Sparking Change
Location
Toronto, Ontario
Urban parks offer countless benefits to our physical and mental health, to our sense of community, and to our environment. But these benefits aren’t shared equally — Racialized and low-income people face barriers to accessing urban parks, such as inadequate park infrastructure and discrimination in public spaces.
The Sparking Change program in Toronto supports equity-deserving community groups to transform their parks into powerful engines of community development.
We connect grassroots groups to opportunities for training, professional networks, seed funding, and one-on-one coaching to help them activate their parks and offer programming that addresses barriers and meets their communities’ needs.
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community leaders trained to date
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people connected to their local park
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of participants report being better connected to their community
Generously supported by J.P. Bickell Foundation, Echo Foundation, Mohari Hospitality, and
