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April 2021

The Trent Symons Campus Lands are a precious asset, rich in natural and cultural heritage, vital to the resilience of Trent and our communities. Our vision is to create an inspiring, sustainable, and complete community to learn, live, innovate, and be active. In our care for and use of the land, Trent will demonstrate leadership in environmental education and stewardship, respect for Indigenous Traditional Knowledge, and thoughtful integration of the natural and built environment.

Overview

Executive Summary

FAQ

Board of Governors approves TLNAP Implementation Plan

The Trent University Board of Governors approved Part IV: Implementation of the Trent Lands & Nature Areas Plan. The Implementation Plan identifies a Trent-specific approach through which the ideas and concepts of the Trent Lands & Nature Area's Plan may be achieved to support the campus vision and principles. It includes a monitoring and review process that allows for the Plan to evolve as new information becomes available, policies or regulations change, or learnings from implementation are considered. The campus and community feedback we received throughout the Trent Lands & Nature Areas Plan update was a valued and important element guiding the final Plan. To see how comments were implemented, a copy of the Plan with tracked changes is available for review on our website.

Read the Trent Lands & Nature Areas Plan

LONG-TERM CARE HOME

Moving from Plan to Reality: Introducing the Long-term Care Home

Trent University and peopleCare Communities are collaborating to improve the lives of local seniors, advance research on aging, and enhance student learning through the creation of a new not-for-profit 224-bed long-term care (LTC) home located on the University’s Symons Campus.

Advancing Learning and Research

Trent and peopleCare are working together to spearhead research and to pilot initiatives with the intent to spread and scale innovation throughout the LTC sector and the broader health system.  A fundamental part of the arrangement between Trent and peopleCare is to provide experiential hands-on and simulated clinical learning for nursing students, as well as those in social work, kinesiology and a broad range of programs across the University. A strategic goal of this collaboration is to interest students in geriatric care, a sector challenged to attract young healthcare leaders. In addition, through a partnership with the Trent Centre for Aging & Society, the long-term care home further positions Trent at the forefront of community-engaged research and teaching on aging and long-term care in Canada

Responding to Community Need

As the third oldest community in Canada, with almost 2,500 people waiting two to four years for a long-term care bed, Peterborough is the ideal location for a new long-term care home. Taking into consideration a number of variables in the pre-construction phase around planning and approvals at the municipal and provincial level, peopleCare is fully committed to open the LTC home as soon as possible, to meet the needs of seniors in the Peterborough community. The timeline for constructing and opening a 224-bed LTC home is approximately 18 months from getting a shovel in the ground to welcoming the first residents.

The location for the LTC home, as the anchor of the University-integrated seniors’ village, is at the north-west corner of Water Street and Woodland Drive and is on municipal transit routes. Guided by the vision and guidelines in the Trent Lands & Nature Areas Plan, Trent will work with peopleCare Communities to ensure an energy-efficient facility that also respects the setting and integrates the natural environment. A community engagement process for the new LTC home, led by peopleCare Communities with Trent University, will begin this Spring. Four season environmental studies have been conducted on the site, in collaboration with the Michi Saagiig Consultation Resource Liaisons, and these reports are being prepared to inform the site design.

Read the LTC Announcement

TRENT LANDS AND NATURE AREAS PLAN

Summary Trent Lands & Nature Areas Plan Executive Summary Full Reports Trent Lands & Nature Areas Plan Part 1: Background & Planning Context Trent Lands & Nature Areas Plan Part 2a: Trent Lands Plan Trent Lands & Nature Areas Plan Part 2b: Trent Lands Plan Trent Lands & Nature Areas Plan Part 3: Nature Areas Stewardship Plan Trent Lands & Nature Areas Plan Part 4: Implementation Plan Trent Lands & Nature Areas Plan: Tracked Changes Background Data Reports Natural Heritage Report Nature Areas and Assessment Parcel Summary Sheets (Appendix A & B) Phase 2 Engagement Report (note Phase 1 Engagement Report located in Part 1 of the full plan) Phase 3 Engagement Report

HISTORY OF TRENT LANDS PLAN

Planning for the Future

Since the 1964 Trent University Master Plan, land use planning has helped to protect, enhance and support our natural setting, teaching and research, the student experience, our academic reputation and the surrounding communities.

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