Park People’s Executive Director, Erika Nikolai, has been honoured with the Distinguished Individual Award from World Urban Parks—an international recognition that celebrates her leadership and the growing national movement Park People has helped build here in Canada.
Why are events in parks important? How do grants fit into Park People’s larger goals for creating change in city parks?
The emerging stream of the Park People Nature Connect Fund provides up to $5,000 to grassroots and registered organizations across Canada that connect people with nature, foster ecological stewardship, and restore urban parks and green spaces.
The scaling stream of the Park People Nature Connect Fund offers up to $20,000 to registered organizations across Canada that connect people with nature while fostering ecological stewardship and restoring urban parks.
Learn more about green social prescribing, an evolving practice that encourages individuals to reestablish connections with nature and one another to enhance their mental, physical, and social wellbeing.
A reflection on the BEING BLACK IN PUBLIC Survey Report, exploring how Black communities experience parks and public spaces, and what fosters joy and belonging.
How do we build a healthier, greener, more joyful Toronto? We start at the park. Discover how communities across the city have transformed their green spaces over the past fifteen years. Then roll up your sleeves and help shape what comes next.
By donating to Park People, you’ll support vibrant parks for everyone.
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Lead Researcher at Monumental
Eunice is an award-winning urban designer, researcher, registered planner, and all-around curious person. As a lead researcher at Monumental, Eunice champions equity-centered approaches and analysis, advocates for diverse perspectives, and highlights the power of community voices in the city-building process. Before joining the Monumental team, Eunice brings over 8 years of experience in the industry, most recently at Perkins&Will as an associate and senior urban designer. They bring deep expertise in community engagement, land use planning, public realm design, transportation, and led various research efforts around gender equity, public health, and as host of the Inhabit podcast. Their community-centered approach to their work has been awarded a National Urban Design Award for Community Initiatives, an AIA Canada Award of Merit, a Canadian Society of Landscape Architects Award of Excellence, and an OPPI PlanON Public Education award. Eunice is always thinking about the human experience and opportunities for storytelling, balancing both quantitative and qualitative research approaches. They are passionate about intersections—in human identities, between planning and people, urbanism and nature… and literally the design of intersections. Eunice lives in Toronto with their partner and their very silly dog Peanut.