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Pollination Guelph and the Guelph Pollinator Park in the News!
Pollination Guelph and the Guelph Pollinator Park has attracted a lot of interest from local community members, organizations, and the press. Below is a list of the articles that we are aware of. If you know of any that are not included here, please let us know by e-mailing pollinationguelph@gmail.com!
Articles in the Media
Advertisements, Announcements, and Press Releases
Radio and Television
Articles in the Media
David Suzuki and Faisal Moola. July 15, 2009. More than just black flies, bogs, rocks and trees. Ottawa Citizen – Citizen Special. This story also ran under the syndicated media column “Science Matters”. This column is distributed widely across Canada in either print and/or online form (CanWest chain of newspapers, Quebecor chain of papers, Canadian Press, over 100 community and ethnic media, over 17,000 individual subscribers, and countless online blogs and websites),
Patrick Duquette. June 8, 2009. Des abeilles à l'ancien dépotoir Cook ? LeDroit - Cyberpresse.ca. Available: http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-droit/actualites/gatineau-outaouais/200906/08/01-873787-des-abeilles-a-lancien-depotoir-cook-.php.
Thana Dharmarajah. April 20, 2009. Healthy, happy bees are the buzz at pollination symposium. Guelph Mercury. Pg A3. Available: http://news.guelphmercury.com/article/469359.
News. April 17, 2009. Symposium eyes pollination park. Guelph Tribune. Pg 30. Available: http://www.guelphtribune.ca/news/article/171242.
Editorial. March 30, 2009. Pollinator park an ideal solution. Guelph Mercury. Pg A8. Available: http://news.guelphmercury.com/Opinions/article/459668.
Nicole O'Reilly. March 28, 2009. Bee prepared - Long shunned, pollinators -- tiny creatures crucial to the ecosystem -- will have a home in former landfill. Guelph Mercury. pg A1, A3. Available: http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/458927.
Adam A. Donaldson. March 12-14, 2009. Guelph Beat. Echo Weekly. pg 7. Available: http://www.echoweekly.com/viewstory.php?storyid=7720&page=2.
Doug Hallet. Feburary 27, 2009. Eastview park sports fields a go, pollinator park timing unknown. Guelph Tribune 23(17):15. Available: http://www.guelphtribune.ca/news/article/165241.
Scott Tracey. February 19, 2009. Pollinator park has committee buzzing. Guelph Mercury. pg A3. Available: http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/442018
Winter 2009. The Buzz around Guelph. OAC Alumni News. Pg 4. In: The Portico: a University of Guelph magazine for Alumni and Friends.
Lorraine Johnson.2009. The latest buzz – help end the decline of honeybees, bumblebees, and other pollinators. Canadian Gardening. pp 62-67. Available: http://www.canadiangardening.com/how-to/wildlife/save-the-bees-how-to-attract-pollinators-to-your-yard/a/21340.
City of Guelph. 2009. What is a pollinators park. Available: http://guelph.ca/living.cfm?itemid=76710&smocid=2142
City of Guelph. 2008. Eastview community and Pollinators Park. Available: http://guelph.ca/living.cfm?itemid=76691&smocid=2142
Candace Savage. December 2008. Plight of the bumblebee. Canadian Geographic. pp 54-60.
Kate Harries. Summer 2008. A place for Pollinators. Ontario Nature. Pg 8.
Kathiann M. Kowalski. May/June, 2008. A Pollinator Park. In: Pollinators – Please! Yes Mag. 64:14-15.
Ontario Association of Landscape Architects. Spring 2008. Parks – Designing for Pollinators. Ground: Landscape Architect Quarterly. Issue 2, Pg 4. Available http://www.oala.ca/articles.aspx?catID=2187&ID=97114.
Tom Spears. March 7, 2008. Guelph abuzz over plan for pollination park. Ottawa Citizen. Available: http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=5be8145d-b228-4135-b888-e120d3b5ad01
Doug Hallet. March 4, 2008. Pollinator park plans to the fore this week. Guelph Tribune 22(19):9. Available: http://www.guelphtribune.ca/news/article/119313
Doug Hallet. March 4, 2008. Before and After? Guelph Tribune 22(19):1. Available: http://www.guelphtribune.ca/news/article/119348
GuelphMercury.com. March 3, 2008. From dump to sanctuary. Guelph Mercury – Breaking News. Available: http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/BreakingNews/article/301470.
