2024.EX13.5

Background

Back in March 29, 2023, City Council adopted an item called ‘Place Names in the Port Lands’. “City staff have been working with an Indigenous engagement consultant and Elder to design the engagement process”. This includes a place naming advisory circle, which will recommend an Indigenous name for the Island and proposed names for streets and parks to be considered by City Council in fall 2024. The item also emphasizes future opportunities for the City to "collaborate with Indigenous communities" and integrate "Indigenous knowledge systems, oral histories, protocols, and connections to the land" into the waterfront revitalization process.

Source: City of Toronto

Item Description

The item states that “City Council direct the Director of the Waterfront Secretariat and the Director of the Indigenous Affairs Office to engage with Indigenous communities, including First Nations, Inuit, Métis, and urban Indigenous groups. They are to report back to the Executive Committee by October 1, 2024, with a permanent name for Villiers Island and a framework for reconciliation projects aimed at supporting Indigenous cultural revitalization in Villiers Island and the Port Lands.”

Source: City of Toronto

Proposed by

Councillor Paula Fletcher