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Tianna Mighty

Lead, Green Infrastructure

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BA. Environmental Science

Tianna holds a BA in Environmental Science from the University of Manitoba, and has worked as the Climate Change Adaptation Assistant for the Rural Municipality of East St. Paul, and as a Biodiversity Researcher at Nature Canada. In her spare time, Tianna is active in her local basketball community. A veteran of the University of Manitoba’s Bison Basketball team, Tianna now coaches varsity girls’ basketball at her former high school.

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Articles by Tianna Mighty

Image shows a rectangle patch of soil with smaller piles of dark brown soil across the area. There are trees planted in that area as well. A volunteer and an excavator can be seen in the picture.

Digging Deeper: What Mini Forest Soil Research Is Revealing

June 18, 2026
In 2025, Green Communities Canada began a partnership with Vineland Research and Innovation Centre. The goal was to learn more about the role soil health…
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Green Venture Plants a Mini Forest at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario

September 11, 2024
Green Venture aimed to breathe new life into a 100-square-metre plot by planting 300 native trees and shrubs and creating a new mini forest at Mohawk College. Alongside volunteers from…
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Mini Forests Revitalize the Ontario Greenbelt in 2024

January 23, 2025
Green Communities Canada and the Greenbelt Foundation enhance the Greenbelt with mini forest projects.
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A Season of New Growth: Spring Project Highlights from the Living Cities Canada Fund 

July 29, 2026
A new season of growth is sprouting across Canada. Communities are busy with a wide range of urban greening projects supported by Green Communities Canada…
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Langley Environmental Partners Society Cultivates Community With Mini Forest Planting

May 28, 2024
The Project Langley Environmental Partners Society (LEPS) planted a 100m2 mini forest at the Derek Doubleday Arboretum in the Township of Langley, BC. The site was…
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Four youth gathered around a newly planted tree in fresh soil. One of them is holding a shovel. All of them are smiling into the camera.

Digging Deeper: How Soil Health Research Supports Canada’s Mini Forest Movement 

September 18, 2025
The healthy growth of any planting project depends on its foundation: the soil provides the structure, nutrients, and microbial life that our gardens and forests…
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Plant pots place all over a forest floor surrounded by trees

RainscapeTO partners with Humber River Community to Plant a Mini Forest at Humber River Lodge

August 14, 2024
In the autumn of 2023, RAINscapeTO embarked on a collaborative endeavor with the Humber River Lodge community to establish a mini forest along the Humber River trail…
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Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) Installs a New Mini Forest in the Pocket SNAP Neighbourhood

July 3, 2024
The Project In 2023, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority’s (TRCA) Sustainable Neighbourhood Action Program (SNAP) transformed an under-utilized urban space in the Pocket Neighbourhood in Toronto into…
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Seeds of Change: Celebrating the Growth of Mini Forests Across Canada

September 29, 2025
Green Communities Canada (GCC) and the University of British Columbia (UBC) are excited to release a new report. The first of its kind, Seeds of Change: Cultivating Mini Forests Across Canada, investigates the rapid growth of…
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Watersheds Canada And Greening Sacred Spaces Ottawa Install Green Infrastructure Projects with Three Faith Communities

July 9, 2024
Watersheds Canada and Greening Sacred Spaces Ottawa supported three Ottawa-area faith communities in planning and installing new green infrastructure sites in the fall of 2023. These included a…
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