Lecture / Seminar
allinfo@acadiau.ca
(902) 585-1434
Please join us for this free Lunchtime Learning session presented by Acadia Lifelong Learning.
250+ Years of Community Use and Debate (cows, cricket, circuses, Catholics, The Stones, and The Friends)
In 1763, 240 acres were "laid out and registered for a Common for the inhabitants of the town of Halifax forever." In 2007, the Friends of the Halifax Common organization emerged. In the intervening 244 years the Common diminished from 240 acres to about 70 acres of publicly accessible open space through encroachments that serve the medical, social service, educational, administrative needs of the citizens. Each encroachment was justified by the decision makers of the day, but can be criticized in hindsight. This presentation includes: the concept of Common Lands; the beginning of the Halifax Common; "improving" the Common, recreation on the Common, 250+ years of controversy over community uses, and the current situation with the Friends of the Halifax Common. The focus of the presentation is on the controversies about the use of this public space.
Dr. Susan Markham-Starr is Professor Emerita at Acadia University. She has also been a park planner for the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta; recreation planner for the City of Halifax; a faculty member at Dalhousie University and The University of Alberta; and a consultant on a variety of research and planning projects in Alberta and Nova Scotia. Susan was one of the few Canadian scholars conducting historic research into the roots of recreation and parks in Canada.
allinfo@acadiau.ca
(902) 585-1434
Please join us for this free Lunchtime Learning session presented by Acadia Lifelong Learning.
250+ Years of Community Use and Debate (cows, cricket, circuses, Catholics, The Stones, and The Friends)
In 1763, 240 acres were "laid out and registered for a Common for the inhabitants of the town of Halifax forever." In 2007, the Friends of the Halifax Common organization emerged. In the intervening 244 years the Common diminished from 240 acres to about 70 acres of publicly accessible open space through encroachments that serve the medical, social service, educational, administrative needs of the citizens. Each encroachment was justified by the decision makers of the day, but can be criticized in hindsight. This presentation includes: the concept of Common Lands; the beginning of the Halifax Common; "improving" the Common, recreation on the Common, 250+ years of controversy over community uses, and the current situation with the Friends of the Halifax Common. The focus of the presentation is on the controversies about the use of this public space.
Dr. Susan Markham-Starr is Professor Emerita at Acadia University. She has also been a park planner for the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta; recreation planner for the City of Halifax; a faculty member at Dalhousie University and The University of Alberta; and a consultant on a variety of research and planning projects in Alberta and Nova Scotia. Susan was one of the few Canadian scholars conducting historic research into the roots of recreation and parks in Canada.
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Wolfville, Nova Scotia
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