This year again, local leaders gathered their neighbours, built connections, and restored nature in projects big and small. The movement continues to expand, and we're pleased to share just some of these impacts in our 2025 Impact Report.
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
Discover ways to help you host events in your local parks during extreme heat events.
Explore key findings from five years of the Canadian City Parks Report, highlighting significant trends, issues, and practices shaping urban parks across the country.
A guidance and resources to measure the impact of your park work on community health and wellbeing, integrating a social equity lens.
The 6th Montreal Park People Forum is back on September 17 under the theme “Remembering, Looking Forward, and Taking Action for Urban Parks".
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Netami Stuart is Senior Project Manager, Toronto Island Projects at the City of Toronto Parks and Recreation Division. She is responsible for the implementation of a 25-year vision for the development and resilience of Toronto Island Park. Both professionally and as a volunteer, Netami has made urban ecology and Toronto’s public parks her passion for over twenty years. As a landscape architect and arborist, Netami weaves living systems, design thinking, and delight into her work in Toronto’s public sector.
Previous to her current job, Netami worked for Waterfront Toronto as the Senior PM responsible for the design and construction of Biidaasige Park and the new mouth of the Don River. As a designer and ecologist, Netami has worked in the private sector for PMA Landscape Architects, Ecoplans and Urban Forest Associates. Supporting the integration of design and stewardship, Netami represented the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects on the Board of the Ontario Parks Association for three years.