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@Park_People
@parkppl
#HOTC
#CDLV
Presenting sponsor With generous support from
About the Conference
Heart of the City is Canada’s only national
conference focused on gathering together the
people who activate the power of parks in cities
across Canada.
We are honoured this year to welcome to
Montreal 200 park professionals and community
leaders from all across Canada for three days of
learning, sharing, and connecting as we explore
one of Canada’s great park cities.
About Park People
Park People supports and mobilizes people to help them activate
the power of parks to improve the quality of life in cities across
Canada. Our network of ‘park people’ is made up of community
park group volunteers and community organizers, non-profits, park
professionals and funders—all of the key players making awesome
things happen in city parks across Canada. Through Canada-wide and
city-specific programs and events, funding, resources, research and
professional services we help realize the power of parks to build strong
communities, healthy environments, and resilient cities.
Our work has made us Canada’s leading city parks
transformation organization.
Land Acknowledgement
The Kanien’kehá:ka Nation is recognized as the custodians of the lands and waters of Montreal or
Tiohtiá:ke on which we gather today. This unceded territory has long served as a site of meeting
and exchange amongst nations.
We are honoured to be able to gather here, as we believe that parks should play a vital role
in providing shared spaces for all people and are an important space for reconciliation and
decolonization. We welcome you to join us in our commitment to the stewardship of this land as
Indigenous peoples have done since time immemorial, and to further understand the history of
colonization and how truth and reconciliation can be a part of how we bring people together on
common ground.
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Welcome from the
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mayor of Montreal
On behalf of all Montrealers, I would like to
wish you a warm welcome to our metropolis.
I am thrilled to see our city host such a
valuable national conference, Canada’s only
event of its kind dedicated exclusively to
urban parks.
Parks and green areas are points of
convergence for all members of our communities. They provide special places for
citizens to grow, and play a key role in their quality of life.
The theme of this conference lies at the very heart of the issues surrounding the
development of our cities, as it highlights the importance of transforming our green
areas into appealing and inclusive hubs. It is with this in mind that our administration
has been working relentlessly to offer Montrealers high quality parks, thus
contributing to building a better future for our metropolis.
To those of you who are visiting us, I wish you a most pleasant stay in Montréal. You
will find that it is a welcoming, vivacious metropolis that believes in the importance
of placing nature at the very core of urban life, as shown through the diversity of the
1,200 parks on its territory.
I would like to take this opportunity to express my deepest gratitude to Park
People. Through your well recognized commitment, you are engaging citizens and
encouraging communities to take ownership of their parks.
Enjoy the conference!
Valérie Plante
Mayor of Montréal
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Conference at a Glance
Wednesday, June 12th Mount Royal Park
Scenic Walking Tour of Mount Royal Park
(Spaces limited. This event requires registration).
4:00 -
Come and explore the spectacular Mount Royal Park and its panoramic views of Montréal.
Hosted by 6:00pm
Hosted by Les amis de la montagne, you will also learn about the collaborative efforts
to protect and maintain Montreal’s grand Mount Royal.
Meet at 4:00pm at Monument to Sir George-Étienne Cartier (Park Avenue north of Pine).
6:00 - Evening Social at Café des amis - Beaver Lake Pavillion
8:30pm (Spaces limited. This event requires registration).
Grande Bibliothèque
Thursday, June 13th 475 Boulevard de Maisonneuve East
8:00 - 9:00am Registration + Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30am Welcome + Opening Remarks
Keynote speaker: Rena Soutar
10:30 - 11am Coffee Break
Morning Nature in the City Evaluating Park Use and Impact
11:00 - 12:30pm You Belong Here Growing the Local Food Movement
Workshops Building Inclusion Advice from Funders
12:30 - 1:30pm Lunch in Jardins Gamelin
1:30 - 2:30pm Launch of Canada’s first
City Parks Report
2:30 - 3pm Ice Cream Break
Circuit Jardin (Garden Route) Square Cabot
3:00pm
Afternoon Parc La Fontaine Champ des Possibles (Field of Possibilities)
Tours Grand Potager Place de la Paix (Peace Park)
(1.5 to 2.5 hrs.) Mount Royal Park
Break
6:30 - 9:00pm Evening Social at Parc La Fontaine
9:00 - 11:00pm Fire + Films, Storytelling and Puppetry with Toronto’s Shadowland Theatre, Winnipeg’s Val T. Vint
and Montreal’s Indigenous film studio Wapikoni
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Grande Bibliothèque
Friday, June 14th 475 Boulevard de Maisonneuve East
8:00 - 9:00am Breakfast
9am - 10am
Welcome + Opening Remarks
Keynote speaker: Jérôme Dupras
10am - 10:30am Coffee Break
Morning Creative Partnerships Designing and Delivering Great Park Programming
10:30 - noon Parks for the Future Innovative Park Funding Models
Workshops The Art of Community-Building
Lunch at TOHU
12:30 - 2:00pm
Montreal’s circus arts centre
Tour of Parc Frédéric-Back
2:00 - 3:00pm the most ambitious environmental rehabilitation project in North America
Afternoon Parc Frédéric-Back Montreal’s Greenway
3:00pm Bellechasse neighbourhood La Pépinière
Tours Parcours Gouin
(1.5 to 2.5 hrs.)
