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Thank you for joining us!

Thank you to all who joined us for Parks Professional Pathways conference from Feb 22 to 24. We hope you enjoyed it!

Plus, a BIG thank you to all the Sponsors and Exhibitors who helped make Parks Professional Pathways a success!

On-Demand Viewing

On-demand access is now available to Delegates. Click here to learn how to access sessions on-demand.

Virtual Marketplace

The virtual Marketplace and virtual Delegate Bag is still available! Login to your My Conference account, and explore the specials and offers available from our Exhibitors and Sponsors. Login and visit the Virtual Marketplace here.

Marketplace Prizes

Thank you to all the Sponsors and Markeplace Exhibitors for donating prizes!

Delegates, login to the conference and visit the virtual Marketplace booths – play the trivia games for a chance to win prizes!

Prize winners will be drawn throughout the conference, Feb 22-24 Prize winners will be contacted directly.

Company	Prize and Value	Name of Winner
Denbow (2 Star Sponsor)	$50 gift certificate to The Keg	Devon Saretsky
Gaia College	The Essence of Organic Gardening - Seeing and Doing Things Differently. A Practical and Inspirational Handbook for Ecologically Conscious Gardeners by Heidy Hermary. (Value: $18)	Anastasia Bocolas
Habitat Systems (2 Star Sponsor)	$50 Amazon gift card	Jessica Sulz
Nats Nursery (3 Star Sponsor)	Two $100 gift cards to The Home Depot	Angela Sinclair Dave Gillis
Suttle Recreation	$100 gift card to Joey Restaurant	Olivia Huppee
Univerus (Event Technology Sponsor)	Apple Airpods	Melinda Yong
Wishbone Site Furnishings (Grand Prize Sponsor)	2 New York adirondack chairs, in the winner's choice of colours (Value: approx $500)	Ysabel Contreras

About Parks Professional Pathways

Parks Professional Pathways, presented by BC Recreation and Parks Association, is BC’s exclusive conference for parks professionals, such as maintenance staff, planners, visionaries, change-makers, and decision-makers. Parks professionals from local governments and from the private sector look to this conference as the place to keep up-to-date with the latest best practices, technology, and trends to stay on the changing demands of the environments they work in.

Happening virtually, our 45^th annual parks conference will welcome professionals, visionaries and leaders in horticulture, maintenance, arboriculture, and planning from all over.

Who attends Parks Professional Pathways?

Parks Directors, Managers, Supervisors and mid-Managerial Coordinators
Parks Designers and Parks Planners
Landscape Architects, Designers and Technicians
Parks Technicians
Turf Specialists
Playground Maintenance Staff
Arborists

Horticulturists
Gardeners
Groundskeepers
Cemetery Attendants
Equipment Operators Trades Foremen
Trail & Habitat Trades Staff
Community Planners

We welcome all parks professionals to join us for career and professional development!

Schedule At-a-Glance

Visit the Program page for complete details.

Time	Feb 22 Maintenance Day	Feb 23 Horticulture Day	Feb 24 Planning Day
8:00 - 9:05 am	Keynote: FireSmart Your Community	Keynote: Plants and Trees of the Future – A New Perspective in a Changing Environment	Keynote: Sports Stadiums as a Community Resource
9:15 - 10:15 am	Trends in Synthetic Turf	Fabricated Soils as a Tool in Landscape Restoration	Incorporating Biodiversity into Urban Parks
10:30 - 11:30 am	Innovations in Operations and Park Activation	Panel: The Evolution of Equitable Community Spaces and Gardens	Community and Environmental Practices in Public Art
11:45 - 12:45 pm	Strathcona Park Decampment	Urban Forest Policies for Climate Resilience	Managing Park Visitor Capacity in Parks Serving the Metro Vancouver Area
1:00 - 2:00 pm (Leadership Stream)	Promoting Mental Health and Wellness in the Workplace	The Lasting Lessons of Leading in pandemic Times	What's Holding You Back? Climate Change and the Dragons of Inaction

Thank you to our 2022 Sponsors!

Event Technology Sponsor

3 Star Sponsor

2 Star Sponsors

Grand Prize Sponsor