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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Research and Policy Consultant, Park People
Adri Stark is specialized in research and policy at Park People, and co-author of the annual Canadian City Parks Report. She leads Park People’s research on encampments, and has co-authored reports on the social impacts of parks, factors that elicit a sense of belonging in public space, and more. Adri holds an MA in Human Geography from University of Toronto, where her thesis explored how informal recyclers (also known as binners) use public space as a workplace. She is pursuing her PhD in Urban Planning, Policy, & Design at McGill University, exploring municipal policy responses to encampments.