Greening schoolyards, land-based healing, community gardens… nature-based programs like these reconnect people with nature, bolster health, all while fostering local biodiversity. If planned appropriately, nature-based programs can be part of the push for racial justice and equity.  We’re looking at how nature-based programs can address multiple issues to make cities better for people and wildlife. We’re targeting key knowledge gaps to maximize biodiversity, health, and equity outcomes from nature-based projects in Canadian cities. Our work is informed by a two-eyed seeing framework, and we aim to interweave different ways of knowing and understanding of urban nature (www.carleton.ca/naturalcities/).