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 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.
For years, Geri and Gary James drove an hour outside Toronto to find nature — not realizing one of the…
Ready to rally your crew and make a visible difference in your local park? This guide walks you through everything you need to host a successful community clean-up in Toronto
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.
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Creative ways to connect people to nature, community, and care for ravines in Toronto.
Meet the 2025 InTO the Ravines Champions, and hear why they love and care about the ravines.
As the program nears its 4-year mark, Park People has recently launched the Ravine Engagement Report, highlighting its tremendous impacts on the communities it serves across the city.
It takes deliberate thinking and action to enjoy park and ravine spaces while ensuring they’re protected. How can you use ravine and park events to foster reciprocity and ensure the natural world benefits as much as the community does?
How Maggie is helping her community dip into and see the green spaces and ravines.
David MacLeod, Senior Environmental Specialist with the City of Toronto, and Carbon Conversations TO explore how ravines mitigate climate impacts and the steps we must take to protect them.
Explore how we can deepen our connection to the plants and animals of our land and ravines.