why should york university be interested in community of stouffville?

8/12/2019 Why should York University be interested in Community of Stouffville?

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Why should York University be

interested in Community of Stouffville?

York Uis receiving expressions of interest from

nine York Region municipalities

York U will look for alignments with its

institutional vision / mission / strategic plan

Distinct advantages of Whitchurch-Stouffville?

(DRAFT: Part of presentation at Town Council

Meeting, Tues, March 18, 2014)


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York University: Mission Statement

The pursuit, preservation, and dissemination ofknowledge.

We test the boundaries and structures of knowledge.

We cultivate the critical intellect.

We are dynamic, metropolitan and multi-cultural. We value diversity.

We are open to the world: we explore globalconcerns

We are a community committed to academic freedom,

social justice, accessible education, Innovation is our tradition.Tentanda Via: The way must

be tried


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pursuit, preservation & dissemination

ofknowledge

In transition to a knowledge-based economy(with York Region and Province)

Teva Canada (Pharmaceuticals)

Strategic Information Technology Ltd.

Bit-Zone Internet Group

major state-of-the-art library expansion (2015)

major Museumexpansion (completed) embodied by residents: E.g., 40% of W-S

women have some univ. training (prov. avg.: 35%)


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multicultural, value diversity, global

Pop. growth: 78% growth since 2006 (highest in YorkRegion from across the globe)

E.g, Gr. 6 students who first learnt a language otherthan English (EQAO 2012-13):

Wendat Village P.S.: 45%

Oscar Peterson P.S.: 50%

York Region DSB avg: 42%

Active Multicultural Association W-S Vision:Ont.s most welcoming Town

Home to two large NGOs: CBM, Emmanuel Intl


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dynamic, metropolitan

Latcham Art Gallery Stouffville Sculpture Walk

Nineteen-on-the-Park Centre for Arts andEntertainment: Where culture meets community

GTAs originalmetropolis: 16thc. Wendat Villagewas Canadas ancient New York City (HuffingtonPost), the largest, most complex cosmopolitanvillage of its time (R. Williamson)

Vision: Ontsmost vibrant town (as we grow >re-inventing town renaissance, i.e., re-birth/-discovery of past; unique sense of place/ identity)


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committed to social justice

Earliest settlers: pioneers of Cdn conscientiousobjection; descendants of first Americanabolitionists (Quakers/ Mennonites)

(today) Stouffville Peace Festival

2013: Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish (3x Nobel Prize nominee),Dr. Gerry Caplan (York Research Fellow)

CBM Canada: working world-wide with peoplewith disabilities

Large(-est?) contributor to Canada FoodgrainsBank (responding to global hunger)

York U Strategic Plan: a strong sense of socialresponsibility set us apart


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cultivate the critical intellect

1830s:a centre "of Radical opinion," one of the"hotbeds of revolution." Here Wllm. Lyon

Mackenzie set forth his plan for the Upper Canada

Rebellion of 1837-38

Ludwig Wideman (Stouffville/Ringwood) chaired

meetings; casualty at Montgomerys Tavern skirmish (>

impt. factor for establishment of responsible govt)

Frank Underhill (b. in Stouffville), founder of theCo-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF); co-

author of Regina Manifesto (1933)

Today: TEDX Stouffville (ideas worth spreading)


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classic university town?

Like a medieval town, Community ofStouffville encircled by wall: the Greenbelt

Walk Score: 77 - most errands can be

accomplished on foot (only York Regionmunicipality scoring over 50)

In transition re-defining ourselves as we fill-

in, and with enough flexibility in the core tobecome a classic university town

Tentanda Via: The way must be tried


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Provincial criteria for successful appl.where population growth is strongest

where postsecondary access is limitedcreation of new facilities larger than 70,000 sq. ft.

minimally 1,000 students in the short-term.


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Accessibility for N.E. York

Region & beyond

NB: a Markham

location cannot

achieve this level of

access for NE YorkRegion municipalities--

with weakest post-

secondary access in

Region.

A W-Stouffville

proposal would

strengthen York Us

pitch to province


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Location vis--vis Milton & Barrie

(strong WLU / Laurentian U. bids)

NB: E.Gwillimbury, Newmarket,

Aurora on same GO-line as York

U. (their bids would notsufficiently address access) and

Barrie


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Province: small is perfect! (e.g., UofW

Stratford Campus)


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Prime Location: Western Approach?

(Main St. & Hwy 48 area, looking S-E)


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Transformative

potential for Main

Street (west)Economic Impact

(see Stratford,

Brantford )


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Why should W-S show interest in York U?

Economic benefits of satellite campus: attractmoney, jobs, diversify tax-base

Social benefits: quality of life; arts & culture

Risk of investment (debt); risk of no bid?

Need to diversify tax-base: loss of small

businesses; 88.4% of our unweighted

assessment is residential W-S Strategic economic plan: knowledge-

based economy

why should york university be interested in community of stouffville?

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