CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Department of Canadian Heritage

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Department of Canadian Heritage

Deadline: Saturday, January 31, 2015

The next application deadline date for the Building Communities through Arts and Heritage (BCAH) funding for Community Anniversaries taking place in 2016 is January 31, 2015.  

The Building Communities through Arts and Heritage Program was created to help you celebrate your community, its past and its present. The Program will increase opportunities, through festivals and other events and projects, for local artists and artisans to be involved in their community and for local groups to commemorate their local history and heritage.

The Community Anniversaries component provides funding to local groups for non–recurring local events and capital projects that commemorate an anniversary of 100 years or greater in increments of 25 years.

The community anniversaries component will also consider projects that commemorate the 100^th and 75 ^th anniversary of locally significant events directly related to the Canadian participation in World War I and II.

Please visit the Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage  Website http://pch.gc.ca for details or contact the team at:

Email: pch-atlan@pch.gc.ca

Toll-free: 1-866-811-0055

#Throwback Thursday @ Canada's History

If you are an active Twitter or Facebook user, you've probably seen Throwback Thursday photos of your friends from years gone by.  You've probably even posted one of yourself sporting that rat's tail or mullet hair due wearing an acid washed jean jacket and holding a Sony Walkman with your favorite mixed tape inside. Well, Canada's History Magazine has put a twist on Throwback Thursdays using historical photos of Canadian events and places.  Each week, an archival photo is posted on Canada's History Magazine Twitter account and people can tweet an answer.  One person is chosen weekly as the winner and given a free magazine subscription.  When the winner is announced, details of the photo are also released as well as links to events and occurrences that relate to the photo.  The latest Throwback Thursday photo showcased the CANOL Project at Fort Fitzgerald in 1942.  During the Second World War,  a pipeline and road were to be constructed that spanned from Norman Wells, Northwest Territories to Whitehorse, Yukon that would secure an oil supply during the war.


Although an American Initiative, the CANOL Project has its own place in our local history.  In 1942, American soldiers arrived in Waterways by train and established a military base where Keyano College is currently located.  The base, known as The Prairie, extended to the Clearwater River.  This base became a staging ground to support the CANOL project and every available local boat and barge was used to transport cargo and equipment to Norman Wells from The Prairie.

The Throwback Thursday, Canada's History Magazine contest is a really neat way to share history and have fun at the same time.   Follow Canada's History Magazine on twitter for your chance to win a free magazine subscription.  And while your having fun guessing the photo, indulge in the historical information that's presented with each photo from the week prior.


Twitter.com/Canadashistory   #throwbackthursday

This is the photo that Canada's History Magazine tweeted during Throwback Thursday contest on June 19th 

Heritage Canada accepting nominations for TOP TEN ENDANGERED PLACES

Heritage Canada The National Trust (HCNT) is accepting nominations to Canada’s Top Ten Endangered Places List. The list is released annually to bring national attention to sites at risk due to neglect, lack of funding, inappropriate development and weak legislation. It has become a powerful tool in the fight to make landmarks, not landfill.
HCNT uses three primary criteria to determine the 10 final sites for inclusion on the list:

• Significance of the site 

• Urgency of the threat 

• Community support for its preservation 

Nominations should be received by Friday, May 9, 2014. The 2014 list will be announced in June.
Feel free to contact us if you’re considering a nomination or have any questions.
Carolyn Quinn
Director, Communications
cquinn@heritagecanada.org
613-237-1066 ext. 229; cell 613-797-7206.
If you know a site that should be included on our list, tell us about it today.

Click here for the 2014 Top Ten Endangered Places ListForm. 


By email: heritagecanada@heritagecanada.org or phone: (613) 237-1066.

Contact:

To explore past listings of Canada's Endangered Places, please click here. 

Visit www.HeritageCanada.org for more informaton on this and other exciting heritage initiatives.  

The Prince of Wales Prize for Municipal Heritage Leadership

Heritage Canada The National Trust (HCNT) believes that historic places are the cornerstones of community, identity and sense of place. The National Awards Program recognizes individuals, organizations, corporations and rehabilitation projects that give new life to Canada’s historic places. HCNT's awards are presented at a ceremony held in conjunction with our annual conference. Selections are made by independent juries whose members represent, on a broad basis, the regions of Canada, the various disciplines relating to heritage conservation, and the voluntary heritage movement.

"I have always believed that if you want to effect change it is not enough merely to champion an idea, but absolutely vital to make the effort to create tangible examples on the ground that prove this philosophy, and then inspire other communities to do the same." HRH The Prince of Wales.

In keeping with His Royal Highness’ commitment to architecture, the environment, and inner-city renewal, The Prince of Wales agreed to lend his title to the creation in 1999 of a prize to be awarded annually to the government of a municipality which has demonstrated a strong and sustained commitment to the conservation of its historic places. The local government must have a record of supporting heritage preservation through such means as regulation, policies, funding and exemplary stewardship. The nomination must provide evidence that heritage properties in the given municipality have improved over a period of time.