6:30 - 9:00pm Optional evening gathering at Village au Pied-du-Courant (not a conference sponsored event).
Confernece
Wifi at BAnQ
Getting Around the Conference Select Wifi Network:
BAnQ_Evenements
Username: 45166354
Password: 680629
Espace La Fontaine
(Thursday night reception)
BAnQ Grand Bibliothèque
Monument to Sir George- (main conference venue)
Étienne Cartier (Wednesday 475 Boulevard de Maisonneuve East
tour meeting point)
Berri-UQÀM Subway Hub
for the Green, Orange
and Yellow lines
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Our Bursary Program
One of the greatest benefits of the Heart of the
City Conference is the cross-sectoral learning
it facilitates between park professionals,
non-profits, and the grassroots community
organizations that all help to bring vibrant
programs, essential stewardship, and
meaningful engagement to our urban parks.
We are grateful to TD The Ready
Commitment, Nature Valley, and the
Metcalf Foundation for supporting dozens
of travel bursaries to bring vital players in our
nation-wide park network to the conference.
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Wednesday, June 12th Mount Royal Park
Scenic Walking Tour of Mount Royal Park
(Spaces limited. This event requires registration).
4:00 - Come and explore the spectacular Mount Royal Park and its panoramic views of Montreal.
6:00 pm Hosted by Les amis de la montagne, you will also learn about the collaborative efforts
to protect and maintain Montreal’s grand Mount Royal.
Meet at 4:00pm at Monument to Sir George-Étienne Cartier (Park Avenue north of Pine).
6:00 - Evening Social at Café des amis - Beaver Lake Pavillion
8:30 pm (Spaces limited. This event requires registration).
hosted by
Hosted by
BAnQ Grand Bibliothèque
Monument to Sir (main conference venue)
475 Boulevard de Maisonneuve East
George-Étienne Cartier
(Park Ave, north of Pine)
From BAnQ, walk (35 mins) or take the green line
subway (direction Angrignon) 2 stops to Station
4pm
Place-des-Arts (fee $3.25). Cross north to catch the
Tour #80 bus north, 6 stops to Monument Sir George-
Étienne Cartier (25 minutes)
Café des amis
Beaver Lake Pavillion
You can also meet us here directly by taking the #30 bus
6:00 north on Rue Berri from BAnQ 8 stops (or the subway)
Social to Station Mont-Royal, then the #11 bus right up the
mountain to the Beaver Lake Pavillion (45 minutes).
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Thursday Morning Grande Bibliothèque Auditorium
8:00 Breakfast + Registration
8:50 Welcome + Opening Remarks
Dave Harvey Executive Director and Founder of Park People
TD The Ready Commitment
Land Acknowledgement by Caroline Magar Park People’s Montreal Development Lead
Welcome from Elder Sedalia Kawennotas
Greeting from Marie-Ève Bordeleau Montreal’s Commissioner of Indigenous Affairs
9:30 Keynote by Rena Soutar Reconciliation Planner, Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation
Rena Soutar
Rena Soutar is the first Reconciliation Planner at Vancouver Board of
Parks and Recreation. In this role, Soutar works with the Park Board,
the City of Vancouver and First Nations communities to uphold the
organizations’ commitment to the 11 Reconciliation strategies, as well
as the Board’s endorsement of the mission to “decolonize the Park
Board”.
