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Waterloo's Culture Plan: a Catalyst for Culture 2014-2024
Waterloo’s Culture Plan: A Catalyst for Culture 2014-2024 Final Report Waterloo Culture Plan: A Catalyst for Culture 2014-2024 Final Report “It is obvious that people really care about Waterloo's future but with a view that things need some courage and innovation; an environment where creativity can be unleashed.” – Local resident 1 Waterloo Culture Plan: A Catalyst for Culture 2014-2024 Final Report Acknowledgements Waterloo's culture plan is the result of two years of research and consultation involving many individuals and groups within the city. Residents and stakeholders have helped to shape the vi- sion, guiding principles, goals and recommendations contained in this plan. The economic development and community services departments, on behalf of the City of Wa- terloo, are thankful for the time, effort and dedication of all that have contributed to this initiative. The community members who participated at the culture plan summit, in focus groups, at work- shops, via the discussion guide in person or online, or contributed to the project by sharing their talent in many other ways big and small have shaped a culture plan that will enrich the quality of life for Waterloo’s residents and delight visitors to the region. Thank you to staff across the cor- poration who shared information and ideas. The City of Waterloo would like to acknowledge Mayor Brenda Halloran and councillors Melissa Durrell, Diane Freeman, Jeff Henry, Karen Scian, Angela Vieth, Mark Whaley and Scott Witmer for their ongoing leadership and support for this project. Their involvement has been crucial to achieving this milestone in transforming Waterloo's cultural landscape. -
REGION NEWS a Community Publication by the Region of Waterloo Fall 2019
REGION NEWS A community publication by the Region of Waterloo Fall 2019 Public Health changes: A letter from Chair Karen Redman How can The provincial government announced wide-sweeping changes to Public Health last April. In addition to cutting back on provincial funding, they announced their plan to combine the current we help? 35 health units – including Region of Waterloo Public Health – into 10 larger groupings. Waterloo Did you know the Region has Region would be combined with Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph, Peel and Halton Regions to cover customer service staff available a combined population of almost three million people. Population-wise, this would be the largest 24/7? Call us at 519-575-4400. grouping of the 10. Deaf and hard of hearing Cuts to funding for Public Health could put the programs that keep residents safe and healthy in (TTY): 519-575-4608. jeopardy. From restaurant inspections and water testing to immunizations and breastfeeding support, Public Health programs are an extremely important part of our community wellbeing. Being part of the largest public health grouping in Ontario may See last page for also make it harder to focus on health issues locally and benefit from partnerships with local schools, municipalities and community partners. Like many others, I am concerned about the future of Public Health services in Waterloo Region. The Region has shared a number of concerns with the province. We feel strongly that meeting the public health needs of Regional residents should remain a top priority. Top 10 reasons to take a seat with GRT Page 5 The province has said that it has plans to appoint an expert advisor to lead consultation related to Public Health changes. -
The Cultural Turn in Municipal Planning
The Cultural Turn in Municipal Planning by Jason F. Kovacs A thesis presented to the University of Waterloo in fulfilment of the thesis requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Planning Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2009 © Jason F. Kovacs 2009 Author’s declaration I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this thesis. This is a true copy of the thesis, including any required final revisions, as accepted by my examiners. I understand that my thesis may be made electronically available to the public. Jason F. Kovacs ii Abstract Urban theorists and policy makers have begun to re-evaluate the importance of culture in urban development models. Culture is now widely viewed as a critical factor in the economic and social health of cities. Notions of creativity and the growing recognition of the role that culture-rich environments can play in attracting the “creative class,” are being partly expressed in the widespread adoption of urban cultural planning strategies. Cultural planning is commonly defined as the identification (mapping) and leveraging of cultural assets to support local community and economic development. It is also often explained as a “cultural approach” to municipal planning, an approach that entails effective cross-departmental and cross-sectoral collaboration in the implementation of strategic goals outlined within the cultural plan. A literature has been written on the potential of cultural planning by leading experts in the cultural policy field, especially from Australia and Britain. However, there has been a noticeable lack of critical research on this cultural development approach by scholars in Canada, where cultural planning is a relatively new and emerging municipal activity. -
