Miyonohk Park, NorQuest College

Where connection, culture, and nature meet in the heart of downtown.

With its curving pathways, warm wood seating, and native plantings, Miyonohk Park is a place to pause, connect, and reflect at the heart of Edmonton’s west downtown.

The newest addition to NorQuest College’s campus, this welcoming greenspace is more than just a park. Its name, Miyonohk—Cree for “a good place”—captures the project’s spirit: a space shaped by inclusivity, reconciliation, and community. Where once there was a steep divide between campus and street, there is now an open invitation—to gather, to move, to rest, to belong.

Designed in close connection with Indigenous culture, the park brings nature into the city with wood, stone, and plantings that soften the urban edge. Yellow balau wood decks, laid in a feather-inspired pattern, nod to heritage and storytelling while creating natural gathering points along the campus edge.

Small in scale but rich in meaning, Miyonohk Park shows how thoughtful design can transform everyday life. It’s a place where students, staff, and neighbours can come together—a bridge between campus and city, past and future. A good place, in every sense of the word.