We are looking for two Projects Managers based in the Greater Toronto area. Join Park People and help strengthen community involvement in urban parks across the Park People network in major Canadian cities, including supporting programs delivered in the City of Toronto.
Why are events in parks important? How do grants fit into Park People’s larger goals for creating change in city parks?
Explore inspiring community-led events funded by our microgrants program, from land-based learning to nature walks and skill-sharing workshops.
How colonialism plays out in park practices and how we can work together to embed reconciliation and decolonization.
Discover ways to help you host events in your local parks during extreme heat events.
Each year, Park People Summits bring together our growing network of urban park changemakers to connect, reflect, and explore what’s possible for more inclusive, community-powered parks in our cities.
By donating to Park People, you’ll support vibrant parks for everyone.
We acknowledge the enduring presence and resilience of First Nations, Inuit and Metis people on these lands, and recognize their role as caregivers, stewards and storytellers across Turtle Island.
We believe that parks should play a vital role in providing shared spaces for all people and are an important space for reconciliation and decolonization.
We understand the infrastructure that lets us communicate digitally is physically located across Turtle Island, including on unceded territories.
Park People commits to the stewardship of these lands as Indigenous peoples have done since time immemorial, and to further recognize the history of colonization and commit to truth and reconciliation as a part of how we bring people together on common ground.
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