Have you registered yet for the Ontario Heritage Conference in Cobourg?
It is taking place June 3-5, and the theme is "Creating the Will".
The full schedule is now available online.
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Monday, April 18, 2011
Ontario Heritage Conference 2011- Cobourg - Program Available
Have you registered yet for the Ontario Heritage Conference in Cobourg?
It is taking place June 3-5, and the theme is "Creating the Will".
The full schedule is now available online.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
CHO:Municipal Heritage Committee Orientation Workshop 2011
Municipal Heritage Committees (MHCs) are central to local heritage programs. This workshop is designed for municipal staff, Councillors, and heritage committee members. Through this workshop, participants will learn about establishing, operating and sustaining their committees; the conservation context in Ontario; the process of designation under the Ontario Heritage Act; and municipal heritage committee best practices.
There will be three workshops held across Ontario.
Kingston, Memorial Hall - April 1, 2011
Markham, Markham Museum - April 7, 2011
Kitchener, Victoria Pavilion - April 11, 2011
Cost: $30.00 per participant
To register contact:
Richard Schofield ‐ CHO Secretary / Treasurer 24 Conlins Road, Scarborough, ON M1C 1C3 Ph: (416) 282‐2710 Fax: (416) 282‐9482 E‐mail: schofield@communityheritageontario.ca
SPACE IS LIMITED!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Annual Ontario Heritage Conference - 2011 Cobourg
The theme is Creating the Will and will feature key note speak Terry O'Rilley.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Ontario Heritage Conference 2011 Will be Held in Cobourg
The Ontario Heritage Conference for 2011 will be held in Cobourg from June 3 to June 5. The topic will be "Creating the Will".
The conference proceedings will be held in the lovely Victoria Hall
The Key Note Speaker will be Terry O'Reilly from the CBC's Age for Persuasion.
The conference's website is already active and will be updated as information becomes available.
Hope to see you there!
The conference proceedings will be held in the lovely Victoria Hall
The Key Note Speaker will be Terry O'Reilly from the CBC's Age for Persuasion.
The conference's website is already active and will be updated as information becomes available.
Hope to see you there!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Ontario Heritage Conference Website Live
The website for the Ontario Heritage Conference in Chatham-Kent is live.
The program lists two full days of activities (Friday and Saturday) and the AGMs on Sunday
The keynote speakers include Katherine Ashenburg, Dr John Iker, James Lindberg and Dr. Jennifer Sumner.
The conference topics include places of worship, barns, and local architecture in Chatham-Kent.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Creative Communities Conference: Creative Cities Study Tour
The City of Peterborough was the site of the Heritage in Creative Communities Conference at the end of May. One of the activities at the conference was the Creative Cities Study Tour. This activity involved participants visiting 11 different stations around Peterborough. Each station illustrated a theme important to developing a creative community such as fostering creative spaces and adaptive reuse. The stations showcased these themes by not only presenting examples of how creativity had been integrated into the city, but by showing opportunities for improvement. For instance, the theme of arts infrastructure was illustrated with a station at Market Hall, which serves as venue for performing arts. An example of an opportunity for improvement was back alley courtyard that is currently being used as a parking lot, but has the potential to be more multifunctional and help to create a sense of place.
The other stations included former railway lands that were converted to green space along the waterfront, a former post office that is now an apartment building in the downtown core and a house that was being renovated to house a hi-tech industry. Another site was bridge that serves a piece of public art which has the potential to host events such as a market in its underutilized space.
At each of these stations participants were given examples of how the themes were manifested in other cities. Participants were also asked to think about they could apply the lesson to their municipality.
The hand on approach of this tour to the conference theme of Creative Communities was very effective in stimulating discussion on the easy application of some of the themes.
By: Kayla Jonas
The other stations included former railway lands that were converted to green space along the waterfront, a former post office that is now an apartment building in the downtown core and a house that was being renovated to house a hi-tech industry. Another site was bridge that serves a piece of public art which has the potential to host events such as a market in its underutilized space.
