
Parks Research and
Knowledge Networks
Collaborate to improve parks and protected areas research, knowledge mobilization, & the development of advice for evidence-based decision-making.

Learning and
Resources
Discover and share Canadian parks and protected areas training opportunities, webinars, resources, and other content.

Innovation and
Collaboration
Connect with colleagues across Canada through forums, communities of practice, and the pan-Canadian park mentorship program.


Park Leaders Development Programs
Join the League of Leaders! Building on over fifteen years of parks systems leadership training, the Canadian Parks Collective offers a series of online and in-person collaborative development programs. We help you apply your leadership skills by exploring specific issues facing parks and protected areas and applying them to real-world challenges. Programs include an eight-month Park Leaders Development Program, Park Leadership Accelerators, and Park Leadership Primers.
All CPCIL programs build a pan-Canadian network of Park Leaders who can support each other—and their organizations—long after programs conclude.
About the Canadian Parks Collective
The Canadian Parks Collective for Innovation and Leadership is a project of the Mount Royal University Institute for Environmental Sustainability and is funded by the Canadian Parks Council and delivered in partnership with Mount Royal University’s Institute for Environmental Sustainability, in collaboration with Royal Roads University, the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University, and Université de Moncton.

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Affiliated Universities
Founding Universities of CPCIL are Mount Royal University, Royal Roads University, and York University Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change