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Morning Workshops
Bilingualism at Heart of the City / Le bilinguisme au Coeur de la ville
In order to provide as much of a bilingual conference experience as possible, we are thrilled
to be able to offer:
Simultaneous translation in both English and French for all keynotes and some workshops
Bilingual moderators for workshops and translated presentations
Tours conducted in a combination of English and French
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Thursday Workshops
Nature in the City
Urban parks walk a fine line between accommodating high levels of use and maintaining their natural
integrity. Discover a number of tools and tactics to connect city-dwellers with nature while balancing
conservation and instilling stewardship. With the expertise of Parks Canada, Toronto and Region
Conservation Authority, SEPAQ, Les Amis de la Montagne and the Stanley Park Ecology Society.
Julie Lefebvre Lead Activity Analyst / Visitor Experience Branch, Parks Canada and Emily Kinnon Acting Visitor
Experience Manager, Rouge National Urban Park
Cédric Landuydt Directeur chez Sépaq - Parc nationaux des Îles-de-Boucherville et du Mont-Saint-Bruno,
SEPAQ (Société des Établissements de Plein Air du Québec)
Andrea Chreston Project Manager, Tommy Thompson Park, Toronto and
Region Conservation Authority
Dylan Rawlyk Executive Director of the Stanley Park Ecology Society
Moderated by Hélène Panaïoti Executive Director of Les amis de la montagne
You Belong Here
Parks are the heart of our shared urban experience. How, and for whom, we design them impacts
accessibility, inclusion, and civic engagement. In a dynamic session with 8-80 Cities, the Toronto
Skateboarding Committee and the Rick Hansen Foundation, discover the value of engaging
conflicting interests and participate in a deep discussion about accessibility, balancing park uses, and
successfully designing and programming parks for different ages, abilities, and uses.
Amanda O’Rourke Executive Director of 8 80 Cities
Brianna Aspinall Project Manager, Park People
Kevin Ng Certification Adjudicator, Rick Hansen Foundation
Ariel Stagni Founding Member of the Toronto Skateboard Committee
Moderated by Caroline Magar Park People’s Montreal Development Lead
Evaluating Park Use and Impact
Evaluation is essential to understanding, improving, and validating the work we do in parks.
From master planning to user experience to group decision making - come and explore new
methodologies and technologies that will help make parks and public spaces more responsive to
user needs, and their impacts more clearly understood. Try out new digital tools and discuss with
Sidewalk Labs, the Vancouver Park Board, and Centre d’ecologie urbaine de Montreal the right
questions to ask when embarking on an evaluation process.
Tristan Bougie Project Manager, Montreal Urban Ecology Centre
Katherine Howard Project Manager, VanPlay, Parks and Recreation Services Master Plan, Vancouver Park Board
Ariel Kennan Director of Civic Innovation and Jacqueline Lu Associate Director, Sidewalk Labs
Moderated by Clemence Marcastel Park People’s Communications and Marketing Coordinator
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Thursday Workshops
Building Inclusion
As our shared common spaces, parks have the opportunity to nurture diversity. Through their design,
management, and programming, they can shape those that are considered legitimate users. Hear
from author Lezlie Lowe, Exeko, and The Powell Street Festival Society and discuss how to ensure
that parks foster tolerance, balance user needs, and facilitate interactions among people from all
walks of life.
Emiko Morita Executive Director, Powell Street Festival Society
François-Xavier (FX) Michaux Co-founder and CEO, Exeko
Lezlie Lowe Author of No Place To Go: How Public Toilets Fail Our Private Needs
Moderated by Marie-Pierre Gadoua BAnQ’s Cultural Mediation Planner
Growing the Local Food Movement
Food is essential and universal, and growing food in public space can be a wonderful means of
community-building, but how do we make sustainable models for community gardens and urban
agriculture that retain knowledgeable and engaged members, have long-term access to land, and
that can pay their bills?
Dig into the essentials of community food growing in our parks and public spaces featuring Grand
River Food Forestry, Greenest City, Spence Neighbourhood Association and Hope Blooms.
Olivia Michalczuk Environment and Open Spaces Coordinator, Spence Neighbourhood
Association
Angela ElzingaCheng Executive Director, Greenest City
Kolade Boboye and Craig Cain Social Innovation Coordinators, Hope Blooms
Nicola Thomas PDC/GRFF Founder/Community Capacity Builder, Grand River Food Forestry
Moderated by Clélia Bry Park People’s Bilingual Communications Assistant
Advice from Funders
Get advice directly from funders about how to best present your work to increase your chances of
receiving funding.
