Town of Edson is virtually offering a 1 day training course on Park Encampments. This course is virtual training and would run from The course outline is as follows:

Park Encampments: Outreach and Response is a full day workshop designed to provide information to Parks and municipal staff dealing with encampments; exploring best practices, safe operating procedures and sharing experiences.

The workshop will provide an overview on understanding the scope of this complex issue, contributing factors to homelessness and the need for creating a coordinated response team. Participants will learn about tools to track encampments, provide outreach and engage with clients. The workshop focuses on staff roles and responsibilities, best practices in staff training for both hard and soft skills and shares information about tools and equipment needed to work on all types of terrain and park areas.

This course also covers strategic thinking and innovative ideas as well as ideas to keep parks spaces open, safe and accessible for all. This workshop encourages information and idea sharing, as well as group discussion around shared concerns to help all participants gain a deeper understanding of how to offer outreach and respond to encampments in public greenspace.

The course is $370.00/per person and is 100% virtual. December 17th, 2025 , 8:00 am - 3:30 pm. This course is provided by Ontario Parks Association. Normally this is an in-person training however they agreed to provide it virtually for us.

I have room for up to 15 more participants.

If your interested, please let me know no later than December 6th. I will need a list of participants and they will invoice you directly.

Eric Christensen
Enforcement Services Manager
ericc@edson.ca
780-723-3178