2.             HEATHER CROWE MEMORIAL

 

COMMÉMORATION DE HEATHER CROWE

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

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

 

 

 

Ref N°: ACS2007-CPS-OPH-0001

 

 

SUBJECT:

HEATHER CROWE MEMORIAL

 

 

OBJET :

COMMÉMORATION DE HEATHER CROWE

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

 

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.   

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

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. 

 


BACKGROUND

 

 

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