history
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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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Quarry Walk at the Ontario Reformatory site with Susan Ratcliffe and Greg Stojanovski:
Sat, 26 November 2022, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST Saturday, November 26th at 1pm. The Walk begins at the Barber Scout Parking lot, at 733 Stone Road East Join […]
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Indigenous Support Gathering – Video
On July 23, we held a gathering to stand in solidarity with Indigenous nations as they grieve the children killed by the residential school system. Over the past several months, […]
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Reformatory lands deserve protecting, not just a few buildings
Submitted by Susan Ratcliffe Read article here Guelph celebrated its 194th birthday on April 23, a longevity John Galt could not have imagined when he cut down the maple tree […]
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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 […]
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Blue Dot presentation
This presentation takes you through a visual tour of the YorkLands and highlights some of the history of this 70-acre property. [wooslider slide_page=”Blue Dot Presentation” slider_type=”slides” limit=”32″ layout=”text-bottom” thumbnails=”default” display_title=”false” […]