Dawson Park Restoration Project

Planting Native Plants of Alberta and Seed Mix Supplied by City of Edmonton Operations Team

As ERVCC does our work we are reading this helpful document and speaking with those with deep connections to these lands. We apprecate any offerings of help as we work to decolonialize our approach to River Valley Relationships.

Thank You to Kortney Tompkins and her wonderful team from the City of Edmonton. The city helped ERVCC with supplies and education ensuring we planted appropriate plant kin for this site. The cty is also helping us with relationships and education to inform the local community about the importance of the area under restoration and the importance of entering all of the valley with a sense of wonder, respect and reciprocity.

We also thank Park People and their Cornerstone Park Program. Park People is helping us strenghten our organization and empowering us to promote better relationships with the River Valley Lands and all people of amiskwaciy-wâskahikan.

Here is how they help ERVCC

  • Support ERVCC to accurately evaluate and communicate the health, well-being and social benefits of our work 

  • Build the capacity ERVCC to operate in large urban parks by providing us with direct funding, networking and mentorship

  • Offering ERVCC informative workshops, research, and resources on the latest issues and best practices from cities across the country

See our Events Page if you would like to help with future aspects of this and other projects. Our work will include a short documentary movie that will be posted on this page once finalized. The movie will introduce you to the land we are learning to better honor and its deep connections to first peoples.

As part of our work we are also intending to hire people facing barriers to meaningful work or at least to encourage such a program. If you are with a first nations or metis group that can help lead us, better define our work or connect us to those needing opportunities, please reach out.

Top left to bottom right:

1) Scratching the soil so seed can take 2) Cleaning up and going home via the Dragon Boat trail 3) Planting native plants and more soil raking and seeding 4, 5, & 6) Seed mix and single seed sourced and supplied by City of Edmonton 7) beaked hazelnut 8) Giant Hyssop planting