Diane Bertrand Director of Community Engagement for the Foundation du
Grand Montreal
Mandip Kharod Regional Manager, Pacific & Prairie Region, TD Friends of the Environment
Foundation Environment
Leila Fenc Executive Director, Toronto Parks and Trees Foundation
Moderated by Delphine Acoca Regional Program Manager for TD Friends of the Environment
Foundation Environment supporting Quebec and the Atlantic region
10Thursday Afternoon Grande Bibliothèque
12:30 - 1:30pm Lunch at Jardin Gamelin
1:30 - 2:30pm Launch of the Canadian Cities Parks Report
2:30 - 3:00pm Ice Cream Break
3:00pm Afternoon Tours
Launch of the Canadian
City Parks Report
Thursday June 13th 1:30pm at BAnQ
Grande Bibliothèque
The Canadian City Parks Report highlights the
trends, challenges, and leading practices in 23
Canadian cities to inspire action, share learning,
and track progress in city parks across the country.
Thank you to The W. Garfield Weston Foundation
for its support for the creation and launch of this
report.
11Thursday Afternoon Tours
All Thursday afternoon tours will depart from BAnQ Grand Bibliothèque
in the Jardin des Arts at 3:00pm and return to BAnQ between 4:30 and 6pm.
Tours are all rain or shine. Please bring an umbrella or sun protection and appropriate footwear.
Transit tickets will be provided for any routes requiring public transportation.
Circuit Jardin (Garden Route)
(Tour conducted in French with English translation assistance)
Moderate walking involved.
Explore the Circuit Jardin, a series of vacant lots transformed into a green oasis in the heart of the city,
a perfect place to reconnect with nature. This tour will be guided by the urban greening masters and
social justice focused, Sentier Urbain.
Parc La Fontaine Moderate walking involved.
Meet Avenir Parc La Fontaine, the citizen group involved in ensuring the preservation and the
authenticity of Parc La Fontaine throughout the development of its recently adopted Master Plan.
Enjoy one of Montreal’s grand parks while learning how this citizens group navigated the complexity of
the park Master Planning process.
Grand Potager Arrival by charter bus, minimal walking involved.
Explore Grand Potager, a unique re-purposing of the City of Montreal’s former municipal greenhouse,
which now houses the Center of Urban Agriculture and 21 organizations. See aquaponics, composting,
beekeeping, and many other agriculture-based projects.
Bus will return to BAnQ at 6pm
Mount Royal Park Arrival by transit, hilly walking involved.
With Les amis de la montagne take a deep dive into the daily challenges of managing and protecting
the biodiversity of Mount Royal Park with over 5 million annual users.
Square Cabot Arrival by transit, minimal walking involved.
Discover Square Cabot, a public square redesigned to honour social diversity in the heart of downtown
Montreal including the creation of the first Indigenous-staffed social enterprise cafe. Explore the layers
of intention to support homeless communities invested in this project from partners the borough of
Ville-Marie, Itinéraire, and the Café Roundhouse.
Place de la Paix (Peace Park) Moderate walking involved.
Explore themes of inclusion and how to integrate skateboarding into urban parks with the Toronto
Skateboarding Committee and Montreal-based Dave Boots at Place de la Paix (Peace Park).
12Thursday Afternoon Tours
Champ des Possibles (Field of Dreams)
Arrival by transit. Moderate, grassy walking involved.
Visit the Champ des Possibles, an abandoned train yard restored into a green space and nature
playground. The organization Le Lion et La Souris (The Lion and the Mouse) will talk about their urban
forest school activities on the site. Members of Les Amis du Champ des Possibles will join the Lion
and the Mouse to discuss their collaborative relationship and shared challenges.
Parc La Fontaine
Champ des
Possibles
BaNQ Grande
Bibliothèque
Circuit Jardin
Mount
Royal Park
Peace Park
Square
Cabot
Grand
Potager
(by bus)
Evening Social at Parc La Fontaine
Join us at 7 pm for great food and drink in the beautiful pond-side
Espace La Fontaine.
