Urban spaces play a critical role in promoting health, wellbeing, and social connection, yet access to these spaces and their benefits remains inequitable. This talk shares insights from different projects, including the findings and community-engaged process of the research project Park Perceptions and Racialized Realities.

Park Perceptions and Racialized Realities explores the experiences of racialized and underserved communities in Toronto's urban greenspaces. Using participatory arts-based methods, community members documented and analyzed their interactions with these spaces, uncovering barriers related to access, safety, and systemic exclusion. Recommendations to create equitable, just, safe, and health-promoting greenspaces are shared as well as strategies for co-developing solutions with communities.

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