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Submit your nominations to Canada’s TOP TEN Endangered Places List by May 18, 2012

Ottawa, ON March 13, 2012 – The Heritage Canada Foundation 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.

HCF 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

If you know a site that should be included on our list, tell us about it today.

Click here for the 2012 Top Ten Endangered Places List Form.

Nominations should be received by Wednesday, May 18, 2012. The 2012 list will be announced in July.

Feel free to contact us if you’re considering a nomination or have any questions.

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

The Heritage Canada Foundation is a national registered charity dedicated to the preservation of Canada’s historic places. Your support is vital to our work. Please join or make a tax-deductible donation today.

Heritage Canadas List of Endangered Places

Heritage Canada Foundation Releases 2011 Top Ten Endangered Places and Worst Losses Lists



OTTAWA, ON – September 2, 2011 - The Heritage Canada Foundation (HCF) has released its Top Ten Endangered Places and Worst Losses Lists drawing attention to a total of 13 architectural and heritage sites in Canada either threatened with demolition or already lost.



The Top Ten Endangered Places List, compiled from nominations received as well as from news items that HCF has been following and reporting on throughout the year includes:


• Bank of Montreal Building, Edmonton—a prominent modernist gem heading for landfill

• Civic Centre, Moose Jaw, Sask.—award-winning hockey arena facing demolition if new use not found

• Brighton Public School, Brighton, Ont.—a solid historic brick building on school board’s chopping block

• Cockshutt Office and Timekeeper’s Building, Brantford, Ont.—time is running out on designated heritage buildings part of the once thriving industrial heart of the city.

• The Guild Inn, Toronto—multiple levels of authority could scuttle plans of a would-be city partner willing to rehabilitate designated site.

• Historic District of Sillery, Quebec—condominium developers circling estates that make up this designated cultural landscape

• Cape Jourimain Lighthouse, Bayfield, N.B.—the clock is ticking as local groups try to raise funds to save iconic lighthouse

• Mount Allison Memorial Library, Sackville, N.B.—university Board of Regents pushing to demolish war-time monument – a case of academic indifference

• Kays Brothers Building, Charlottetown, P.E.I.—new owner looking to delist and demolish large and impressive historic commercial building for a new hotel.

• Fisherman’s Row Houses, Port Union, Newfoundland and Labrador—an opportunity to preserve part of the Fisherman’s Protective Union’s legacy and provide affordable housing scuttled by unwilling absentee owners



Click Backgrounder for the full story and photographs.



Topping the Worst Losses List is the historic Empress Hotel in Toronto, lost due to neglect, lack of municipal resources and indifferent owners – and ultimately by an arsonist’s fire.



Other examples of historic places needlessly destroyed by the wrecking ball are Vancouver’s Pantages Theatre and the Methodist Episcopal Picton Church in Picton, Ontario.



Click Worst Losses for more information.



The Heritage Canada Foundation is a national registered charity dedicated to the preservation of Canada’s historic places. Your support is vital to our work. Please join or make a tax-deductible donation today.



For further information: Carolyn Quinn, Director of Communications, cquinn@heritagecanada.org Telephone: 613-237-1066 ext. 229; Cell: 613-797-7206

Last Day for Early Bird Registration for Heritage Canada

September 12th is the last day for early bird registration for the Heritage Canada Conference.

Heritage Canada Annual Report

Ottawa, ON August 8, 2011 – The Heritage Canada Foundation (HCF) 2010-2011 Annual Report is now available online.

This past year was a busy one for the organization. Networks continued to be broadened and the expertise of members and supporters leveraged as HCF increased its access to ideas and direction from the front lines.

Our achievements are numerous: the annual conference in St. John’s, NL,Revitalize! Economic renewal. Quality of Life. Heritage Buildings, brought 250 delegates from over 140 organizations and firms, ranging from heritage advocates to public policy-makers and conservation professionals; the publication of online Heritage Day materials celebrating “Historic Parks and Landscapes”;  the release of our Top Endangered Places and Worst Losses lists, bringing Canada-wide attention to those sites needlessly lost to demolition and fire; the publication of our quarterly Hēritage magazine featuring top stories, reports and commentaries on the key issues facing historic buildings and places; and more.

Printable copies of the Annual Report are available on the HCF website athttp://www.heritagecanada.org or telephone HCF at 1-866-964-1066 if you would like a copy mailed.  

