World Parks Academy Webinar: Winter Recreation in Urban Centres - Friluftsliv

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World Parks Academy Webinar: Winter Recreation in Urban Centres - Friluftsliv

Webinar Description: Partners from the Alberta Recreation and Parks Association, and WUP members from North America and Europe will host an exploration of winter recreation programming on how we can better keep our colder weather communities active and engaged. Winter can be a challenging time for not only citizens but professionals working to advocate for the winter use of parks, public spaces, and open spaces. Discover innovative public space development, programming, design and management from cities across North America and the World!

Learning Objectives

After attending this webinar, participants should be able to:

1. Be familiar with the basic principles of winter city design and how they lead to better year-round park design and use.
2. Understand the importance of promoting outdoor winter activities and amenities.
3. Come away with an introduction to GBA+ lenses and their importance in park design, maintenance, and programming.

Speakers

• Jayne Miller, Chair of World Urban Parks
• Isla Tanaka, Winter City Planner for the City of Edmonton
• Jen Francis, LEED AP, CPRP Deputy Director, Milwaukee County Parks
• Colin Buttery, Director of Open Spaces at the City of London

Dates & Times (Times are listed as local start times)

February 4th, 2021 at 1:00 PM EST

Webinar URL

Webcast URL If you do not wish to earn CEUs for this webcast, you do not need to register and may attend the webinar by simply clicking here.