Parks Blog

Category: Art & Music

  • Befriending the beings of Lake Superior Provincial Park

    Today’s blog comes from Zahra Ebrahim, Lake Superior Provincial Park’s 2022 artist-in-residence. It was spring of 2022 when I got a phone call from the Friends of Lake Superior Park to let me know that I had been selected as one of the two 2022 artists-in-residence. Lake Superior has played a huge role in my…

  • Open eyes, open mind: nature journaling with kids

    In today’s post, Discovery Leader Carlin Thompson from Sandbanks Provincial Park shares her top tips for nature journaling with kids. We did it, parents! We made it through another winter. The struggle of tackling young children into layered outerwear and the scavenger hunts for matching mittens now seem like a distant memory. What sweet relief. But…

  • "Gathering" at Rondeau

    Today’s post comes from Jess Matthews, a Chief Park Naturalist at Rondeau Provincial Park. A change was needed at the Rondeau Visitor Centre and we wanted it to be big. We worked with three different local Indigenous communities over five years to generate something amazing.

  • Nature journaling — just try not to be inspired

    This article was written (and illustrated!) by Courtney Lafleur, Senior Park Clerk at Murphys Point Provincial Park. Time spent in nature can have a profound and lasting positive effect on our physical and mental health, and journaling has long been heralded for its own health benefits. Put them together and you’ve got nature journaling; an…

  • Creating art out of garbage… barrels that is!

    As the busiest provincial park in the province (with 1.5 million visitors annually!), Wasaga Beach Provincial Park deals with A LOT of garbage. We want to encourage our visitors to dispose of their trash in appropriate areas, and protect our natural spaces. That’s why we’re proud to share our new partnership where garbage and art collide: art…

  • My experience as Lake Superior's first artist-in-residence

    Today’s post comes from Marta Stares, the Friends of Lake Superior Provincial Park‘s first artist-in-residence. In 2021, Lake Superior Provincial Park and the Friends of Lake Superior Provincial Park established its first Artist-in-Residence program. I was honoured to be selected as the park’s first ever participant, and to be able to paint and capture the stunning…

  • This mindfulness moment brought to you by nature….

    Today’s blog post comes from Ecologist Corina Brdar. When Corina’s not working at Ontario Parks, she is actively involved in the growing nature journaling and mindfulness community. It seems the term “mindfulness” is showing up everywhere in our lives these days. It can be a tricky concept to try out in your everyday life, though.…

  • Honouring Quetico: my experience as an artist-in-residence

    The Artist-in-Residence Program at Quetico Provincial Park provided two weeks of rest, peace, inspiration, and creativity at the artist’s studio on French Lake. In today’s post, Jennifer Caie shares her experience as Quetico’s artist-in-residence in June and July of 2019. Arriving at the studio, I was exhausted and worn out by the stresses of life. After…

  • Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Group of Seven

    In today’s post, Assistant Discovery Program Leader Emma Dennis invites us to reflect on Killarney Provincial Park’s landscapes, past and present. When I was young, we used to play a game where we would stand or sit in one spot, and use our imaginations to create an idea of what might have happened there years…

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