The Heritage Canada Foundation is a national registered charity dedicated to the preservation of Canada’s historic places. Your support is vital to our work. Please join or make a tax-deductible donation today.

Heritage Canada Foundation: Call for Nominations Extended

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THERE IS STILL TIME TO MAKE A NOMINATION!

The nomination deadline has been extended to May 6, 2011!

Help us celebrate your municipality’s heritage achievements!

Heritage Canada Foundation is accepting nominations for the Prince of Wales Prize for Municipal Heritage Leadership.

Under the generous patronage of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, this prize is awarded to a municipal government, large or small, rural or urban, which has demonstrated a strong and sustained commitment to the conservation of its historic places.

For information on nomination procedures and past award recipients, visit our website at www.heritagecanada.org.

HCF: Engaging Local Candidates on Heritage Issues

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Election 2011: Engaging Local Candidates on Heritage Issues

OTTAWA, Ontario, April 8, 2011 – With the federal election in full swing the Heritage Canada Foundation (HCF) has developed a series of questions on issues affecting the built heritage sector and suggestions on how to engage local candidates.

Go to Election 2011on HCF’s website and find out how to make candidates aware of the importance of heritage buildings to the environment and the economy.

Keep checking the Election 2011 webpage as HCF will be posting political parties’ positions on important conservation issues as they become available.

The Heritage Canada Foundation – giving Canadians a voice in protecting places that matter.

The Heritage Canada Foundation is a national registered charity dedicated to the preservation of Canada’s historic places.  Your support is vital to our work.  Please join or make a tax-deductible donation today.

For further information:

Carolyn Quinn, Director of Communications,

Telephone: 613-237-1066 ext. 229; Cell: 613-797-7206

Heritage Canada Fondation: Call for Nominations to the Endangered Places List

HCF Accepting Nominations to the 2011

Top Ten Endangered Places List

Submit your nominations to Canada’s TOP TEN Endangered Places List by May 1, 2011

Ottawa, ON March 1, 2011 – The Heritage Canada Foundation 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.

HCF 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

If you know a site that should be included on our list, tell us about it today.

Click here for the 2011 Top Ten Endangered Places List Form.

Nominations should be received by Wednesday, May 1, 2011. The 2011 list will be announced in June.

Feel free to contact us if you’re considering a nomination or have any questions.

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

The Heritage Canada Foundation is a national registered charity dedicated to the preservation of Canada’s historic places. Your support is vital to our work. Please join or make a tax-deductible donation today.

Heritage Canada Conference 2011- Call for Papers

The 14th International Conference of National Trusts will focus on building connections and sharing experiences to help organizations, communities and individuals charged with caring for special places meet the new challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. We will explore new approaches to the protection of special places as well as the stories, traditions, languages and cultures that give them meaning. And we will seek new ways to better engage people and communities in this work. Abstracts and proposals for presentations, field sessions and poster sessions are encouraged in the following thematic areas:

1. Connecting and Mobilizing People

International case studies and best practices will feature emerging technologies in heritage education, public awareness and youth engagement, and illustrate the role special places play in civic engagement, identity and nation-building, and social and economic development.

2. Protecting Places, Stories and Traditions

Historic places face increasing pressure to be relevant, to serve new uses, to attract tourist dollars, and to be energy efficient. New interest in intangible heritage – traditions, stories, local knowledge – will challenge our thinking and open the door to new audiences. Organizers are seeking cases and success stories that respond to these emerging trends and opportunities.

3. The Business of Heritage Conservation

The way visitors, members and donors connect with historic places is changing. Heritage organizations are finding new ways to leverage financial resources, engage supporters, and attract corporate partnerships. This track will explore new strategies for management, governance, fundraising, member development and more.

4. Climate Change and Heritage Conservation

Climate change is destroying natural ecosystems, damaging heritage sites, compromising traditional cultural practices, and displacing entire communities. This track will explore leading edge responses to climate change where heritage conservation is part of the solution.

Submissions should include:

- Title and type of presentation proposed

- Conference theme(s) addressed

- Approx. 250-word summary

- Name(s) and contact information

Deadline for submissions: November 15, 2010

Send to: conference@heritagecanada.org

For more information : 1-866-964-1066