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?
Meet the Ontario Community Changemakers and learn more about their inspiring initiatives transforming parks across the province.
Creative ways to connect people to nature, community, and care for ravines in Toronto.
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.
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Check out the Arts in the Parks toolkit.
For more information reach out to: chashie@parkpeople.ca
Park People partners with the Toronto Arts Foundation to help deliver its signature Arts in the Parks program.Arts in the Parks brings free, family-friendly arts events and activities to parks outside Toronto’s downtown core. Offerings include theatre performance, music concerts, film screenings and workshops for children, families, and neighbours.
Park People helps to facilitate strong relationships between artists and community park groups in green spaces across the city, and we support outreach efforts to our network of over 3,500 park enthusiasts.
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urban parks animated with dynamic activities in Toronto
artist-produced events in parks
participants in neighbourhoods across the city
Find all of Arts in the Parks events here: www.artsintheparksto.org
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Discover how Arts in the Parks is transforming Toronto’s green spaces into vibrant hubs of creativity—and how Park People helps make it all possible.
The scaling stream of the Park People Nature Connect Fund offers up to $40,000 to registered organizations across Canada that connect people with nature while fostering ecological stewardship and restoring urban 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 InTO the Ravines Champions program offers people living near ravines training and support to learn, explore, and celebrate Toronto's one-of-a-kind ravines system.