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SUMMARY:The Park People Conference Day 3
DESCRIPTION:\n\nDay 3\nSep 23: Abundant Landscapes\nEmbracing parks as rich landscapes for conservation and climate resilience\n\n\n\n\n\n10:30 am EDT\n\n\n\n\nRejuvenating Morning Nature Connection\n\nTo help balance the screen time associated with a virtual conference, join forest therapy guide and storyteller, Carolynne Crawley for a live guided audio experience to connect with All Our Relations through the practice of forest therapy. Join from your front or backyards, balcony, local park, or even from a window to tune into both to your surroundings and Carolynne’s invitations to explore and connect with all of Creation. This is an opportunity to de-stress and slow down while experiencing the importance of being in a loving and reciprocal relationship with Mother Earth.\n\n\n\n\nCarolynne Crawley\nFounder @Msit No’kmaq\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11:30 am EDT\nKeynote\n\n\n\nKongjian Yu\nFounder and Principle @Turenscape\n\n\n\n\nEmbracing Water: Natural Climate Infrastructure for Cities\n\nAward-winning Beijing landscape architect Kongjian Yu restores the natural ebb and flow of water to cities. With his landscape architecture firm Turenscape, Kongjiun has created beautiful, flexible spaces that embrace rather than control water. Join this inspiring keynote to understand how designing parks for water results in magnificent and future-proofed cities.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12:30 pm EDT\n\n\n\n\nCultivating Abundance with Nature\nPanel\n\nJoin four conservation experts who are at the forefront of integrating nature into urban environments. From community-based stewardship and restoration to creating urban meadows and daylighting streams, you’ll gain an understanding of how to cultivate natural environments that support biodiversity and nature connectedness in cities.\n\n\n\nJanet Sumner\nExecutive Director @Wildlands League\n\nAndy Ferguson\nStewardship Coordinator @Stanley Park Ecology Society\n\nMax Scruton\nSenior Water Resources Engineer @Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation\n\nChad Townsend\nEnvironmental Planner @Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation\n\nDave Pearce\nSenior Forest Conservation Manager @Wildlands League\n\nKrista Voth\nEnvironmental Stewardship Coordinator @Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCaring for the Land and Each Other: Elevating Stewardship\nPanel\n\nSix Quebec-based park experts share ideas and practices for engaging communities in land-based stewardship. Discuss with us how to foster meaningful connections to nature.\n\nFrench with English Interpretation\n\nDanielle Landry\nDirector @De ville en forêt\n\nMyriam Gemme\nProject Manager for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations @Conseil régional de l’environnement et du développement durable de l’Outaouais (CREDDO)\n\nMarie Lafontaine\nHead of the Biodiversity Department @City of Montreal\n\nAntonin St-Jean\nHead of Conservation Services @Les amis de la montagne\n\nJonathan Cha\nSenior Planning Advisor @Société du parc Jean-Drapeau\n\nÉlodie Choqueux\nCheffe de section, Gestion des parcs-nature @Ville de Montréal\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2:15 pm EDT\n\n\n\n\nHitting the Mark in Parks: Measuring Park Impact\nPanel\n\nHow do we know if our parks are successful in increasing biodiversity, enhancing inclusion and cultivating human well-being? Explore innovative mapping and measurement techniques that are helping advance discussions, decision-making and funding for equitable and vibrant urban parks.\n\n\n\nAlexander “AJ” Wray\nProject Coordinator @ParkSeek Canada\n\nCJ Schouten\nGIS Specialist @Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation\n\nIbrahim Dia\nPlanner @City of Mississauga\n\nJulien Voyer\nProject and development officer @Centre d’écologie urbaine de Montréal\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Field Guide to Fruitful Urban Agriculture Projects\nPanel\n\nGrowing food in cities supports food security while promoting reconciliation, local economic development, community building, and more. And yet, communities experience multiple barriers to growing food in parks. Join this national conversation to learn tools of the trade to create and sustain urban agriculture projects in public spaces.\n\n\n\nJavad Mozafari\nCommunity Engagement Coordinator @Flemo Farm, FoodShare Toronto\n\nNadine Nakagawa\nCouncillor @City of New Westminster\n\nLeona Brown\nCultural Facilitator @\n\nCaitlyn Harrison\nReconciliation Planning Analyst @Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation\n\nMarie-Pierre Bilodeau\nOperations Coordinator @Vancouver Urban Food Forest Foundation\n\nMoe Garahan\nProject Director @Food Communities Network\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdvice from Funders: Securing Support for your Park Project\nPanel\n\nGet advice directly from Canada’s leading green space funders! Learn how to best present your work and increase your chances of securing and renewing funding for your next park project.\n\nCommunity Groups\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4:00 pm EDT\nKeynote\n\n\n\nChúk Odenigbo\nFounding Director and Director of Ancestral Services @Future Ancestors Services\n\n\n\n\nAddressing Climate Justice Together in Parks\n\nJoin Chúk Odenigbo, founding director of Future Ancestors Services in embracing the importance of social justice in our ecological actions, particularly in urban parks and public spaces. As we work to improve the well-being of nature and our planet, we must push beyond traditional acts conservation and challenge deep-rooted societal systems of oppression and their impact on our relationship with the environment and each other.\n\nIn English and French with interpretation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4:40 pm EDT\n\n\n\n\nConference closing with Carolynne Crawley\n\n\n\n\nCarolynne Crawley\nFounder @Msit No’kmaq\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5:00 pm EDT\n\n\n\n\n“Ask-me-anything” Networking Session\nNetworking\n\nMeet fellow municipal staffers, NGOs or community leaders from across the country, and get your most pressing city park questions answered by park leaders with a wealth of experience in the parks sector.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
URL:https://climatechallenge.ca/events-campaign/the-park-people-conference-508-558/
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