The Cord Weekly 2 > WEDNESDAY MARCH 1 2006 News
The CordThe tie that binds since 1926 Weekly HEADING DOWN THE HOMESTRETCH 101 The school year's winding down and we're guessing you probably haven't made the most of it. Thusly, Cord Features gives you a goal-oriented guide to the top 101 things you should do before you leave Waterloo this year, or for good ... FEATURE, 12-13 Volume 46 Issue 24 WEDNESDAY MARCH 1,2006 www.cordweekly.com Laurier sweeps to OUA gold medal WLU rink curls to a comfortable 7-4 win over Queen's MIKE BROWN four ends to the Golden Gaels in Sports Editor the final game of the round robin, a bye to the final hanging in the While the majority of students balance. were jet setting to tropical locales, The entire team, rounded out by drinking themselves into a stupor third-year lead David Jenkins, or - heaven forbid - reading, a rookie second Paul Arkilander and quartet of determined Laurier third-year vice Jeff Bennett, men with brooms were all busi- retained their composure and ness at the OUA Curling simply chipped away to secure a Championships in St. Catharine's 6-3 win. over the weekend. Combined with their stellar Led by third-year skip Bill start to the final - also against Francis, the men's rink showcased Queen's after they downed the their skill en route to a fairly stress- host Brock Badgers in the semi- free 7-4 win over Queen's in final - Francis and co. shut their Sunday's gold medal game, Kingston counterparts off the enough to secure Laurier's third scoreboard for ten straight ends. -
REGIONAL COUNCIL MINUTES Wednesday, September 27, 2006
REGIONAL COUNCIL MINUTES Wednesday, September 27, 2006 The following are the minutes of the Regular Council meeting held at 7:10 p.m. in the Regional Council Chamber, 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener, Ontario, with the following members present: Chair K. Seiling, J. Brewer, M. Connolly, D. Craig, K. Denouden, H. Epp, T. Galloway, J. Haalboom, R. Kelterborn, C. Millar, J. Mitchell, W. Roth, J. Smola*, B. Strauss, J. Wideman*, and C. Zehr. DECLARATIONS OF PECUNIARY INTEREST UNDER THE MUNICIPAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT None declared. CLOSED SESSION MOVED by K. Denouden SECONDED by M. Connolly That a closed meeting of Council be held on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 at 6:45 p.m. in accordance with Section 239 of the Municipal Act, 2001, for the purposes of considering the following subject matters: a) a proposed or pending acquisition of land b) personal matters about an identifiable individual CARRIED MOVED by B. Strauss SECONDED by W. Roth The Council reconvene in Open Session. CARRIED MOVED by B. Strauss SECONDED by J. Haalboom That Council change the start time of the October 11, 2006 Council meeting to 3:00 p.m. CARRIED Council - 2 - 06/09/27 DELEGATIONS a) Waterloo West Side Development i) Memo: Update on Wilmot Line Road Environmental Assessment and Associated Proposed Plans of Subdivision Chair Seiling summarized the memo from staff advising a final decision will not be made by the Commissioner until all of the reviews are completed, including the road Environmental Assessment. Staff will continue with the technical review. *J. Smola entered the meeting at 7:15 p.m. -
City of Waterloo Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory
CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPE INVENTORY 2019 City of Waterloo Cultural Heritage Report, 2019 © 2019, City of Waterloo, 100 Regina St. S., PO Box 337, Station Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont., N2J 4A8 All rights reserved. No part of this report may be copied or reproduced in any form without prior permission from the City of Waterloo. PROJECT TEAM Archaeological Research Associates Ltd Lindsay Benjamin, Project Manager - Heritage Kayla Jonas Galvin, Heritage Operations Manager Jaqueline McDermid, Technical Writer Sarah Clarke, Researcher Chloe Richter, Intern - Heritage City of Waterloo Michelle Lee (Project Manager), Senior Policy Planner Torin Whitnell, Planning Technician Warren Davison, GIS Analyst Astero Kalogeropoulos, Manager Arts and Culture Jeff Silcox-Childs, Director of Environment & Parks Services Municipal Heritage Committee Christine Feniak David Lubell Region of Waterloo Bridget Coady, Principal Planner Cultural Heritage Kate Hagerman, Manager of Environmental Planning and Sustainability Photography: City of Waterloo Archive Design: Karl Griffiths-Fulton Photography and Design., Email: [email protected] Maps: Torin Whitnell Printed by: Pandora/Arkay Print Shop 330 Gage Ave, Kitchener, ON N2M 5C6 Printed on FSC Approved paper CONTENTS 5 I NT R ODU C TION 7 R ESIDENTIAL N EIGHBOU R HOODS 9 Colonial Acres Neighbourhood (WL-NBR-1) 17 Erbsville (WL-NBR-2) 25 MacGregor-Albert Neighbourhood (WL-NBR-3) 33 Mary Allen Neighbourhood (WL-NBR-4) 41 McDougall Road Neighbourhood (WL-NBR-5) 49 Menno Euclid Neighbourhood (WL-NBR-6) 57 Veterans' Green -
