As Dave Harvey retires from his co-leadership position at Park People, he reflects on the incredible journey since founding the organization in 2011.
Why are events in parks important? How do grants fit into Park People’s larger goals for creating change in city parks?
We know we benefit when we get outside and connect with others when winter makes us feel isolated. Here are some ideas for how your group can animate parks in winter.
Here are some valuable tips to create a welcoming, safe, and respectful environment for participants of all abilities, backgrounds, ages, and gender identities!
Today Park People launches the sixth Canadian City Parks Report–and the final iteration of this report in its current form: Bridging the Gap: How the park sector can meet today’s complex challenges through partnerships and collaboration.
How does the City of Victoria's Get Growing Victoria program take a food justice approach to provide gardening supplies to communities at risk of food insecurity, including those experiencing houselessness, Indigenous and racialized communities, seniors, and youth.
Launch webinar: Join the report’s researchers in a special launch webinar to get the inside scoop on the sixth Canadian City Parks report.
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Research programming planning officer, CIUSSS du Centre Sud de Montréal
Anne Pelletier has worked at the Direction régionale de santé publique of the CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal (Regional Public Health Department of the Integrated University Centre for Health and Social Services) since 2008, in the Environnement urbain et saines habitudes de vie (Urban Environment and Healthy Living) department. She holds a Master’s and a B.A. in Kinesiology from Université de Montréal. Her interests include the health impacts of active transportation and the design of active cities. In particular, she contributed to the development of the draft versions of PPASSAGE, a tool that can be used to assess walkability. She has led and contributed to a number of research projects linking public health and urban planning, one of the most recent of which addresses the issue of the accessibility of Montréal parks.