Examining Indigenous resurgence in urban parks through Vancouver’s Stanley Park

Source abstract

This article explores the collaborative work of the Stanley Park Intergovernmental Committee and Working Group, established by the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation in partnership with the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. It examines how principles of coexistence planning, grounded in Indigenous resurgence and the disruption of settler normativity, can guide the reclamation of urban parklands in support of Indigenous self-determination, cultural identity, rights, and sovereignty. These planning principles, along with a pivotal shift in local governance toward truth-telling and grounded normativity, demonstrate how Indigenous resurgence fosters cultural visibility and socio-spatial inclusion of Indigenous Peoples within urban spaces.