The evening will continue outdoors at sunset with Fire + Films, Storytelling
and Puppetry with Shadowland Theatre, musician and knowledge keeper Val
T. Vint and Montreal’s Indigenous film studio Wapikoni.
Bring warm clothes for after sundown. 13Friday Morning Grande Bibliothèque Auditorium
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 What Park People can do for you
Dave Harvey Executive Director and Founder of Park People
9:10 Closing day welcome - Val T. Vint Winnipeg-based artist, musician and knowledge keeper
9:20 Keynote - Jérôme Dupras President of the fondation pour la protection de l’environnement
(Foundation for the Protection of the Environment)
Jérôme Dupras
Jérôme Dupras is the bassist for the Cowboys Fringants, an academic
and a passionate environmental advocate. Learn how these worlds
meld in his work to illustrate the social, environmental and economic
benefits of investing in greening our public spaces. (Presented in
French with simultaneous translation in English).
10:10 Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00 Morning Workshops
Checking out of your lodgings this morning?
Bags can be left at the Hotel ITHQ and M-Montreal in their luggage
rooms. You are also welcome to bring your luggage to BAnQ Grande
Bibliothèque and we can store it until after your afternoon tours.
The Airport shuttle leaves from Berri-UQÀM Subway beside BAnQ
every 15 minutes until 7pm, then every 30 minutes. Please have $10 in
coins to pay on the bus.
If you wish to leave for the airport by taxi from TOHU, simply bring
14 your luggage with you.Friday Workshops
Creative Partnerships
Park work often happens at the juncture of grand vision and scarce resources. This is where the power
of partnerships works its magic. Join the City of Toronto, Les amis de la montagne, Park People,
Green Change, The Bentway, and the Vancouver Park Board for a cross-sectoral look at challenges,
opportunities, and lessons learned from decades of experience in effectively harnessing partnerships
between park groups, municipalities, social housing communities, art galleries and other interesting
collaborators.
David Carey Co-Executive Director and Kris Kinsey Development Coordinator, The Bentway
Eric Stadnyk Project Manager City of Toronto - Parks, Forestry & Recreation
Hélène Panaïoti Executive Director - Les amis de la montagne
Janelle Richards Education Lead, Green Change Jane/Finch Centre
Minaz Asani-Kanji Manager of Outreach - Park People
Moderated by Caroline Magar Park People’s Montreal Development Lead
The Art of Community-Building
Making art in public, and allowing the opportunity for people to create together, builds a powerful
sense of community that grows civic engagement, reduces social isolation, builds pride and helps foster
community cohesion. Presenters share ideas for simple regulatory and communications approaches
that can play a huge role in facilitating community art projects and programs in parks and public spaces.
Learn the value of community arts and the simple formula for bringing your public spaces to life with
seasoned practitioners Val Vint, Wonder’neath, MABELLEarts and Dramatic Changes.
Leah Houston Artistic Director, MABELLEarts
Heather Wilkinson Co- Artistic and Executive Director, Wonder’neath Art Society
and Eric Diolola Lead Art Biker, artbikers.ca
Val Vint Knowledge Keeper
Ross Unger Executive Director, Dramatic Changes
Moderated by Clémence Marcastel Park People’s Communications and Marketing Coordinator
Parks for the Future
As our cities become more densely populated, parks are increasingly a refuge from grey asphalt. With
the threats of climate change, there is a heightened need for our parks and green spaces to act as
mitigation to floods and heat waves. Learn with DTAH, Société Jean Drapeau Park, the Vancouver Park
Board, and the Toronto Downtown Parks and Public Realm Plan how parks can be the beacons of climate
change resilience and increase the quality of life in our cities through forward-thinking, planning and
design.
Corrine Fox Urban Planner, City of Toronto
James Roche Partner, DTAH
Dave Hutch Director of Planning and Park Development, Vancouver Park Board
Jonathan Cha Planning Advisor, Société Parc Jean Drapeau
Moderated by Rachel Yanchynshyn Park People’s Program Coordinator
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Designing and Delivering Great Park
Programming
Programming is how parks reach communities. Learn in this hands-on workshop with
programming experts Jamii, The Bentway, and City of Calgary Parks how to create impactful
and inclusive programming that meets diverse community needs and makes our parks the
heart of our communities.