The award consists of a metal plaque and a scroll, as well as a flag or pennant to be flown outside the winning municipality’s headquarters and/or placed on permanent display. The Prince of Wales Prize logo must be displayed on the homepage of the municipality’s website.

Nominations must be received on or before March 14.

To make a nomination, please click here for the submission criteria and instructions.

Heritage Canada The National Trust is a partner with Prince’sCharities Canada (PCC), a facilitating organization that works with existing Canadian charities already connected to The Prince of Wales to help arrange opportunities for charitable organizations in Canada and the U.K. to work together.

National Historic Sites Cost-Sharing Program

Parks Canada's National Historic Sites Cost-Sharing Program ("the Program") helps ensure the commemorative integrity of non-federally owned or administered national historic sites through financial contributions. 

For 2014-2015, please note that:

• Applications must be submitted by or postmarked no later than January 27, 2014.
• Selected projects must take place between April 1, 2014, and March 31, 2015.
• Total funding available under the Program will be approximately $1,000,000.
• Preference may be given to those who have not received funding from the Program in the last five years.
• As Canada prepares to celebrate the sesquicentennial anniversary of Confederation in 2017, we encourage you to consider submitting requests for projects of particular importance to your communities that may be linked to key milestones in Canada's history. Assessment of proposals is always based on the Program's assessment criteria, however preference may be given to projects linked to significant national anniversaries that will be celebrated in the next few years, including events such as:
• the Centennial of the first Canadian scientific expedition to the Arctic (2013-18)
• the 150th anniversary of the Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences (2014)
• significant events related to the First and Second World Wars
• the bicentennial of Sir John A. Macdonald's birth (January 11, 2015)
• the 175th anniversary of the birth of Sir Wilfrid Laurier (November 20, 2016)
• the bicentennial of the end of the War of 1812 (December 24, 2014)
• the 100th anniversaries celebrating women's suffrage and allowing women to vote (2016)
• the Centennial of the Battles of the Somme and Beaumont-Hamel (2016)
• the 150th anniversary of Confederation (2017)
• the Centennial of the Battles of Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele (2017)
• the Centennial of the National Hockey League (2017)
• the 50th anniversary of the Canada Games (2017)
• the 75th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid (2017)
• to mark a 100th anniversary or greater, in increments of 25 years (e.g., 125th, 150th), of importance to your national historic site.

Please consult the Program's guidelines:
Program Guidelines (PDF Version, 294 KB)
Application Forms:

1. Funding Application (DOC 1.85 MB, PDF 234 KB)
2. Project Timeline and Budget (EXCEL 134 KB, PDF 57 KB)

Heritage Canada Foundation calling for input on Federal Budget Cuts

Just recently, the Heritage Canada Foundation announced;

The Heritage Canada Foundation (HCF) is seeking input from Canadians on how recent federal budget cuts—and other changing social and economic priorities—are affecting heritage in their communities.

There is a growing sense that heritage is losing ground. The much-vaunted federal Historic Places Initiative is a distant memory. More recently, heritage budgets at the federal and provincial levels have been slashed.

What are the implications for heritage in Canada? How can heritage advocates make a difference? HCF’s upcoming National Heritage Summit, October 11-13, will be a watershed event designed to take stock, explore options and set a new direction for the heritage movement. What’s working? What’s not? What needs to change? 

Be part of the solution. Share your views:

heritagecanada@heritagecanada.org and visit our website at www.heritagecanada.org to learn more about the National Heritage Summit.

 The Heritage Canada Foundation is a national registered charity dedicated to the preservation of Canada’s historic places. Y

For further information contact:

Carolyn Quinn, Director, Communications

cquinn@heritagecanada.org ; 613-237-1066 ext. 229; cell 613-797-7206

www.heritagecanada.org

Heritage Canada offers Building Stories Inventory

 HCF announces direct web access to new Building Stories inventory   

The Heritage Canada Foundation (HCF) is pleased to announce that Building Stories, a new interactive online inventory of historic buildings, structures and sites across Canada, is now a click away from the homepage of its website;www.heritagecanada.org

The tools in Building Stories can help communities and individual citizens take a direct and active role in identifying the significant and valued places that make up a vital part of the country’s heritage assets. Sites can be added to the fully searchable database and mapping system, which is open to additional contributions of stories, memories, digital artifacts and photographs.

“HCF is pleased to support this exciting new heritage tool,” said Natalie Bull, executive director. “It joins another important website link on our homepage to the Canadian Register of Historic Places. Together they help engage the public, explain the importance of heritage places and help build community confidence.” 

The sites can also be accessed through a mobile application available for Android, iPhone and Blackberry phones.

Building Stories is a partnership between the University of Waterloo’s Heritage Resource Centre and Computer Systems Group and the Centre for Community Mapping.

For more information about Building Stories or other Heritage Canada Foundation initiatives, please visit www.heritagecanada.org  

The Heritage Canada Foundation is a national registered charity dedicated to the preservation of Canada’s historic places.