Sports Fields Naming Consultation

ABOUT THE PROJECT

The Abbotsford School District is engaging with the public on the naming of the sports fields located between Colleen & Gordie Howe Middle School and W.J. Mouat Secondary School. Submissions collected will be for two fields and should include:

• a name for both fields; or
• one name, differentiated by a number (e.g. Sports Field 1, Sports Field 2).

As per Board Policy 21, the following criteria must be considered when submitting a name for school district facilities/property:

• The Board will approve facility names based on notable Canadian and international figures (eg. humanitarians, historians, government leaders, people involved in such fields as sports, sciences or the arts) or for people or places important to the local community or geographic area in which the facility is located.
• Wherever possible, if the building/property is to be named in honour of a person, the consent of the individual will be obtained. If it is to be named posthumously, except for a person of distinction, the close surviving relatives should approve.
• Additionally, Indigenous and/or Halq’eméylem names will also be considered within the criteria considerations.