2. HEATHER CROWE MEMORIAL COMMÉMORATION DE HEATHER CROWE |
That
Council approve that:1.
Flags
at all City-owned facilities fly at half-mast on Tuesday, 22 May 2007 in honour
of the anniversary of Ms.Heather Crowe’s passing.
t2. The recommendation
of
the Heather
Crowe
Memorial Working Group to recognize
Ms. Heather Crowe by:
1. Naming
the Kitchissippi Ward park located
at 1902
Scott Street Block 14, Plan 4M-1185 in Heather
Crowe’s honour,
through an application to the
City’s Commemorative
Naming Committee; and
2. Designating
the park as a smoke-free space given
the nature of Ms. Heather Crowe’s
courageous work in launching a
nationwide fight to ban workplace smoking.
Recommandation du Comité
Que le Conseil approuve les recommandations
du groupe de travail pour la commémoration de Heather Crowe visant à
reconnaître le passage de Mme Crowe parmi nous en :
1. nommant en l’honneur de Heather Crowe
le parc du quartier Kitchissippi, situé au 1902, rue Scott, îlot
14, plan enregistré 4M-1185, par le biais d’une proposition au Comité sur les
dénominations commémoratives de la Ville; et
2. désignant ledit parc comme étant un
espace sans fumée, compte tenu des courageux efforts que Mme Crowe a investis dans le lancement d’une campagne à l’échelle nationale
visant à proscrire l’usage du tabac au travail.
DOCUMENTATION
1.
Deputy City Manager report dated 25 April 2007 (ACS2007-CPS-OPH-0001).
Report
to/Rapport au :
Community and Protective Services Committee
Comité de la santé, des loisirs et
des services sociaux
and Council / et au Conseil
March 8, 2007 / le 8 mars 2007
April
25, 2007/ le 25 avril 2007
Submitted by/Soumis par : Steve Kanellakos
Deputy City Manager / Directeur
municipal adjoint,
Community and Protective Services /
Services communautaires et de protection
Contact Person /
Personne ressource : Dr David Salisbury
Medical Officer of Health / Médecin chef en
santé publique
Ottawa Public Health / Santé Publique Ottawa
(613) 580-2424 x23681, dave.salisbury@ottawa.ca
SUBJECT: |
HEATHER CROWE MEMORIAL
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OBJET : |
COMMÉMORATION DE HEATHER
CROWE
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That
Community and Protective Services Committee recommend Council approve the
naming or renaming of an
Ottawa park in commemoration of Ms.Heather Crowe, and request the Commemorative
Naming Committee expedite its rules and procedures for commemorative naming, to
approve a park be renamed Heather Crowe Memorial Park for announcement on
Tuesday, 22 May 2007,
the first anniversary of Ms. Crowe’s death and that flags at all City-Owned
facilities fly at half mast on that day; and that this park named in Ms.Heather
Crowe’s honour be adopted as a smoke-free outdoor space.
That
Community and Protective Services
Committee recommend that Council approve that:1.
Flags
at all City-owned facilities fly at half-mast on Tuesday, 22 May 2007 in honour
of the anniversary of Ms.Heather Crowe’s passing.
t2.
The recommendation
of
the Heather
Crowe
Memorial Working Group to recognize
Ms. Heather Crowe by:
1. Naming
the Kitchissippi Ward park located
at 1902
Scott Street Block 14, Plan 4M-1185 in Heather
Crowe’s honour,
through an application to the
City’s Commemorative
Naming Committee; and
2. Designating
the park as a smoke-free space given
the nature of Ms. Heather Crowe’s
courageous work in launching a
nationwide fight to ban workplace smoking.
a park
naming . 3.
That
the
Heather Crowe Working Group work with
the assistance of Cultural Services and Community Funding (CSCF) Arts
development staff to develop a suitable public art project to be installed in
the park named for Ms.Heather Crowe and
explore
the potential for a donation through the City's Corporate Sponsorship Policy
and/or through private sponsorship.
4.The
CPSC
direct Bylaw Services to work with Ottawa Public Health to explore the
feasibility of declaring all city parks to be smoke-free and report back to the
CPSC within 6 months.
RECOMMANDATIONS DU
RAPPORT
Que le Comité des Services communautaires et de
protection recommande que le conseil approuve les recommandations du groupe de
travail pour la commémoration de Heather Crowe visant à reconnaître le passage
de Mme Crowe parmi nous en :
1. nommant
en l’honneur de Heather Crowe le parc du quartier Kitchissippi, situé au 1902, rue Scott, îlot 14, plan enregistré 4M-1185, par le biais d’une
proposition au Comité sur les dénominations commémoratives de la Ville; et
2. désignant
ledit parc comme étant un espace sans fumée, compte tenu des courageux efforts
que Mme Crowe a investis dans le lancement
d’une campagne à l’échelle nationale visant à proscrire l’usage du tabac au
travail.
