THE JURY LANDS FOUNDATION MISSION:
To rejuvenate a Canadian historic and architectural significant site in Clarington, Ontario with international, national, and local significance for re-use for those same audiences even as it recognizes the place’s one-time distinction of managing both Camp 30 Prisoners of War and troubled youth while harmoniously integrating with its host community of Bowmanville.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MARILYN MORAWETZ (CHAIR) has sat on the Board since its inception in 2011. As one of the founding members, she was a volunteer board member and stakeholder representative for the Clarington Museum & Archives who remains a significant partner. Marilyn is also a founding member of the 2009 Clarington branch of the ACO, formed as a direct result of public interest in the Camp 30 site. Marilyn chaired the successful Doors Open Clarington for ten years, in partnership with Clarington Museum & Archives and ACO-Clarington, and was honoured to receive the A.K. Sculthorpe Award for Advocacy presented by ACO in 2014 for her work towards saving the Jury Lands/Training School/Camp 30 site.
For 34 years, Marilyn with her husband, Tom, owned and operated an agri-business in Clarington, along with their family farm which since retirement from business in 2022, continues to be an important part of their life. Her other volunteer commitments are in many years of service to Durham East 4-H and to her local United Church, alongside years in Scouting and work at a local school to improve community connections through meaningful outreach projects for students. Prior to this Marilyn taught Family Studies and Special Education at Port Hope High School for seven years after completing her degrees at University of Guelph, and University of Toronto. Currently her greatest passion is in sharing life’s adventures with 6 grandchildren and her family
STEVE COLES (VICE-CHAIR & ACTING TREASURER ) was an elementary school teacher for some 35 years and has a lifelong commitment to learning. In addition to his teaching duties, Steve participated in his professional organization and lead a curriculum review team that assessed science and technology units. Steve is a very active member of the community. In addition, he is a member of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Association, a life member of the Officers’ Mess, of the Ontario Regiment and holds memberships in the Ontario Regiment Foundation and Ontario Regiment Association.
ROBERT OUGH (HONOURARY MEMBER) has had a career in the helicopter industry following his service with the RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force). Mr. Ough’s past military experience as well as my past civilian aviation experiences have allowed opportunities for Canadian as well as International work and travel over the past fifty plus years. For the past two years Robert has served as President of the Peterborough Chapter of the United Services Institute, an organization originally formed by retired officers for the preservation of military history on a local as well as National level.
TODD TREMEER is a local artist with a lifelong fascination with museums, history and art. He has studied and travelled extensively in Europe. He is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, the University of Guelph and has a Master’s Fine Arts, Western University. He teaches art in schools, in public galleries and has taught at various colleges and universities. Many of his historically themed murals are found in downown Bowmanville.
Todd manages the Jury Lands website and all emails sent to the website.
KATHARINE WARREN has been a resident of Clarington for over a decade. She has her teaching degree (University of Windsor) and an undergraduate degree in History and Anthropology (University of Toronto). She lives here with her husband and two young daughters. She has served on the Clarington Library, Museum and Archives board since 2015 and sat on the Clarington Heritage committee for 8 years. She joined the Jury Lands Foundation Board after working at the Clarington Museum and Archives as the Interim Executive Director from December 2017 until October 2018. Over the years she has become very familiar with the history of the lands and the importance of designating historical buildings and properties to preserve them for future generations.
WILLIAM HUMBER C.M. (SECRETARY), is a member of the Order of Canada, and the first historian inducted into Canada’s Baseball Hall of Fame. A retired Seneca Polytechnic administrator he was recognized for his work in environmental education including Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s Sustainability Educator of the Year, an Yves Landry Award for sustainability leadership, and by the College and Institutes of Canada for his Green Citizen campaign at Seneca. Currently he is secretary to the Jury Lands Foundation restoring a nationally recognized historic site, as well as Valleys 2000 leading a campaign for a Circle of Green around his hometown of Bowmanville Ontario. Humber is on the United Way Greater Toronto’s Leadership Honour Roll, has authored 13 books including ones on baseball, bicycling, soccer, and African Canadian sports, as well as urban regeneration, and is listed in the Canadian Who’s Who.
WILLIE WOO Clarington councillor, Ward 3 & 4. Clarington has been “home” for the Woo family for over 50 years. Willie Woo served two terms on Council, being first a local and then a Regional Councillor. Mr. Woo is a retired employee of Goodyear Bowmanville Plant. He has been involved with many volunteer activities and committees. He was the Chair of Planning Services and the Council Liaison on the Tyrone Community Centre, Samuel Wilmot Nature Area Management Advisory Committee, Bethesda House Board, St. Mary’s Cement Advisory Committee, Visual Arts Centre Board and Clarington Youth Advisory Committee.
JOE DALRYMPLE is a lifelong resident of Bowmanville. He studied history at Queen’s University and also attended Osgoode Hall Law School. He recently retired after working at the Immigration & Refugee Board for 31 years. He has volunteered for many non-profits, particularly the Visual Arts Centre. He has also enjoyed serving as an election observer with several OSCE international election observation missions. He has had a life long interest with the Jury Lands, and is particularly interested in their use as a POW camp in World War II.
