Webinar 5 – Toronto’s Equity-Based Green Streets Program

 

 ➡️ Is your municipality working to control stormwater, reduce flooding, and decrease water pollution?

➡️ Are you trying to green city streets and cool neighbourhoods?

➡️ Is your municipality working to protect those at greatest risk of harm from climate-related impacts? 

 

Come learn about Toronto’s Equity-based Green Streets program:

• how it was set up
• what neighbourhoods are being prioritized
• what it looks like in practice. 

Intended Audience:

  • Municipal staff working in public works, water management, sustainable development, parks and recreation, community services, transportation services
  • Staff working in public health

December 3rd 2025 | 1pm-2pm (EDT)

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Speakers

Kristina Hausmanis

Senior Project Manager,
Green Streets Transportation Services

Kristina has spent over 18 years working in municipal government developing and implementing multidisciplinary programs at the City of Toronto.  In her current position as the Green Streets Senior Project Manager for Transportation Services, she coordinates the implementation of green infrastructure into right-of-way projects and is the chair of the City’s Green Street Working Group.  Kristina holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from McGill University and a Master of Environmental Science from the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. She is also a member of the Green Infrastructure Leadership Exchange and the American Public Works Association’s Sustainability and Resilience Committee.

Niloufar Mohajerani, M.A.Sc., P.Eng.

Senior Engineer
Stormwater Management Infrastructure
Design & Construction
Linear Underground Infrastructure
Engineering & Construction Services
City of Toronto

Nilou is a senior engineer with 12 years of experience with the City of Toronto. She is responsible for delivery of multi-million stromwater management capital projects
including green infrastructure installation within the Right-of Way and leads the design and construction of Green Infrastructure as a naturalize solution for building climate resiliency in Toronto. Her projects encompass various phases of building an infrastructure from design to construction and monitoring.
Nilou holds a bachelor degree in chemical engineering and a master’s degree in
environmental engineering.

Anisha Patel

Project Manager
Asset Management (Green Streets)
Transportation Services

Anisha is a Project Manager with the City’s Transportation Services Division in the City of Toronto with a focus on the City’s Green Streets Program. She holds a Bachelor’s degree of Applied Science in Environmental Engineering from the University of Waterloo. Her 12-year career at the City has been focused around the planning, design and construction of municipal infrastructure.

This project is carried out with funding from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Green Municipal Fund
and the Government of Canada.

Webinar 4 – Greening Underserved Schools while Preventing Floods in Chicago

 

Are you working to reduce flooding in your community?

Are you trying to green, high-density, low-income neighbourhoods?

Are you trying to promote social cohesion
and children’s health in under-serviced neighbourhoods?

 

Come learn about the Space to Grow project in Chicago where the city’s water and waste-water agencies are collaborating with school boards and a non-profit organizations to build green infrastructure on school yards that reduces flooding while creating yards that meet the needs of students and communities in low-income racialized neighbourhoods. 

Intended Audience:

  • Municipal staff working in public works, water management, sustainability, parks and recreations, or community services
  • Staff working with school boards
  • Staff working in public health

October 29th 2025 | 1pm-2:30pm (EDT)

Speakers

Emily Zhang
Space to Grow Project Manager
at Healthy Schools Campaign

Emily Zhang is the Space to Grow Project Manager at Healthy Schools Campaign where she supports the transformation of Chicago schoolyards into vibrant spaces that foster opportunities for health and wellness, outdoor learning, active play and green stormwater infrastructure. She helps convene the program’s partners, manages community design and facilitates long-term school support. With a background in geography and experience at the Urban Land Institute’s Healthy Places program, Emily is passionate about community-driven, equitable approaches to health and environmental justice.

Moriah Gelder
Engineer with the Metropolitan
Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

Moriah Gelder is an Associate Civil Engineer at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD). She earned her bachelor’s degree in general engineering from Harvey Mudd College and her master’s degree in environmental engineering from Johns Hopkins University. She worked as an environmental engineering consultant designing GI installations prior to joining the MWRD in 2018 where she was able to build on her background by joining the Stormwater Department’s GI subsection. Moriah serves as a project manager helping communities throughout Cook County design and construct GI projects through the Green Infrastructure Partnership Program and Space to Grow Program. 

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This project is carried out with funding from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Green Municipal Fund
and the Government of Canada.