At each of these stations participants were given examples of how the themes were manifested in other cities. Participants were also asked to think about they could apply the lesson to their municipality.
The hand on approach of this tour to the conference theme of Creative Communities was very effective in stimulating discussion on the easy application of some of the themes.
By: Kayla Jonas
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
A Tale of Big Cities: The Issues of Culture in Large Urban Centres
At the ACO/CHO conference, I had the honour of being able to sit in on the Culture in Big Cities workgroup. Consisting of members from the Region of Waterloo, Toronto, and even Winnipeg, the group was filled with vast experience in big city planning.
Two major considerations were discussed in this group; what the evolutionary steps of cultural nodes are and, how to protect them long term. It was agreed that when cultural activities take over a derelict site or neighbourhood, the area is in a state of rebound. Buildings become occupied by tenants, streets became filled with people. These are signs of a healthy neighbourhood. As areas become the “it” places to live and work, gentrification begins to occur. It was argued that in big cities this is the beginning of the end for these cultural centres. With gentrification and new development comes the displacement of those that made the neighbourhood what it is. When this occurs a dark picture was painted, one of tall condo buildings and late night bars, an area that has lost its “sense of place”. An example of this is Queen Street in Toronto. As development and gentrification happens, as every other building becomes a condo tower, the artists and working people move further west.
A City of Mississauga Heritage Committee member offered solutions to this issue. He contested that municipalities need to be active in designating/developing cultural nodes around their cities. While they do not have any direct protection such as a Part IV or V designation, they offer the municipality a tool to limit development and allow an evolution of these areas. Considerations when designating a cultural node are varied. Municipalities will have their own list, but some suggestions were rent, visibility, transportation, existing artists’ live/workplaces and number of galleries. The member finished the meeting by commenting that for a stool to stand, it needs three legs. For cities to work, they need developers, municipal governments and the community standing together.
Written by Paul Dubniak
Paul Dubniak is a graduate from the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo. He is currently employed at the Heritage Resources Centre on the Historic Places Initiative.
Two major considerations were discussed in this group; what the evolutionary steps of cultural nodes are and, how to protect them long term. It was agreed that when cultural activities take over a derelict site or neighbourhood, the area is in a state of rebound. Buildings become occupied by tenants, streets became filled with people. These are signs of a healthy neighbourhood. As areas become the “it” places to live and work, gentrification begins to occur. It was argued that in big cities this is the beginning of the end for these cultural centres. With gentrification and new development comes the displacement of those that made the neighbourhood what it is. When this occurs a dark picture was painted, one of tall condo buildings and late night bars, an area that has lost its “sense of place”. An example of this is Queen Street in Toronto. As development and gentrification happens, as every other building becomes a condo tower, the artists and working people move further west.
A City of Mississauga Heritage Committee member offered solutions to this issue. He contested that municipalities need to be active in designating/developing cultural nodes around their cities. While they do not have any direct protection such as a Part IV or V designation, they offer the municipality a tool to limit development and allow an evolution of these areas. Considerations when designating a cultural node are varied. Municipalities will have their own list, but some suggestions were rent, visibility, transportation, existing artists’ live/workplaces and number of galleries. The member finished the meeting by commenting that for a stool to stand, it needs three legs. For cities to work, they need developers, municipal governments and the community standing together.
Written by Paul Dubniak
Paul Dubniak is a graduate from the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo. He is currently employed at the Heritage Resources Centre on the Historic Places Initiative.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
ACO/CHO Workshop: Heritage Conservation Districts
Heritage Conservation Districts
and the Port Dalhousie OMB Decision
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Image from www.saveport.caCommunity Heritage Ontario and Architectural Conservancy of Ontario invite you to attend a forum on the implications of the Ontario Municipal Board decision with regard to a proposed building project in the Port Dalhousie Heritage Conservation District. The meeting will be held on Saturday, April 25 from 10:00 am to approximately 3:00 pm at the Blue Barracks in Fort York. There is ample parking in the fort’s parking area to the west of the fort accessed from Fleet Street via either Garrison Road or Fort York Road west of Bathurst Street in Toronto.
