Year: 2019
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YGH Receives OTF Grant!
A message from our Chair and the Board of Directors, Dear Friends and Supporters, if you have comments or want to know more about what the following initiative, Amy can be reached at 226-501-9858 or abarnes@yorklandsgreenhub.ca
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Green Door #14
Greetings from the Board of Directors of Yorklands Green Hub. We are pleased to present to you the latest issue of our newsletter, Green Door #14, and hope that you enjoy reading about our accomplishments to date, and our plans for the future. Your questions and ideas would be most welcomed at www.yorklandsgreenhub.ca/contactus. We thank…
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2019 Enviro-Series
Creating a Heritage Landmark Park For Guelph at The Former Ontario Reformatory – View poster for details.
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A Letter To The City Of Guelph
The following is a letter to the City of Guelph responding to their recent request for comments on updating the Guelph Parks and Recreation Plan. They “are looking at long-range goals and objectives for activities that affect Open Space Planning, Parks Operations and Forestry, and Recreation Services.” We believe that Yorklands Green Hub should be…
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Year-Round Solar Aquaponics Greenhouse Proposal Presentation
by Paul Neelands, BSc(Hon), MSc At our recent 2019 Annual General Meeting, YGH member Paul Neelands presented his designs for a possible Solar Aquaponics Greenhouse. To say the least, his presentation was a fascinating look into the science of solar aquaponics, the effects greenhouses have on the environment, and how his design greatly fits with…
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Green Door #13
Greetings from the Board of Directors of Yorklands Green Hub. We are pleased to present to you the latest issue of our newsletter, Green Door #13, and hope that you enjoy reading about our accomplishments to date, and our plans for the future. Your questions and ideas would be most welcomed at www.yorklandsgreenhub.ca/contactus. We thank…
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Prison Arts at the Ontario Reformatory in the last decades of 1900
Arend Nieuwland, an accomplished professional artist was the art director of the prison arts program for the final 26 years at the Guelph Correctional Centre. He is currently a soapstone carver who shows his works in galleries across the country. He met with us recently and shared some details of this creative program at the…
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Territorial Acknowledgment
We acknowledge this land as part of the traditional territory of the First Nations. The Attawandaron (called Neutrals by the Jesuits) lived on this land with its two rivers and forests. The Mississaugas of the New Credit (comprised of Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe) are the stewards of the land. Our immediate neighbours are the Six Nations…