[Avenuer]

Do we know WHEN we might know the new name?

That unfortunately, I'm not 100% sure of.

 

[Barnaby]

The new name is obviously West Village.

 

[Gronk!]

The new name is obviously West Village.

What is West Village in Cree?

 

[SMayo]

I'm nervous about the new name. They are setting themselves up for a bad reveal by doing almost no public consultation.
I'm sure its not the same selection process as the city ward names, but as an example if you look at those names chosen I don't think theres any racism in someone saying they hope its a name they can pronounce. Some of the names are great,but for example Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi is objectively hard to pronounce and spell and would effectively stop businesses from using the neighborhood name in their names/marketing.
That being said I'm glad they're moving on from Oliver and I'm sure it will be a good name.

 

[Barnaby]

I think that changing a neighbourhood name is pretty confusing unless it happens organically over time. Oliver is a good name, and that has nothing to do with the history of its namesake, whatever that is.

You can remove references to the person that the neighbourhood was named after, but I think time largely does that on its own. I say this, because I don't know the first name of this Oliver person that people are upset about.

 

[strata]

I agree.

(Frank) Oliver does not hold the exclusive rights to the name Oliver. I think the push had the right intentions, but feels like an overreaction.

 

[Gronk!]

I think that changing a neighbourhood name is pretty confusing unless it happens organically over time. Oliver is a good name, and that has nothing to do with the history of its namesake, whatever that is.

You can remove references to the person that the neighbourhood was named after, but I think time largely does that on its own. I say this, because I don't know the first name of this Oliver person that people are upset about.

Frank Oliver (politician) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[David A]

Oliver is historical, but controversial and doesn't mean anything to someone who doesn't know local history. I like West Village because it is simple, sounds nice, is understandable, not controversial and gives some directional context.

I have a bit of an issue that we need to wait for the government to come down from the mountain like god to Moses and pronounce what we must use. The lack of public consultation and involvement is particularly irksome here.

Sometimes names just evolve based on what people use, so if we start using this, maybe that is what it will become.

 

[northlands]

from https://www.linkedin.com/posts/fran..._q?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

 

[Glenco]

 

[Kosy123]

The fact there’s gonna be two of these facing each other is about to put me in an urbanist coma

 

[Seamusmuldrew]

What is West Village in Cree?

Looked it up out of curiosity…(a very direct translation from a dictionary, probably not accurate)
Pahkisimôtâhk Ôcênâs
Probably not that haha

 

[Glenco]

Little bit of an update

 

[Platinum107]

This place is next level, the plaza felt so inviting and warm, even on a super chilly day like today. Can't wait for a cafe and/or restaurant to bring the square some life.

 

[Barnaby]

Yeah, they completely nailed it. I hope this leases up immediately so the developers are rewarded for this contribution to the area.