This year again, local leaders gathered their neighbours, built connections, and restored nature in projects big and small. The movement continues to expand, and we're pleased to share just some of these impacts in our 2025 Impact Report.
Ready to rally your crew and make a visible difference in your local park? This guide walks you through everything you need to host a successful community clean-up in Toronto
Discover ways to help you host events in your local parks during extreme heat events.
Explore key findings from five years of the Canadian City Parks Report, highlighting significant trends, issues, and practices shaping urban parks across the country.
A guidance and resources to measure the impact of your park work on community health and wellbeing, integrating a social equity lens.
The 6th Montreal Park People Forum is back on September 17 under the theme “Remembering, Looking Forward, and Taking Action for Urban Parks".
By donating to Park People, you’ll support vibrant parks for everyone.
Geographer and Researcher, Organisme Respire
Sarah-Maude Cossette is a geographer and researcher at Organisme Respire, a Montreal-based non-profit organization specializing in qualitative research on urban issues. She co-leads the ADOES research project, which explores the practices and needs of adolescent girls in the city.
She has strong expertise in qualitative methodologies, complemented by hundreds of hours of field experience in urban environments—day and night, summer and winter. She has carried out research projects across a wide range of urban contexts and among populations marginalized in public spaces, including women, youth, older adults, people experiencing homelessness, and urban animals.
In line with Organisme Respire’s mission, she is committed to conducting research that responds to the realities and needs of communities.