Kirsten Pilger and Marlis Eaton Volunteer and education supervisors,
Calgary Parks Environmental Education team
Ilana Altman Co-Executive Director, The Bentway Conservancy
Isorine Marc Executive & Programming Director, Jamii
Moderated by Gabrielle Doiron Outreach Coordinator and Facilitator, Le Lion et la Souris
Innovative Park Funding Models
(Session conducted in French and English with simultaneous translation)
Explore innovative funding models from successful organizations across Canada. Learn
about building philanthropic partners, community-raised funds, and participatory budgeting
for improving parks. Explore the century-old Federation of Community Leagues and learn
about other models to propel your park fund-raising efforts with insights from Edmonton
Federation of Community Leagues, Parks Foundation Calgary, and Centre d’écologie urbaine
de Montréal.
Sara Stepa Director of Programs, Parks Foundation Calgary
Laura Cunningham-Shpeley Executive Director and Masood Makarechian former
Executive Director, Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues
Isabelle Gaudette Project and Development Manager, Centre d’écologie urbaine de
Montréal (Montreal Urban Ecology Centre)
Moderated by Natalie Brown Park People’s Program Manager
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17Friday Afternoon TOHU + Parc Frédéric-Back + tours
12:00 - 12:30pm Travel by metro to TOHU (workshop hosts will provide you with transit tickets)
12:30 - 1:15pm Lunch under the Big Top!
1:15 - 2:00pm Presentation at TOHU + departure for Parc Frédéric-Back deep dive tour
2:00 - 3:00pm The group will divide for their choice of two tours:
The team at the Parc Frédéric-Back office in the city of The TOHU will offer a tour of their LEED GOLD certified
Montreal invites you to discover the landscapes and building, a presentation of the residents of St-Michel
unique features of Parc Frédéric-Back through a guided
or district employment program and a walk through the new
walk to the Boisé Est lookout, offering a 360-degree wooded area of Parc Frédéric-Back.
view of the park and the city.
Friday Afternoon Tours
All tours will return to BAnQ Grande Bibliotheque with a drop off at TOHU if requested.
La Pépinière and Montreal’s Greenway tours can also drop off directly at Village au Pied-du-Courant.
Parc Frédéric-Back (deep dive)
*Arrival by charter bus, minimal walking involved.
Visit the new Parc Frédéric-Back, one of the most ambitious environmental rehabilitation projects ever
undertaken in North America. Dive deep into the design and landscape challenges of restoring this
former quarry and city dump, and learn about the vision for completing what will become one of the
largest green spaces in Montreal.
Bellechasse Neighbourhood
(Tour conducted part in English, part in French)
*Arrival by transit, moderate walking involved.
The Bellechasse neighbourhood is alive with citizen initiatives, converting neglected public spaces
into community gathering places and urban greening projects. Explore one of Réseau des Éco-
Quartier’s 400 Green Alleys, and other neighbourhood place-making projects by Oasis Bellechasse,
Solon and Le Carré et sa ruelle.
La Pépinière
*Arrival by charter bus, minimal walking involved.
Visit the office of La Pépinière’s collective space projects and see an example of one of their playful
18 and participatory place-making projects: the Village au Pied-du-Courant.Friday Afternoon Tours
Parcours Gouin
*Arrival by charter bus. This tour involves physical activity and as a safety precaution, participants
should know how to swim.
Come discover the Parcours Gouin project, a 15 kilometer-long river-side green space network.
Learn from GUEPE’s famous educators about combining sport, historical, cultural and environmental
initiatives, and visit the Pavilion, Montreal’s first zero-energy building.
Montreal’s Greenway
(Tour conducted in both French and English)
*Arrival by charter bus, moderate walking involved.
Meet, with the Montreal Regional Environmental Council, several groups committed to the protection
and enhancement of parks and green spaces in order to create a green connection across the east
end of Montreal. Visit the forest of Thomas-Chapais Park with the Citizen Committee of Thomas-
Chapais Park, then explore Parc Promenade Bellerive along the St. Lawrence River with the Société
d’animation de la promenade Bellerive and les Amis du parc national des îles de Boucherville.
Montreal’s
TOHU Greenway
Parc Frédéric-Back
Parcours Gouin
La Pépinière
Village au Pied-
du-Courant
Bellechasse
Neighbourhood BAnQ
Grande
Bibliothèque
6:30 - 9:00 Optional evening gathering at Village au Pied-du-Courant (not an official conference event).
From BAnQ walk west 30 minutes along St. Catherine Street or take the bus from the South/West corner
of Park Gamelin, heading West to Fuller Street. Rain location to be announced.
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