Niagara Resident and Dedicated Voice for the Environment and for More Affordable and People Friendly Community Planning Patrick Robson – December 11, 1961 to August 25, 2024
From the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Network, a coalition of individual citizens and groups dedicated to preserving the natural riches on Ontario’s Niagara Escarpment lands
Posted November 19th, 2024 on Niagara At Large on the same day the Network sent this tribute in
Patrick Robson, a model public servant and teacher who cared passionately about the community and protecting and preserving what is left of our natural heritage.
In 1971, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launched the Man and the Biosphere Program.
A decade and a half later in 1987, Patrick Robson stepped into the role of Community Development Planner for the Niagara Escarpment Commission.
With his steady hand, it’s no surprise the Niagara Escarpment earned its UNESCO Man and the Biosphere designation in 1990.
The Commission played a key role as the original promoter, manager, and oversight body for the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere (NEB) from its designation in 1990 until 2019 when governance transitioned to a non-government format. Patrick was a key driver of this more inclusive format.
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A Brief Afterword by Doug Draper at Niagara At Large – Along with being a champion for the Niagara Escarpment, Patrick Robson, among other things, was a leading member of the Planning Department in Niagara’s Regional Government before the administration of Al Caslin and his cabal wreaked its havoc on regional governance in the mid-to-late 2010s, an award-winning teacher at Niagara College, a strong supporter for the unfinished business of seeing the Canadian side of Niagara River declared a “globally significant wetland under a RAMSAR agreement signed by numerous nations around the world, and a much beloved member of his family.
To read a tribute Niagara At Large reporter/publisher Doug Draper wrote for Patrick Robson following his untimely death this past summer at age 62, click on the following link – https://niagaraatlarge.com/2024/09/05/a-sad-farewell-to-one-of-the-most-passionate-environmentalists-urban-planners-teachers-in-our-niagara-in-recent-times/ .
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