As Dave Harvey retires from his co-leadership position at Park People, he reflects on the incredible journey since founding the organization in 2011.
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.
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Conservation Projects Manager, Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES)
Ariane is the Conservation Projects Manager with Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES) and is a Registered Professional Biologist. She is originally from Montreal and did her master’s in biology at the Université de Montréal. She joined SPES in 2015 as an environmental educator, where she had the opportunity to connect people of all ages with nature in Stanley Park, Vancouver. In 2017 she joined the conservation team and has been planning habitat restoration and collaborative research projects within Stanley Park. Ariane loves to share her passion for the natural world with the community and to work on projects that make a difference for the Park’s ecology.