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?
The emerging stream of the Park People Nature Connect Fund provides up to $5,000 to grassroots and registered organizations across Canada that connect people with nature, foster ecological stewardship, and restore urban parks and green spaces.
The scaling stream of the Park People Nature Connect Fund offers up to $20,000 to registered organizations across Canada that connect people with nature while fostering ecological stewardship and restoring urban parks.
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.
A reflection on the BEING BLACK IN PUBLIC Survey Report, exploring how Black communities experience parks and public spaces, and what fosters joy and belonging.
How do we build a healthier, greener, more joyful Toronto? We start at the park. Discover how communities across the city have transformed their green spaces over the past fifteen years. Then roll up your sleeves and help shape what comes next.
By donating to Park People, you’ll support vibrant parks for everyone.
Intersectional Programs Coordinator at Le hub de mobilisation pour la justice climatique
Graduate from Lionel-Groulx College in 2017, Lourdenie is passionate about social sciences, mainly sociology, psychology and anthropology. She is currently strengthening her experience in the field by working in the community sector. In the past few years, she invested her time into personal projects as well, such as L’environnement, c’est intersectionnel (The environment is intersectional), an initiative that combines arts, social engagement and popular education.
Intersectional feminist, speaker and community-worker, she focus on anything that touches sociology, inclusion, and social justice.