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?
InTO the Ravines creates opportunities for Torontonians to come together to explore the ravines, learn about their social and ecological benefits, and champion their preservation.
Host free, community-led park activities in Toronto this summer with the No-Fee Community Activations Booking. This hour-long virtual session will walk you through the booking — what's eligible, and how to apply step by step.
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Research programming planning officer, CIUSSS du Centre Sud de Montréal
Anne Pelletier has worked at the Direction régionale de santé publique of the CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal (Regional Public Health Department of the Integrated University Centre for Health and Social Services) since 2008, in the Environnement urbain et saines habitudes de vie (Urban Environment and Healthy Living) department. She holds a Master’s and a B.A. in Kinesiology from Université de Montréal. Her interests include the health impacts of active transportation and the design of active cities. In particular, she contributed to the development of the draft versions of PPASSAGE, a tool that can be used to assess walkability. She has led and contributed to a number of research projects linking public health and urban planning, one of the most recent of which addresses the issue of the accessibility of Montréal parks.