As Dave Harvey retires from his co-leadership position at Park People, he reflects on the incredible journey since founding the organization in 2011.
Why are events in parks important? How do grants fit into Park People’s larger goals for creating change in city parks?
We know we benefit when we get outside and connect with others when winter makes us feel isolated. Here are some ideas for how your group can animate parks in winter.
Here are some valuable tips to create a welcoming, safe, and respectful environment for participants of all abilities, backgrounds, ages, and gender identities!
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.
How does the City of Victoria's Get Growing Victoria program take a food justice approach to provide gardening supplies to communities at risk of food insecurity, including those experiencing houselessness, Indigenous and racialized communities, seniors, and youth.
Launch webinar: Join the report’s researchers in a special launch webinar to get the inside scoop on the sixth Canadian City Parks report.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology at University of Windsor
Dr. Febria (she/her/siya) is a Pinay/Filipina immigrant settler to Turtle Island and an assistant professor at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER) & Dept. of Integrative Biology at the University of Windsor situated in Waiwiyaataanong (Windsor). Her lab – Healthy Headwaters Lab – advances freshwater science and restoration ecology efforts that connect land, water and people. Her research engages diverse knowledge systems and interdisciplinary approaches. Her lab hosts both a Farmers Advisory Board and Ode’imin Indigenous Knowledge Circle, the latter centres Indigenous science practitioners and communities in restoration and stewardship projects including one with co-panelist Clint Jacobs and others to launch the University of Windsor National Urban Park Hub in 2023. The Hub is the only university-based, research-focused initiative seeking to co-create and evaluate wise practices for equitable and inclusive engagement, Indigenous-led stewardship and programming to inform the National Urban Parks Policy and Programs.
In addition, Catherine also leads the Healthy Headwaters Lab and research team and serves as: co-Director of the GLIER Organic Analysis & Nutrients Laboratory (a central research facility), the Associate Director of FishCAST (an NSERC CREATE graduate student training program), is Canada’s nominated Multidisciplinary Expert Panel member with the Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Co-Chair of the International Science Advisory Panel for New Zealand’s Biological Heritage National Science Challenge, and as Coordinating Editor with the journal Restoration Ecology. Since 2019 she has successfully received more than $7.5 million in research-based funding and in 2022 was an inaugural recipient of the Great Lakes Champion Award from the International Association of Great Lakes Research for her efforts in championing equity, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of her teaching, research and service.