2019 Newsletters
Waterloo Historical Society Newsletter MARCH 2019 Marion Roes, Editor Public Meetings – All are welcome! Saturday, April 6, 1 pm Victoria Park Pavilion Doors Open at 12 80 Schneider Ave., Kitchener Please bring indoor footwear to wear if wet weather Our presenter for this meeting will be Tarah Brookfield. Tarah is a graduate of McGill University (BA), University of Waterloo (MA), and York University (PhD). Since 2009, she has been a professor of history and youth and children’s studies at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus. Tarah’s past and current research focuses on Canadian women’s political activism, peace work, and child welfare efforts during the World Wars and Cold War. She is the author of Cold War Comforts: Canadian Women, Child Safety, and Global Insecurity (2012). She’ll be presenting on research conducted for her second book, Our Voices Must be Heard: Women and the Vote in Ontario (2018) which examines the history of suffrage activism, anti- suffragists, and Ontario’s first women voters, including some stories of women from what is now the Waterloo Region. Tarah will have her books to sell at the meeting. Next meetings Victoria Park Pavilion: Tuesday, May 21 at 7:30 pm, doors open at 6:30 Volumes will be distributed free to current members at this meeting. Note: There won’t be another newsletter before the May 21 meeting. Details will be on our web site, Facebook and Twitter. If you don’t use the internet and would like information, contact Eric Uhlmann after May 13 at the phone number on the back page. -
Kitchener, ON
MEDIA RELEASE: Immediate REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO COUNCIL AGENDA Wednesday, February 28, 2001 6:45 p.m. Closed 7:00 p.m. Regular REGIONAL COUNCIL CHAMBER 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener, ON * DENOTES CHANGES TO, OR ITEMS NOT PART OF ORIGINAL AGENDA 1. MOMENT OF SILENCE 2. ROLL CALL 3. MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION (if necessary) 4. MOTION TO RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION (if necessary) 5. DECLARATION OF PECUNIARY INTEREST UNDER THE MUNICIPAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT 6. PRESENTATIONS a) Alison Jackson, Friends of Doon Heritage Crossroads re: Cheque Presentation. b) Lloyd Wright, Chair of Joint Executive Committee re: Update on Hospital Redevelopment Plan. 7. DELEGATIONS a) Don Pavey, Cambridge Cycling Committee re: funding for construction of bike lanes, Cambridge. *b) Albert Ashley, Waterloo re: budget for cycling facilities. c) Mike Connolly, Waterloo re: 2001 Budget. d) Grants 1) Maureen Jordan, Serena K-W 2) Mary Heide-Miller, Serena K-W 3) Tony Jordan, Serena K-W 4) Steve Woodworth, K-W Right To Life 5) Jessica Ling, K-W Right To Life 6) Jane Richard, K-W Right To Life 7) Jolanta Scott, Planned Parenthood 8) Bruce Milne, Planned Parenthood - 2 - *9) Diane Wagner, Planned Parenthood * Refer to Community Health Department Issue Paper immediately following Page 4 of the Agenda. 10) Robert Achtemichuk, Executive Director, Waterloo Regional Arts Council 11) Isabella Stefanescu, Art Works *12) Jennifer Watson, Epilepsy Waterloo-Wellington re: funding. *13) Wayne McDonald, Chair Development Committee, Leadership Waterloo Region re: funding. *14) Margaret Bauer-Hoel, Executive Director, Volunteer Action Centre re: funding. *e) Craig Hawthorne, Halt 7 re: funding for transportation. -
Rapid Transit Initiative