On
May 24, 2006, City Council directed staff to define, in appropriate form and
substance, a significant remembrance to recognize the leadership and
contributions of Heather Crowe to Canadian Society (MOTION NO. 59/1). A
Working
Group
led by Ottawa Public Health has worked with a Community Committee to develop
recommendations for City Council. With
the assistance of Christine Leadman, Councillor for Kitchissippi Ward, a
suitable park has been identified at 1902 Scott Street Block 14, Plan 4M-1185
in Kitchissippi Ward (attached as Document 1). The park has a prominent profile along Scott
Street, has not been currently named, and is within the community that Heather
Crowe lived and worked. The
Working Group also recommends
that the specific park
named in Ms. Heather Crowe’s honour
be designated as a smoke-free space given the
nature of her contribution to Canadian society;
and further
that a public art project be considered for
installation in the park.
The
Working Group consulted extensively with the Community Committee to develop the
report recommendations,
and it is anticipated that any costs for smoke-free park
signage will
not exceed existing monies available for this purpose.
RÉSUMÉ
Le 24 mai 2006, le conseil municipal
a demandé à son personnel de définir de manière appropriée — tant du point
de vue du contenant que du contenu — une forme d’hommage qui puisse
commémorer les contributions de Heather Crowe à la société canadienne et le
leadership qu’elle y a exercé (MOTION NO 59/1). Un groupe de travail dirigé par Santé publique Ottawa a travaillé
de concert avec un comité communautaire afin d’élaborer des recommandations à
ce sujet à l’intention du conseil municipal. Avec l’aide reçue de Christine Leadman, conseillère pour le
quartier Kitchissippi, on a pu repérer un parc approprié situé 1902, rue Scott,
îlot 14, plan enregistré 4M-1185, dans le quartier Kitchissippi (v.
le Document 1, en pièce jointe). Le parc occupe un espace prépondérant sur
la rue Scott, n’a pas encore été nommé et est situé non loin d’où Heather Crowe
habitait et travaillait. Le groupe de travail recommande également que le parc
nommé spécialement en l’honneur de Mme Heather Crowe soit désigné
espace sans fumée afin de rendre compte de la nature de la contribution de
cette dernière à la société canadienne; en dernier lieu, le groupe recommande
qu’un projet d’œuvre d’art soit envisagé et que la pièce réalisée grâce au
projet soit installée dans ledit parc.
Pour arriver aux
recommandations contenues dans le rapport, le groupe de travail a procédé à de
vastes consultations auprès du comité communautaire. Il est du reste prévu que
les coûts nécessaires à l’affichage anti‑fumée dans le parc ne
dépasseront pas les ressources disponibles à cette fin.
In May 2006, Heather Crowe, a long-time hospitality worker and Ottawa resident, died of lung cancer due to second-hand smoke exposure. She had never smoked a single cigarette. When Ms. Crowe became ill she determined that she hoped to be the last person in Canada to die from second-hand smoke. She took her story across the country to the public, politicians, hospitality workers and health professionals.
In Ottawa, Ms. Crowe presented to
thousands of students to convey her message out and described herself as the canary
of the hospitality industry. She
told the youth and all audiences, that
restaurant staff should not be disposable
workers and that they should advocate so that all workers would be protected
from second-hand smoke. She applauded
Ottawa’s Workplaces and Public Places Bylaw and personally advocated for
similar gold-standard legislation across the country. In collaboration with Health Canada, Ms. Crowe appeared in a
poignant television ad and became the face of second-hand smokers.
Ms. Crowe unquestionably
had significant influence onsingle-handedly
changed the hearts and minds of many decision-makers on the issue
of tobacco control policy.legislation. Before her death, Ontario’s
Minister of Health Promotion, The
Honourable Jim Watson, created the “Heather Crowe Award” to recognize
individuals and groups dedicated to tobacco control in Ontario. After her death, MacLean’s magazine named
Heather Crowe “MacLean’s Person of the Year” and the Canadian Council for
Tobacco Control (CCTC) announced the creation of a “Heather Crowe Legacy Fund”
which would keep Ms. Crowe’s work alive. The City of Ottawa has donated $15,000.00
to the Legacy Fund in honour of Ms. Crowe’s work. – Mayor Larry
O’Brien presented the City’s donation to Mr. Bob Walsh, Executive Director,
CCTC, at the launch of a Heather Crowe documentary “An Ordinary Canadian’s Extraordinary Gift” at City Hall on
January 23, 2007. This hard-hitting video tracks Ms. Crowe’s activism and grit
with her quote that she is “downsizing into an urn.” In order to mark her death, there will be a Memorial Mass at 4:30
p.m. at Our Lady of Fatima Church on Saturday, May 26, 2007 and the public is
welcome to attend.
DISCUSSION
On May 24, 2006, City Council
directed staff to define, in appropriate form and substance, a significant
remembrance to recognize the leadership and contributions of Heather Crowe to
Canadian Society (MOTION NO. 59/1).
