MEDIA RELEASE Naturalists seek more protection for the Heritage Designation of Dunlap Park & Observatory November 22, 2007 — The Richmond Hill Naturalists today filed a Notice of Objection to the proposed Heritage Designation for the David Dunlap Observatory. On October 23, the Town of Richmond Hill designated the Observatory buildings worthy of protection under […]
In the years prior to 1900 there was a North American tradition of a Christmas ‘side-hunt’, with the intent of bagging the largest number of feathered and furry creatures. In 1900, at the dawn of a very slow-developing concern over the environment, a move began to instead do a bird count. The first such count […]
On November 14, Dr. Tom Bolton was on CBC Radio’s Sounds Like Canada program to talk about the kind of work astronomer are doing at David Dunlap Observatory. You can listen to the entire interview. The wide-ranging interview provides an overview of the history of the observatory, the work that lead to Dr. Bolton’s discovery […]
Join the West Humber and Richmond Hill Naturalists for a special presentation of An Inconvenient Truth with Anne Parker, a volunteer with The Climate Project. Anne Parker’s slide show and talk will combine views from this movie on the “planetary emergency of global warming,” slides of current climate change occurring in Canada and solutions for […]
A local citizen’s group will be holding a rally to preserve David Dunlap Obersvatory on Thursday, November 8th at 12:30 PM. Bring your signs and banners to Rally against redevelopment of the David Dunlap Observatory lands! When: 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM on Thursday, November 8 Where: Municipal Offices (Town Hall), 225 East Beaver […]
