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Watch our special launch webinar with the Report’s authors to get the inside scoop on our findings.

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.

As Dave Harvey retires from his co-leadership position at Park People, he reflects on the incredible journey since founding the organization in 2011.

Watch the webinar recording to meet the report’s researchers and writers and get the inside scoop on the fifth annual report highlighting the most significant trends, issues, and practices shaping Canada’s city parks. 

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.

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.

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

How cities are navigating the benefits and challenges of privately owned public spaces (POPS) through creative policies and guidelines on design, stewardship, and public programming.

Restoring the Don River’s natural flow, Toronto’s renaturalization project enhances biodiversity, mitigates flooding, and reconnects the city with its waterways.

Public washrooms are a park necessity.. Discover Edmonton’s approach to creating safe, inclusive public washrooms.

Bill 23: A conversation with Michelle Dobbie, Manager Park and Natural Heritage Planning, City of Richmond Hill.

How leaders from across the country are using different methods to promote a sense of connection to nature by meeting people where they’re at

How we can foster a greater sense of connection to nature through awareness, reciprocity, and gratitude—and why that matters.

Meet the report’s researchers and writers and get the inside scoop on the fourth annual report featuring the biggest trends, issues, and practices shaping Canada’s city parks.

Whether converting streets to cool green oases, designing parks that celebrate water, or re-naturalizing the mouths of entire rivers, these eight Canadian projects point a way forward to more climate resilient cities.

Moving more towards nature-based solutions that view parks as key pieces of green infrastructure.

How using an environmental justice lens can help tackle climate change resilience and inequity in parks.

How climate change is impacting how we plan, design, and maintain parks.

Watch the webinar recording to meet the report’s researchers and writers and get the inside scoop on the third annual report highlighting the most significant trends, issues, and practices shaping Canada’s city parks. 

Rooted in Park People’s Canadian City Parks Report and a decade of work on park governance, we will share the latest opportunities and challenges emerging in Canada’s park partnerships.