Emma Durand-Wood
Community organizer and local elected official in Winnipeg who helped form the Glen Elm Neighborhood Association and led coalitions such as Trees Please Winnipeg and Safe Speeds Winnipeg, later winning a city council seat.
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Apr 2, 2026 • 35min
Tree Canopies, Safe Speeds, and a Council Seat
Emma Durand-Wood, a community organizer turned Winnipeg city councillor who led Trees Please Winnipeg and Safe Speeds Winnipeg. She tells how a pawn shop fight sparked neighborhood organizing. Short scenes cover planting and pruning city trees. Other highlights: grassroots campaigns for lower residential speeds and the jump from local activism into elected office.
