
Distributed by: OL
Description: Both crossing and trespassing adult video
Target Group: Teenagers and adults
Available from: OL
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: English and French
Title: Safety - Railway Tracks Are for Trains Only
Medium: Pamphlet
Created by: Transport Canada
Distributed by: Transport Canada
Description: Pamphlet - Reference TP13279
Target Group: General Public
Available from: Transport Canada
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: Bilingual
Title: Railway Safety Officers
Medium: Pamphlet
Created by: Transport Canada
Distributed by: Transport Canada
Description: Pamphlet - Reference TP11359
Target Group: General Public
Available from: Transport Canada
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: Bilingual
Title: Direction 2006 - Program Documentation
Medium: Pamphlets
Created by: Direction 2006
Distributed by: Direction 2006 stakeholders
Description: Documentation on Direction 2006 initiatives
Target Group: General Public
Available from: Direction 2006 stakeholders
Cost: Free of charge
Languages: Bilingual
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