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.
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Climate community organizer, Eco-arts practitioner, Outdoor leader, Policy Analyst
Sayemin is a climate advocate committed to building a more climate-just future—one project at a time. She is passionate about bridging gaps in climate initiatives through a multidisciplinary approach rooted in arts, land-based stewardship, and cross-cultural intergenerational knowledge transfer.
An economist by education, she works as a policy analyst for the BC Public Service. Outside her professional role, she is an active climate community organizer in Vancouver, serving in various leadership roles. She is a board member of the BIPOC Sustainability Collective and a co-founder of Solastalgia, a youth-led grassroots initiative that uses creative content, art, and land-based events like eco-walks to amplify youth and intergenerational voices on eco-anxiety.
Sayemin embraces a holistic approach to climate justice advocacy, grounded in her deep connection to nature. As an aspiring outdoor leader, she is eager to integrate advocacy with land-based educational activities that inspire action and use nature as a healing space for eco-anxiety. She is dedicated to removing barriers to accessing nature, parks, and outdoor spaces for historically excluded groups – because “nature is for all”
Sayemin is certified as an Outdoor Council of Canada field leader and an Interpretive Guides Association interpretive guide.