{"id":2053,"date":"2022-05-06T12:59:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T16:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/?page_id=2053"},"modified":"2023-02-03T16:46:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T21:46:27","slug":"noons-for-now-local-action-and-the-experimental-farm-may-5-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/noonsfornow\/noons-for-now-local-action-and-the-experimental-farm-may-5-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Noons for Now: Local Action and the Experimental Farm (May 5 2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hundreds of trees in Queen Juliana Park on the Experimental Farm in Ottawa are slated to be cut down for the development of the new Civic Hospital’s parking lot. Work began in April, despite years of protesting, petitions, and the fact that the park is a designated National Historic Site. Join us this week to discuss how we got here, where things stand, and what happens next at the farm.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Susan Ross <\/span><\/strong>is an Associate Professor in the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies cross appointed with the School of Architecture and Urbanism. Her research focuses on sustainable heritage conservation with particular focus on the intersections of heritage and waste.<\/span><\/p>\n

Diane McIntyre<\/span><\/strong> will be representing Re-Imagine Ottawa<\/a>, a community organization working against development-funded politics and planning in Ottawa. They are currently running a campaign to save the trees at Queen Juliana Park.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joel Harden<\/span><\/strong> is the MPP for Ottawa Centre. He has been an active opponent of the plan to cut down trees at the Experimental Farm.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Resource List<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Primary Resources on the Situation at the Farm:<\/h4>\n

September 2014 \u2013\u00a0Tunney\u2019s Pasture Master Plan<\/a><\/p>\n

June 2016 \u2013\u00a0NCC Ottawa Hospital Site Review<\/a><\/p>\n

November 2016 \u2013\u00a0NCC Ottawa Hospital Site Review Public Consultation Report<\/a><\/p>\n

November 2016 \u2013\u00a0NCC Ottawa Hospital Site Review Final Report<\/a><\/p>\n

2019 \u2013\u00a0Tunney\u2019s Pasture Master Plan Update<\/a><\/p>\n

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Background on the Farm and Context for the Planned Development:<\/h4>\n

One of our speakers, Susan Ross, agreed to share her slides from the event, which provide detail on the site layout. You can view them here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Re-Visit the Farm<\/a> offers a visual depiction of the planned changes to the farm as well as further resources.<\/p>\n

Pete Anderson, Field Experiments: Critical Historical Geographies of Canada’s Central Experimental Farm, 1886-1938 <\/em><\/a>(2017)<\/p>\n

Jane Keeler and Jake Morrison, We Stand with the Trees<\/em> (forthcoming publication)<\/p>\n

Richard Hinchcliff and Patricia Jasen, Building Canada\u2019s Farm: An Illustrated Guide to Buildings at the Central Experimental Farm<\/em><\/a> (2021)<\/p>\n

Marcel Beauchamp and Robert Cretien, “A historic garden at the Central Experimental Farm is about to be replaced by new Civic hospital’s parking lot,<\/a>”\u00a0Ottawa Citizen<\/em>, March 21 2022.<\/p>\n

Online Webinar: Parks, Nature, Cities. Connecting to Health and Wellbeing. May 17 at 11AM (EST). Register: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3u6U3qu<\/a><\/p>\n

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On Ottawa and Development:<\/h4>\n

Visit the follow the money website<\/a> to search your councilor and see how much money they received from developers.<\/p>\n

For more information on the follow the money project, visit Horizon Ottawa’s website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Other Accounts of Tree, Forest and Habitat Loss:<\/h4>\n

Following our continued interest in collaboration and community building, one of the attendees for this event shared details on a similar campaign to save urban trees in New York City. You can read more about the campaign on the Forest for All NYC Coalition Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n