Are our large urban parks havens of nature or social spaces?

2024 marks the 150^th anniversary of our first major urban parks, Saint Helen’s Island and what’s now Lafontaine Park, built for the collective health of a working-class society. The recent pandemic revealed the appeal of these sanctuaries in an increasingly dense urban environment.

How can we preserve and increase the number of parks, while reconciling biodiversity protection with democratic and healthy access to nature and green spaces?

Presented Ivanhoé Cambridge

In collaboration with Héritage Montréal

PANEL

• Malaka Ackaoui, Co-Founder of WAA, Landscape Architect, Urban Planner
• Karel Mayrand, President and CEO, The Foundation of Greater Montréal, and President, Société du parc Jean-Drapeau
• Michèle Dagenais, Full professor, Department of History, Université de Montréal

INFORMATION

• Talk in French, presented on Wednesday, April 24, 2024
• Discussion and public Q&A in French and English.

City Talks

For the 12^th year in a row, the city’s thinkers and builders will come together for the City Talks series to debate current, tangible issues related to urban planning and the city, topics that concern all Montrealers.The talks will be moderated by Dinu Bumbaru, Policy Director at Héritage Montréal.