DAVID CROME is the former Planning Director for the Municipality of Clarington. In that position, he endeavoured to help maintain a thriving community with a strong sense of place in the midst of rapid urban growth. Earlier in his career he was a planner with the Region of Durham and the Durham Non-Profit Housing Corporation. For four years, he was the Programme Administrator for an Ugandan Refugee Resettlement Program in Southern Sudan working for an NGO under contract with the UNHCR.
CORINNA TRAILL graduated from the University of Toronto summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree, double major in Greek and Latin in 2006, and from Osgoode Hall Law School with a Juris Doctor in 2011. She speaks three languages (English, French and Greek) and has been elected four times since 2010 to represent residents in Ward 3 (Bowmanville) on Clarington Council.
Corinna runs her own local law practice, Traill Law, and has experience in many aspects of law, including family law, employment law, human rights law and civil litigation. Corinna has professional affiliations with the Law Society of Ontario, the Durham Region Law Association, the Legal Education and Action Fund, Equal Voice and the Canadian Bar Association.
Having been born and raised in Bowmanville where her retired parents still live, Corinna is an active member of the community where she grew up. She is a Rotarian, a member of the Board of Directors on the Tyrone Community Centre Hall Board and the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority and the Council liaison to the Accessibility, Advisory Committee and Legislative Services. She is an avid fan of target shooting as a member of the Pineridge Target Shooting Sports club, and has been a proud member of the Bowmanville Business and Professional Women’s Club since 2012.
For more information, please visit www.corinnatraill.ca or her Facebook page.
The Path Towards Preservation
2013 Declared National Historic Site by Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Based on the strength of this national designation, Municipality of Clarington Council authorized staff to assist with the formation of the Jury Lands Foundation.
2014 Conditions Survey & Mothballing Plan by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects and a structural assessment by Ojdrovic Engineering Inc. Reports indicated that the buildings are still in surprisingly good condition considering their exposure to environmental conditions and vandalism.
2014 Jury Lands Foundation was incorporated.
Feb. 2015 The National Trust facilitated a workshop between the Municipality, members of the Jury Lands Foundation and property owners. This workshop built upon the work of 2009 Ryerson Design studio work and the 2013 National Historical Site designation. The workshop recommended local residents have walking access to the site as a strategy for putting more eyes on the site.
2015 Trail License Agreement allows for the extension of a walking trail starting from the Sprucewood Drive walkway. The trail goes through the valley and campus east side and runs south toward Concession Street. The trail agreement was entered into between the owners and Municipality. The Jury Lands Foundation fundraised for the construction of the trail (fall, 2015). The trail was completed and opened to the public (spring, 2016).
2015 Jury Lands Foundation developed a Strategic Plan which they revisit on an annual basis.
2016 Legal agreement signed with the property owners and Municipality such that ‘certain lands would upon development of adjacent parcels be turned over the Municipality as parkland.’
2016 (fall) The Municipality adopted Amendment 107 to the Official Plan which included Special Study Area F for the Camp 30/Boys Training School and removed its “future residential designation”.
Late 2016 the Municipality and Jury Lands Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding that outlined the role of the Jury Lands Foundation with regard to the future refurbishment of the buildings.
Early 2017 the Municipality retained DTAH to develop an overall community vision for the urban design and architectural guidelines of development sites and concept plan for the parkland by integrating the re-use of the heritage resources. Demolition of buildings that were not going to be designated in 2017/8 (permit issued in 2016).
January 2018 Based on the work of DTAH and Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects the six buildings and their setting within the ring road were designated under the Ontario Heritage Act Part IV.
June 2018 DTAH held a public open house to outline the overall community vision for the former Boys Training School lands and Camp 30. This meeting was held jointly with the Soper Creek Trail Design Review Open House. Construction of this trail began in fall 2018 and was completed, spring 2019.
September 2018 Statutory public meeting regarding the DTAH Community Vision and a Draft Official Plan Amendment to implement this vision presented to Council. The land owners provided feedback stating much greater density of development was required.
June 2019, DTAH provided a presentation to Council on the Community Vision and staff were directed to bring forward a recommendation report for the Official Plan Amendment. In September when OPA 121 was before Council for approval, Council tabled the report based on the objections of the developers.
May 2020 The developers submitted an application for a privately initiated Official Plan amendment to the Municipality. Council received a report in November 2020 from staff outlining the differences in the vision of the developer and community vision as articulated in the DTAH plan. Council passed a resolution that no private residential development should be allowed within the ring road area of Camp 30. Council requested that staff work with the developer and consultant for the adjacent Secondary Plan to attempt to resolve the difference in the density request from the urban form as outlined in the Official Plan.
ACO Clarington Branch has been providing public tours of the Camp 30 site on a regular schedule from approximately May to October. Tours are listed on the Jury Lands Website. Tours last approximately 1 hour and offered free to the public. The Jury Lands Foundation accepts donations following a tour. Donations go toward the site’s preservation efforts.
Since 2017 The Municipality has published a self-guided tour of the site that is available from the municipality’s tourism website and office.
The Jury Lands Foundation provides presentations and special tours for organizations upon request.
'Our Progress So Far'
Public presentation at Sarah Jane Williams Heritage Centre, Bowmanville. November 23rd, 2023.
Click for slide show: Public_Presentation_ Nov 23_2024
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