Deidre Healey. February 27, 2008. U of G, City Team Up to Talk About the Birds and Bees – Symposium to discuss world’s first pollination park. At Guelph. 52(4):7. Available: http://www.uoguelph.ca/atguelph/08-02-27/newsbirds.shtml
Vik Kirsch. January 14, 2008. Former landfill site could become park: committee – Specific plant types would attract bees, other pollinators. Gueph Mercury. Available: http://news.guelphmercury.com/article/282023
Doug Hallet. January 8, 2008. Eastview park to be ‘one of a kind’ – Park plan to preserve pollinators. Guelph Tribune. 22(3):1, 10. Available: http://www.guelphtribune.ca/news/article/112949
Editorial. January 8, 2008. A change of scenery. Guelph Tribune. 22(3):6. Available: http://www.guelphtribune.ca/news/article/112942
Andrew Vowles. Novermber 21, 2007. For the Bees and Birds – U of G community members help lead charge for pollinator park on former city landfill site. At Guelph. 51(18):5. Available: http://www.uoguelph.ca/atguelph/07-11-21/featuresbees.shtml
Andrew Vowles. October 24, 2007. Three new projects receive ESRI Funding – Cross-campus groups to use funds to study pollinator park, ‘green’ companies and biodiversity. At Guelph. 51(16):4. Available: http://www.uoguelph.ca/atguelph/07-10-24/newsesri.shtml
Advertisements, Announcements, and Press Releases
December 2009. City of Guelph’s 2010 calendar released: Pollination Guelph is featured in the month of May. Available: http://guelph.ca/uploads/ET_Group/admin/ConservationCalendar/2010_Conservation%20Cal.pdf.
April 17, 2009. Pollination Symposium Advertisement. Guelph Tribune. Pg 19.
News Release. April 9, 2009. Symposium to Raise Awareness and Funds for Pollination Park. University of Guelph, Campus News. Available: http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2009/04/symposium_to_ra.html.
City of Guelph NewsRoom. February 26, 2009. Council approves Eastview Community Park - Guelph plans world’s first pollinator park on former landfill site. News Release. Available: http://guelph.ca/newsroom_display.cfm?itemID=77113
November 2008*. Announcement about public open house on November 25, 2008 to review the conceptual design for the Eastview Community Park and Pollinators' Park. Guelph Tribune.
City of Guelph. November 13, 2008. Making a difference: Priorities, Progress and Plans – placemats at State of the City address by Mayor Karen Farbridge, Guelph Chamber of Commerce breakfast, Guelph, Ontario. (“Pollinator Park & Eastview Park” was listed under the strategic goal of Natural Environment for 2009). Available: http://Guelph.ca/uploads/administration/mayor/speeches/2008-mayors-handout.pdf
June 2008*. Announcement about public meeting on July 3, 2008 to organize the committees needed to make the Guelph Pollinator Park a success. Guelph Tribune.
News Release. March 3, 2008. Conference Looks at Turning Landfill into World First Pollination Park. University of Guelph, Campus News. Available: http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2008/03/conference_look.html
February 22, 2008*. Announcement of the Guelph Pollination Initiative and Canadian Pollinator Protection Initiative meetings on March 7 and 8, respectively. Guelph Tribune. Pg 11.
February & March, 2008. Copy of Handout/poster displayed in several locations in Guelph and circulated by e-mail, announcing the Guelph Pollination Initiative and Canadian Pollinator Protection Initiative meetings on March 7 and 8, respectively, and including the agenda.
(*) These announcements were in the Guelph Tribune on several occasions leading up to the event.
Radio & Television - (numerous leading up to the March 2008 public workshops)
CTV - Southwestern Ontario. May 10, 2009. Turning Guelph's trash into liquid gold. Available: http://www.swo.ctv.ca/news.php?id=4599.