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How partnerships across city departments and with local community groups helped the City of Charlottetown recover from Hurricane Fiona’s devastating winds.

How Nature Canada is building a web of partners at all scales to help Canada achieve its biodiversity conservation goals.

How Toronto is transforming future park spaces into temporary public areas through partnerships, letting residents enjoy them now while planning for long-term park development.

How Mississauga is expanding parkland in a growing neighborhood to meet future demand through a cooperative, long-term property purchase plan.

How a temporary plaza in Montreal’s Parc Marcelin-Wilson was created to offer a gathering space for youth, with design improvements informed by Metalude’s insights through direct observations and youth engagement.

How Waterfront Toronto is raising the bar on inclusivity through their Waterfront Accessibility Design Guidelines.

How an agreement between the Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Metro Vancouver Regional Parks provides a path for shared cultural planning.

How can municipalities move from awareness to action? A conversation with Jay Pitter about Black people’s experiences in parks and public spaces.

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.

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.

Can different types of parks – with varying sizes, histories, descriptions, and designs – offer the same benefits as Canada’s historic “destination parks?

Learn more about the District of Saanich’s collaborative approach to tackling conflict over off-leash dog parks.

A look into the logistics of collaborative governance in a large urban park with Meewasin Valley Authority in Saskatoon.

The Montreal’s Darlington Ecological Corridor bridges urban and natural spaces while addressing both ecological restoration and social needs through meaningful partnerships.

How the City of North Vancouver is working to better engage equity-deserving groups in its longstanding Park Stewards program, including people who are underhoused, newcomers, and at-risk youth.

Brampton leads the way with its Eco Park Strategy, a citywide initiative focused on naturalization projects that preserve and enhance natural and cultural heritage.

Discover Vancouver’s ambitious parks and recreation master plan, using innovative mapping to guide equity-led parkland investment.

As cities struggle to find and pay for new park space to meet growth needs, some argue that a shift towards focusing on quality is part of the solution.

Park People launches the fifth annual Canadian City Parks Report: Surfacing Solutions: How Addressing Conflict and Reframing Challenges as Opportunities Can Create More Equitable and Sustainable Parks.

Explore the impacts of large urban parks on communities’ connectedness to nature and–by extension–their health and happiness. 

In July 2018 and November 2018, Park People worked with the City of Toronto and over 100 volunteers to conduct…