Trent Lands and Nature Areas PlanCampus & Community Input Sessions

Land acknowledgement

Presentation Overview

Welcome & Agenda Review

Project Context & Overview

Questions of Clarification

Engagement Exercise

Project Context & Overview

Project Context

• The Trent University Lands and Nature Areas Plan will assist the University to achieve its vision of a ‘sustainable and inspiring campus community, thoughtfully integrating the natural and built environments, with vibrant spaces to learn, innovate, be active and live’.

• The Trent Lands and Nature Areas Plan will update the 2013 Trent Lands Plan, which is built upon the 2006 Endowment Lands Master Plan, and will incorporate and update the 2002 Nature Areas Stewardship Plan into one guiding strategic campus plan.

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Project Consulting Partners

• Schollen & Company Inc. – Project Lead / Landscape Planning

• Lura Consulting – Community Engagement

• Nbisiing Consulting Inc. – Indigenous Community Engagement/Traditional Knowledge

• North-South Environmental Inc. – Natural Heritage Inventory / Traditional Knowledge

• SvN Architects + Planners – Land Use / Urban Planning and Community Design

• The Municipal Infrastructure Group – Source Water Protection / Stormwater Management

• Golder Associates Inc. – Archeology

Project Timeline

Phase One:

• Understanding the Land

Phase Two:

• Campus Vision

Phase One Overview

Purpose:

• Understanding and mapping the natural, cultural and archaeological features and functions existing within the campus lands.

• (E.g. the location, type and status of wetlands and woodlands, species, and areas of significance to First Nations.)

• Documentation of natural and cultural features of significance will enable a review of the Nature Areas classifications, boundaries and uses.

Commitment:

• Trent University is committed to maintaining 60% of the Symons campus as Nature Areas, buffers and corridors.

Phase One Overview

• The Trent Lands and Nature Areas Plan will be founded on an ‘Overall Sustainability’ approach.

• The approach moves beyond traditional ‘science-based’ characterization through the inclusion of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge (ITK).

• This characterization process will comprise:

• Review of the Nature Areas Stewardship Plan (2002);

• Sourcing and review of existing natural heritage inventory data from Trent University, the Otonabee Region Conservation Authority (ORCA), the City of Peterborough, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF), and other agencies;

• Indigenous Traditional Knowledge;

• Field observations from students, faculty and the community using the iNaturalist online platform, and Social PinPoint online mapping; and,

• Detailed field assessments of specific Endowment Land parcels.

Phase Two Overview

Phase 2 of the study process will focus on:

• Generating a long-term vision for the campus that integrates the outcomes of Phase 1;

• Creating an updated vision for the future of the campus; one that achieves a synergistic relationship between ecology, Indigenous knowledge, cultural heritage and sustainable land use; and,

• Addressing the integration of the Master Plan for Cleantech Commons as well as the key components envisioned in the 2013 Trent Lands Plan.

Phase Two Overview

Purpose Initiatives and Opportunities

The Trent Lands and Nature Areas Plan process will include an exploration of opportunities that are aimed at enhancing the environment, affording new teaching and research opportunities, enriching campus life and achieving Trent’s sustainability vision.

These opportunities could include:

• Teaching houses/shelters

• Areas/sites to commemorate and promote Indigenous Peoples

• Non-structural stormwater management

• Enhanced trail system

• Green infrastructure/building models

• Multi-modal transportation and options for enhanced walkability

• Waste management

• Renewable energy generation

• Sustainable Village

Principles

Indigenous Community Partnership

• We will focus on our relationship with the Michi Saagiig and the local Indigenous people.

• We are committed to a new dialogue with them, that will ensure their input into the planning and decision-making processes are meaningful and collaborative.

• The inclusion of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge, directly from local Elders and knowledge keepers is integral.

• The Elders and Traditional Knowledge Keepers Council will guide Trent throughout the process.

Principles

Innovative Campus Planning

• The Trent Lands and Nature Areas Plan will go beyond the bounds of conventional land use planning, which typically defines a hard line between green (natural heritage) and grey (development).

• Achieve solutions for a sustainable and seamless interface between natural heritage and the built environment.

• This vision will be inspired by world-class precedents and informed by the insights of renowned experts in the realm of sustainable design and built form.

• The approach will define a campus landscape that integrates a synergistic matrix of ‘green’ and ‘grey’ elements, addressing both the existing established campus and the future aspirational campus.

PrinciplesA Complete Campus• The Trent Lands and Nature Areas Plan represents

an unprecedented opportunity to:• Understand and enhance the important natural environment;• Advance important teaching and research;• Protect the Nature Areas and strengthen the reputation of

Trent University as a leader in environmental responsibility; and,

• Promote innovation and sustainability through the creation of an integrated vision for the future of the campus that exceeds current standards and best practices related to Indigenous Traditional Knowledge environmental stewardship and sustainable land use

• The Plan will be a blueprint to guide the future of our Nature Areas, within Trent

University and the evolution of a ‘complete’ campus that achieves the synergistic

integration of environment, education, innovation and vibrant student life.

Today’s Community Input Session Purpose

Phase One – Understanding the Land

• Understanding and mapping the natural, cultural and archaeological features and functions existing within the campus lands.

• Documentation of natural and cultural features of significance will enable a review of the Nature Areas classifications, boundaries and uses.

• Gather your feedback to understand the land and goals of the Trent Nature Areas.

PHASE 1 Engagement Summary

• Engagement Summary Report – Summer 2019

• Reporting on all feedback from all Phase 1 field studies, engagement activities and on-line input

Questions of Clarification

Engagement Exercise

Engagement Exercise

What to do:

• Rotate through the six Feedback Stations and speak with the project team to provide input and feedback.

• Favourite Places• Improving Trails and Accessibility• Ideas for Environmental Enhancement• Areas of Concern• Locations for Interpretation or Commemoration• Research and Learning Areas• Nature Areas Goals and Criteria

• Rotate to a new Feedback Station approximately every 10 - 15 minutes.

• Complete your feedback forms.

Thank You!

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