The decision has raised a number of issues for the management of existing heritage conservation districts, for the existing plans guiding their development and for the writing of such HCD plans in future. The purpose of the forum is not only to examine the issues, but also to look at what has to be done within the existing legislation to address the problems and at what changes may be needed in both municipal and provincial policies. Among the speakers will be Jane Pepino, a well-regarded municipal lawyer, Wayne Morgan, the heritage planner who worked with the Port Dalhousie community group and Prof. Robert Shipley from the University of Waterloo who will be speaking about his research on the effectiveness of HCDs as preservation tools.
The registration fee is $30.00 and will cover both welcome coffee etc. and a light lunch on site. Please note the deadline for registration is April 20, 2009.
Click here for REGISTRATION FORM
Monday, February 9, 2009
Heritage Contest: New Deadline - March 15th
ATTENTION STUDENTS!
Enter to Win $500!
This year’s conference features a student competition
exploring the relationship between heritage and creativity.
The best submissions will be showcased at the conference
and the winner will receive a $500.00 prize. Presentations
can take a wide variety of formats to convey your ideas about
what happens when creativity and history collide.
The deadline for receiving proposals is 15 March 2009.
Proposals may be sent by mail to: CHO/ACO Conference,
Trent Valley Archives, 567 Carnegie Street, Peterborough
ON K9L 1N1. Inquiries may be directed to Elwood Jones by
email, ejones55@cogeco.ca.
For contest details please visit
http://www.peterboroughheritage.ca/Youth/index.php
Enter to Win $500!
This year’s conference features a student competition
exploring the relationship between heritage and creativity.
The best submissions will be showcased at the conference
and the winner will receive a $500.00 prize. Presentations
can take a wide variety of formats to convey your ideas about
what happens when creativity and history collide.
The deadline for receiving proposals is 15 March 2009.
Proposals may be sent by mail to: CHO/ACO Conference,
Trent Valley Archives, 567 Carnegie Street, Peterborough
ON K9L 1N1. Inquiries may be directed to Elwood Jones by
email, ejones55@cogeco.ca.
For contest details please visit
http://www.peterboroughheritage.ca/Youth/index.php
Monday, January 26, 2009
Heritage in Creative Communities: Contest for Students
The annual Ontario Heritage Conference has an opportunity for students to get involved and win a prize!
Here are the details:
ATTENTION STUDENTS!
Who has the most to gain from successful advocacy for preservation and livable communities? Young people, of course. Our collective heritage is YOUR future! The theme of the annual ACO/CHO Heritage Conservation Conference being held May 29-31 (2009) in Peterborough is Heritage in Creative Communities. This year, more than ever, we want you there.
THE CHALLENGE
Submit a visual display showing how exceptional use and re-use of heritage resources has contributed to getting your community (or another community of your choice) on track for the new creative economy. You decide the parameters of your community. It may be a municipality, a neighbourhood, or a particular re-development project. Or, you may choose a “community” having as yet undeveloped potential, particularly if it is one with at-risk heritage resources. Either way, you will make the case with your display that what has been achieved (or proposed) exemplifies the nexus of heritage, arts and culture, and economic prosperity.
Here are the details:
ATTENTION STUDENTS!
Who has the most to gain from successful advocacy for preservation and livable communities? Young people, of course. Our collective heritage is YOUR future! The theme of the annual ACO/CHO Heritage Conservation Conference being held May 29-31 (2009) in Peterborough is Heritage in Creative Communities. This year, more than ever, we want you there.
