Item - 2024.MM24.45

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on December 17 and 18, 2024 without amendments.

MM24.45 - Wonscotonach Parklands Naming Review - by Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Frances Nunziata

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Ward:
14 - Toronto - Danforth

City Council Decision

City Council on December 17 and 18, 2024, adopted the following:

 

1. City Council request the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the Director, Indigenous Affairs Office, with the support of the Waterfront Secretariat and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, to engage an Indigenous Naming Circle to review the name “Wonscotonach Parklands” for the Lower Don Parkland system and report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in the second quarter of 2025.

Background Information (City Council)

Motions (City Council)

Motion to Introduce Motion without Notice moved by Councillor Paula Fletcher (Carried)

That Councillor Paula Fletcher be permitted to add to the agenda of today's meeting an urgent Motion without Notice concerning: 

 

Wonscotonach Parklands Naming Review

 

Reason for Urgency: 

 

This Motion is urgent as advancing Indigenous naming is essential to meet our Truth and Reconciliation commitments and to begin the work on the Master Plan for this exciting new park.


Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council