Rapid Transit Initiative Phase 2 Summary Report – Environmental Assessment Study September 24, 2009 in association with Region of Waterloo Rapid Transit Initiative Phase 2 Summary Report – Environmental Assessment Study September 24, 2009 Document Control Version History Version Date Change 0.1-Draft May 8, 2009 Preliminary Draft 1.0 September 24, 2009 Final Revision and Approval Control of Last Version Task Responsibility Position Date Preparation Doug Willoughby AECOM September 24, 2009 Project Manager Katie Harvey AECOM Designer - Transportation Revision Darshpreet Singh Region of Waterloo July 14, 2009 Bhatti Senior Project Manager Rapid Transit Initiative David Durant Region of Waterloo Senior Project Manager Rapid Transit Initiative Approval in association with Page i Region of Waterloo Rapid Transit Initiative Phase 2 Summary Report – Environmental Assessment Study September 24, 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS 6.2.5. OTTAWA STREET (CHARLES STREET EAST TO MILL STREET) .................................................. 83 6.2.6. CNR HURON PARK SUBDIVISION (OTTAWA STREET SOUTH TO HAYWARD AVENUE) ........... 83 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................. 1 6.2.7. COURTLAND AVENUE ....................................................................................................................... 83 1.1. ONTARIO ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS FOLLOWED .................................................... 1 6.2.8. HYDRO CORRIDOR -
Waterloo Cycle
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Waterloo Historical Society Newsletter
Waterloo Historical Society Newsletter January 2017 Marion Roes, Editor Public Meetings – All are welcome! Thursday, February 23 at 7:30 Victoria Park Pavilion Doors open at 7 80 Schneider Avenue, Kitchener Joint meeting of The Friends of Joseph Schneider Haus and the Waterloo Historical Society The Edna Staebler Research Fellowship for 2016 was awarded jointly by The Friends of Joseph Schneider Haus and the Waterloo Historical Society to Heather MacDonald. Heather researched the history of the WHS from approximately 1960 to 2012, the year of the Society's centennial. She will give her findings in a lecture titled, “A Balancing Act: The Dynamic History of The Waterloo Historical Society, 1960-2012.” There is no admission charge but donations to the Friends of Joseph Schneider Haus will be gratefully accepted. Saturday, April 1 at 1:30 Waterloo Region Museum, 10 Huron Road, Kitchener Note that there is no admission charge for those attending the WHS meeting and you are welcome to come earlier to view exhibits. WHS will be set up at 1 pm outside the Christie Theatre where the meeting will be held. As the archivist at the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies, Trevor Ford was a past speaker for WHS. For our April meeting, Trevor has invited graduate students who are members of TUGSA / Tri- University Graduate Student Association, to give brief talks on their local history research. The Tri-U History Program covers the universities of Waterloo, Laurier and Guelph and brings together master and doctoral students for social, academic and learning opportunities. Maddie Dale, WHS councilor and programs committee member, is one of the students and will be a speaker. -
Gordon Christian Eby Diary
‘of course I was only an onlooker for I can’t dance’ ‘of course I was only an onlooker for I can’t dance’: the 1911-1919 diary of Gordon Christian Eby, Mennonite farmer Edited by Paul Tiessen and Anne Eby Millar Based on a transcript of the diary by Anne Eby Millar Introduction and notes by Paul Tiessen l MLR Editions Canada 2007 ‘of course I was only an onlooker for I can’t dance’: the 1911-1919 diary of Gordon Christian Eby, Mennonite farmer ISBN 0-9681676-2-4 Diary copyright © 2007 The Estate of Gordon Christian Eby Introduction and notes copyright © 2007 Paul Tiessen Drawings copyright © 2007 Matthew Tiessen All rights reserved Printed and bound in Canada by Pandora Press Special thanks to Friends of Joseph Schneider Haus and to Susan Burke, Manager and Curator, Joseph Schneider Haus Volumes in the MLR Editions Canada series (General Editors: Miguel Mota and Paul Tiessen), drawn from archives and published in limited numbers for scholars and general readers by MLR Editions Canada (c/o Department of English and Film Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 Canada), include: Wyndham Lewis and Expressionism by Sheila Watson (2003) L.M. Montgomery’s Ephraim Weber: Letters 1916-1941 by L.M. Montgomery (2000) Our Asian Journey, a novel by Dallas Wiebe (1997) Refining the real Canada: Homer Watson’s spiritual landscape, a biography by Gerald Noonan (1997) Ephraim Weber’s Letters Home, 1902-1955: Letters from Ephraim Weber to Leslie Staebler of Waterloo County by Ephraim Weber (1996), with Friends of Joseph Schneider Haus (Kitchener, ON) The 1940 Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry (1994) Dorothy Livesay and the CBC: Early Texts for Radio by Dorothy Livesay (1994) Malcolm Lowry and Conrad Aiken Adapted: three radio dramas and a film proposal by Margerie Bonner Lowry, Fletcher Markle, and Gerald Noxon (1992) The Road to Victory: radio plays by Gerald Noxon (1989, with Quarry Press Kingston, ON) ‘On Malcolm Lowry’ and other writings by Gerald Noxon (1987) Teresina Maria, a novel by Gerald Noxon (1986) ~ Contents ~ Preface and Acknowledgements ..