WHEREAS
in March 2002, non-smoker Heather Crowe was diagnosed with lung cancer after 40
years of working in restaurants;
AND WHEREAS in April 2001, Ottawa City Council passed a by-law setting a
Canadian precedent banning smoking in workplaces, including bars and
restaurants;
AND
WHEREAS in October 2002, Heather Crowe received the first ever WSIB award after
contracting lung cancer;
AND
WHEREAS in 2002, Heather Crowe launched a nationwide fight to ban workplace
smoking and began the campaign with the Ontario Medical Association to promote
a province wide ban on smoking in the work place;
AND
WHEREAS Heather Crowe criss-crossed Canada with the message that all workers
should have the legal protection from the second-hand smoke at work and that
Canada must become smoke-free;
AND
WHEREAS on May 22, 2006 Heather Crowe lost her battle with cancer;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED that flags at all City-owned facilities fly at half masthalf-mast
on Saturday, May 27, 2006;
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the
City of Ottawa make a contribution of $15,000 to the Heather Crowe Legacy Fund
through the Canadian Council for Tobacco Control;
AND
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Corporate Services and Economic Development
Committee define, in appropriate form and substance, a significant remembrance
to recognize the leadership and contributions of Heather Crowe to Canadian
Society.
A working group led by Ottawa
Public Health
has worked with a Community Committee to develop recommendations for City
Council. The Community Committee
members are: Mr. Moe Atallah (Ms. CroweHeather’s
former employer, Newport Restaurant); Ms. Cynthia Callard (Physicians for a
Smoke-Free Canada); Mr. Neil Collishaw (Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada);
Ms. Patricia Cosgrove (Ms. Crowe’s daughter) and Ms. Carol McDonald (Program
Training and Consultation Centre).
The Committee and working group
recommend the memorial be a gathering place that promotes health. In addition, there is a desire to create a
remembrance that
is has a high profile in the City. Finally, it is hoped that th e memorial could be a focal point for
other groups (for example, businesses and artists) and other levels of
government to contribute operating costs in the future. The committee recommends
that a City park be named in honour of Ms. Crowe.
Criteria for potential sites include:
- Location: A park in Westboro. This ward is centrally located in the City and is the ward in which Ms. Crowe worked. A new park in a developing neighbourhood where many families and children will play could also be considered in the event a park in Kitchissippi Ward is not feasible.
- Symbolism: relates to Ms. Crowe’s work and life.
-
Profile: a site
whichsite that has high visibility,
worthy of honouring
and honour’
the legacy ofs
Ms. Crowe.
-
A park that can be designated
smoke-free.
With
the assistance of Christine
Leadman, Councillor for Kitchissippi Ward, a
suitable park has
been identified at 1902 Scott Street Block 14, Plan 4M-1185 in Kitchissippi
Ward. The park has
a prominent profile along Scott Street, has
not been currently named, and is within the community that Heather Crowe
lived and worked.
Future
plans include thatPart
of this commemorative naming, would be for the City to call upon local businesses to
provide donations that could be used towards commissioning a piece of public
art, to be installed in the park, in Ms. Crowe’s honour. This piece of artwork,artwork
could have a youth theme (symbolizing Ms.
Crowe’sHeather’s
work and advocacy with youth to quit smoking) or a piece of art in the Mi’kmaq
tradition, which was a part of Ms.
CroweHeather’s heritage. Ottawa Public
Health would coordinate this initiative, with input from Cultural Services and
the Heritage Program.
CONSULTATION
Ottawa Public Health staff has worked with
community members, including: Mr. Moe Atallah (Ms.
CroweHeather’s former employer, Newport
Restaurant); Ms. Cynthia Callard (Physicians for a
Smoke-Free Canada); Mr. Neil Collishaw (Physicians for a
Smoke-Free Canada); Ms. Patricia Cosgrove (Ms.
Crowe’Heather’s
daughter) and Ms. Carol McDonald (Program Training and
Consultation Centre).
In addition, relevant
City Councillors and the following internal departments
staff groups have been consulted:
-
Parks
and Recreation
Relevant
City Councillors
-
Commemorative
Naming Committee
-
Cultural
Services
-
Heritage
Program
-
Bylaw
Services
-
Corporate
Sponsorship
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
Potential cost of park signage is
being investigated. It is
anticipated that costs will not exceed existing monies available for this
purpose.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Document
1Attachment – Photo of City Park in Kitchissippi Ward –
1902 Scott Street Block 14, Plan 4M-1185.Collingwood bylaw
Metrovox
survey
-Measurements
of Outdoor Air Pollution from Secondhand Smoke on the UMBC campus
DISPOSITION
The
Medical Officer of Health (MOH) on behalf of the Heather Crowe Memorial Working
GroupCommunity and Protective Services Department will
file an application with subject
to CPSC and Council approval will continue to work with the City’s
Commemorative Naming Committee, and
once the commemorative
request is approved
by Committee and Council, By-law
and Regulatory Services (BLRS) will
amend the relevant
City by-laws to designate the
park as a smoke-free space.
Document 1
and Public Health’s working
committee consisting of staff and community individuals to
identify and expedite an appropriate park for the Heather Crowe Memorial.
Photo of Proposed Memorial -
Heather Crowe Park
City Park located at:
1902 Scott Street Block 14,
Plan 4M-1185
Kitchissippi Ward