Episode 31 - The Making of Biidaasige Park with Shannon Baker

In Episode 31 of the Sustainable Futures Podcast, Steven Peck speaks with Shannon Baker, Director of Design at Waterfront Toronto, about the role of landscape architecture in creating healthy cities. The conversation centers the creation of Biidaasige Park, part of Toronto’s $1.4-billion Port Lands Flood Protection Project, including Indigenous collaboration, urban rewilding, ecological restoration, and the challenges of transforming former industrial lands into vibrant public spaces. They also discuss how thoughtful design can reconnect people with nature to create better, livable cities.