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?
TD Park People Grants support local leaders to organize environmental education, sustainability or stewardship events that bring people together across Canada.
A guidance and resources to measure the impact of your park work on community health and wellbeing, integrating a social equity lens.
Learn more about green social prescribing, an evolving practice that encourages individuals to reestablish connections with nature and one another to enhance their mental, physical, and social wellbeing.
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Taiaiako’n Historical Preservation Society
Donna Powless (Cayuga from Six Nations) is the director of Taiaiako’n Historical Preservation Society (THPS), which was formed under the jurisdiction of Chief Arnold General, Beaver Clan, Onondaga, Six Nations. Powless is a researcher into Onkwehonwe sacred sites, an educator and counsellor who teaches Indigenous language arts and has worked tirelessly for the well-being of her community from within many different Native organizations. The mandate of THPS is to protect sacred sites in High Park and the Niwa’ah’ Onega’ Gai’ii (Humber River).