Take part in these Virtual Field Sessions and tour sites to learn how nature-based solutions influenced these projects. Each field session will have a 10-15 min recorded tour of the site, followed by an interactive question and answer period with presenters.
CSLA and OALA thank Fotenn for sponsoring our Virtual Field Sessions
DAY 1 - Thursday, May 27, 2021 - moderator Doug Fountain
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Ottawa River South Shore Park: restoring habitat
and flood resiliency
Presented by Susan Fisher
National Capital Commission, Ottawa, ON
The Ottawa River is the natural and cultural heart of Canada’s
Capital Region. The video focuses on a 9km Riverfront Park just
upstream of Ottawa’s urban core. While much of the park was
built in the 1960’s, the National Capital Commission is revitalizing
it, enhancing habitat, resilience to floods and other environmental
changes as well as the public’s connection to the river.
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Sustaining communities through STEAM
Presented by Chris Hardwicke & Grace Yang
O2 Planning & Design, Ottawa, ON
A journey through the Canadian Science and Technology Museum
Park is a trip through a community space infused with science and
technology. It embraces the ideas of forward-looking events by
engaging and delighting visitors and the community, immersing
them in science and technology experiences, while making no
demands on learning.
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Courtcliffe Park Restoration
Presented by Kent Rundle
Conservation Halton, Hamilton, ON
This 100 acre mixed use community park in the hamlet of Carlisle
has been the focus of many habitat restoration efforts over the
past 2 decades in an effort to revitalize the degraded natural
features. The centrepiece of this community space is the
confluence of Bronte Creek and Mountsberg Creek and the roughly
1.5 km of combined stream length, but the parks natural spaces
also boast forests, meadows, wetlands and ponds.
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DAY 2 - Friday, May 28, 2021 - moderator Sarah Marsh
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Pilot Project: Living Laboratory of Landscape
Regeneration
Presented by Stacey Zonneveld, Morgan Quinn, Pete
North
University of Toronto, Missisagua, ON
A living laboratory is beginning to take root on a light industrial
site in Mississauga, Ontario, where students are experimenting
with phytoremediation and landscape regeneration methods. The
site is currently being monitored and studied as part of an ongoing
pilot project led by Professor Pete North and his students from the
University of Toronto’s Master of Landscape Architecture program.
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A Children's Garden Playscape: University of Guelph
Child Care and Learning Centre
Presented by Dan Van Haastrecht & Tatiana|
Zakharova
Earthscape Play, Guelph, ON
A virtual visit to the playscape at the University of Guelph Child
Care and Learning Centre (CCLC) sets an aspirational standard for
children’s outdoor spaces in Canada. Reflecting the latest research
on child development and the importance of restorative nature
connections, the design presents young children with
opportunities to play and learn in explorative ways, experience
self-directed risky play, and navigate environments that are rich
and complex.
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Maneuvering erratic boundaries: natural, political
and geographical
Presented by Dennis Hoffart
City of Calgary, AB
Take a tour of Eau Claire Plaza and adjoining Bow River Pathway
and learn about how the project will set a new benchmark for a
future-proof downtown, emphasizing resiliency, improved
connectivity, and bolstering public spaces. Hear details on how the
project will respond to the site’s complexities, and the unique
opportunity to overhaul the public space, welcoming Calgarians
with new diverse programming and rejigged governance structure.
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DAY 3 - Saturday, May 29, 2021 - moderator Myles Carbert
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Saving Small's Creek
Presented by Sheila Boudreau (SpruceLab) and
Matthew Canaran (University of Guelph)
Toronto, ON
At the end of 2020, the Small's Creek community in the east end
of Toronto learned that a proposed Metrolinx railway expansion
would cause irreparable damage to the local wetland complex
(designated Environmentally Sensitive Area), including removing
hundreds of trees. This short film was created to raise awareness
of the issue using the power of storytelling, for the 'Small's Creek
Love' Youtube channel.
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Meadow Park North: From Quarry to Stormwater
Corridor
Presented by Christopher Windjack
LADR Landscape Architects Inc., Victoria, BC
Royal Bay is a 170ha planned community located on a former
historic gravel pit site in Colwood, BC. Currently in various phases
of design and construction, the waterfront community will
ultimately include 40ha of green space, parks and trails – including
Meadow Park North, which serves a key role in the stormwater
management of the development and its surrounding
neighbourhoods.
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Growing into hand-me-down underpasses
Presented by Michael Magnan
City of Calgary, AB
Take a tour of the historic, cultural and geographical influences
that shaped the past, present and future of the 5th street
underpass. Find out about the process of growing into our hand
me-down infrastructure and how integrated artwork,
placemaking, and natural systems work to reclaim this public
connector and urban gateway.
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