THE CHALLENGE
Submit a visual display showing how exceptional use and re-use of heritage resources has contributed to getting your community (or another community of your choice) on track for the new creative economy. You decide the parameters of your community. It may be a municipality, a neighbourhood, or a particular re-development project. Or, you may choose a “community” having as yet undeveloped potential, particularly if it is one with at-risk heritage resources. Either way, you will make the case with your display that what has been achieved (or proposed) exemplifies the nexus of heritage, arts and culture, and economic prosperity.
The Medium Entry to be submitted on 3X4 table top presentation board (Elmer’s Tri-Fold Display Board recommended, aprox. $12. at Staples and other stores). Display may include: photos, drawings, graphics; history, archival research; maps; interviews; AV component (if compact); models. Entries will be judged on:
- Relevance to theme
- Clarity of message
- Creativity and fresh ideas
- Balance of content and visual appeal
Judging will be by all conference registrants who will have one vote each. The winner will be determined by secret ballot.
Why you should enter?
The winner, if registered and attending the conference (at the half price student rate of $125.), will be awarded a prize of $500. Presentation will be at the conference.
Registration: Deadline to register for the contest (not the conference) is February 16, 2009 (Heritage Day). Please reply to the Heritage Conference email below, giving your name, age, educational affiliation, address, and brief description of your project topic.Contact us by email: HCC09@nexicom.net
We look forward to hearing from you – and seeing you in Peterborough!
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Annual Ontario Heritage Conference
Theme: Heritage in Creative Communities
Location: City of Peterborough
Dates: May 29th – 31st, 2009
Website: www.peterboroughheritage.ca
Register HereWednesday, January 21, 2009
Workshop: Preserving Heritage Schools
Community Heritage Ontario and the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario invite you to a conference on the issue of preserving school buildings with cultural heritage significance in their communities.
Topics include:
· The school board perspective
· Adapting school buildings to other uses
· Keeping school properties in community ownership
· Ministry of Education spokesperson
Place: 21 Nassau Street, Common Room Kensington Market Lofts
Date: Saturday February 28, 2009
Time: 10-3
Click here for details and registration form
Topics include:
· The school board perspective
· Adapting school buildings to other uses
· Keeping school properties in community ownership
· Ministry of Education spokesperson
Place: 21 Nassau Street, Common Room Kensington Market Lofts
Date: Saturday February 28, 2009
Time: 10-3
Click here for details and registration form
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
ACO: URBAN INTENSIFICATION AND HERITAGE PLANNING - A Public Meeting
Hosted by: THE NORTH WATERLOO REGION BRANCH
Architectural Conservancy of Ontario
When: Thursday January 15, 2009
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: The Seniors Adult Recreation Centre
185 King Street South (corner of King & Allen Streets)
City of Waterloo
Panel Members:
Leon Bensason, City of Kitchener Heritage Planner
Valerie Spring, City of Cambridge Heritage Planner
Dale Wideman, outgoing Chair of City of Waterloo Municipal Heritage Committee
Professor Robert Shipley, Professor of Planning, University of Waterloo
Moderator, Gordon Nelson
Proposals have been put forward by developers for high rises and other intensification plans in Waterloo Region. Municipal government strategies are aimed at encouraging more re-urbanization, intensification and infill within our communities.
However, increased growth and development within urban areas can pose significant risks to buildings and neighbourhoods of historic and architectural value as well as environmental quality.
Given its role as a nongovernment organization devoted to conservation of the built heritage of Waterloo, Kitchener and the townships of Wilmot, Wellesley and Woolwich, the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario North Waterloo Region Branch (ACO NWRB) will hold a public meeting with presentations and discussion on the issue of urban intensification and heritage planning.
Four knowledgeable panelists will be asked to present their views in line with important questions, such as
· Should there be a strong balance between intensification and heritage conservation?
· If yes, how can a balance be reached and do you have examples to illustrate your point?
· If not, what planning concepts should be applied to the reconciliation of intensification and heritage conservation?
· With reference to the situation in Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge or the township municipalities, what do you think planners, politicians and others involved need to do to move towards an effective relationship between intensification and heritage conservation?
EVERYONE IS WELCOME
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