Key Topics
Advocacy / Biodiversity / Climate action / Community engagement / Cultural heritage / Education programs / Events and workshops / First Nations / History / Land restoration / Newsletter / Ontario Reformatory / Recreation / Research and reports / Stewardship / Sustainability / Urban Park / Wildlife and habitat
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Sign the Petition for Urban Park Guelph
Yorklands Green Hub is part of a larger group of organizations and community members advocating for the establishment of a National Urban Park at the Reformatory Conservation District.
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“Yours in Native Spirit”
Because of prevailing social attitudes and conditions which still persist today in Canada, a disproportionate number of the incarcerated men at the Ontario Reformatory, more recently called the Guelph Correctional Centre (GCC), were Indigenous.
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Summer greetings Yorklands friends!
Many of you are asking about the current status of the national Urban Park Guelph as you see lawn signs popping up around our city.
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Noticing Nature program
Noticing Nature is a summer program offered to families with children ages 4 to 11. This child-led program is offered for 8 mornings 10am to 12pm.
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Yorklands Land Acknowledgement Statement
Yorklands is situated on the Treaty and traditional lands of the Mississauga’s of the Credit First Nation who are part of the Anishinabek peoples, and the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee as well as the Attiwonderonk (Neutral) peoples.
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National Urban Park
Yorklands Green Hub joined a coalition of local organizations in early 2023 to advocate for a new National Urban Park at the Yorklands site under Parks Canada.
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The Green Door: Number 28, March 2024
Yorklands Green Hub’s March 2024 newsletter includes updates on the Urban Park Guelph initiative, a local climate change survey, AGM notice and a variety of upcoming events such as Seedy Saturday and Artspirations!
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Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation endorse Urban Park Guelph
Urban Park Guelph’s endorsement from the Mississauga’s of the Credit First Nation.