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Alberta Heritage Awards

The Heritage Awards are presented every two years, in recognition of individuals, non-profit organizations, corporations, municipalities and First Nations and Metis settlements for contributions to the protection, preservation and promotion of Alberta's heritage.^[1] There are three different award categories:

Heritage Conservation Award

Recognizes projects completed in the last three year, such as:

conservation of a Provincial Historic Resource, Municipal Historic Resource or Indigenous Historic Place
identification, protection and management of historic places
protection and management of palaeontological and archaeological resources

Heritage Awareness Award

Research, publications or public engagement projects completed in the last three years that have promoted greater understanding and/or awareness of Alberta’s heritage.

Outstanding Achievement Award

Recognizes an individual’s or organization’s leadership and contribution to the preservation and presentation of Alberta’s history. Recipients should have a minimum of 10 years of involvement with the heritage sector in Alberta.

Past recipients

**= honourable mention

2022:

Heritage Conservation Awards:

City of Calgary's Historic City Hall (1911) Rehabilitation ^[2]
Sandra Hajash's Duke of Sutherland Bungalow Exterior Restoration

Heritage Awareness Awards:

Powwow! Ocîwin the Origins, Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery, curated by Patrick and Marissa Mitsuing ^[3]
Métis Nation of Alberta Region 3 Historical Research by Matt Hiltermann
Abandoned Alberta by Joe Chowaniec ^[4]

Outstanding Achievement Awards:

Tofield Historical Society
Bodo Archaeological Society
Alberta Genealogical Society Volunteers of the Provincial Archives of Alberta
Noreen Easterbrook, Smoky Lake
Belinda Crowson, Lethbridge
Richard de Boer, Calgary

2018:

Heritage Conservation Awards:

Rehabilitation of Tipton Investment Company Building by Beljan Development Ltd.
Restoration of Highland Community Hall (The Ukrainian Farmers' National Home of Taras Shevchenko)

Heritage Awareness Awards:

Alberta Genealogical Society, Youth Workshops for Canada 150: 'In Search of My Family's Past'
Shiloh Centre for Multicultural Roots Oral History Project

Outstanding Achievement Awards:

Carl William (Bill) Marquardt, Lacombe & District Historical Society
Sheila Willis; Smith Community Development Council, Friends of Historical Northern Alberta Society
Don Gillespie, Preservation of Alberta Railways

Indigenous Heritage Awards:

Mellissa Reis and Wild Rose School Division, Tipi Teachings Culture Camp
Friends of Michel Society, Council of the Michel First Nation and Musée Heritage Museum, The Michael Band Exhibition
City of Lethbridge, Blackfoot Confederacy, Arrow Archaeology, Traditional Knowledge and Use Assessment
Remembering the Children Society, Red Deer Industrial School Commemorations

Youth Award:

Jordan Born, Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village

2016:

Heritage Conservation Awards:

Glen Leslie Church Preservation Group (County of Grande Prairie)
Empress and District Historical Society, Canadian Pacific Railway Station restoration

Heritage Awareness Awards:

Crowsnest Heritage Initiative, "Discover Crowsnest Heritage" Signage Program
Haying in the 30's Cancer Support Society, "Haying in the 30's" annual event
**Bear Lake Canuck Historical Society, "Canuck Classic: The Story of a Treasured One-Room School"
**Milo Library Archives, Online Access Project

Outstanding Achievement Awards:

Dr. Ron Hepburn, Central Alberta Historical Society
Dr. Howard Fredeen, Lacombe and District Historical Society
Jean Johnstone, Lethbridge Historical Society
Nancy Millar, journalist and author
**Elizabeth and Bill Bullick, Coronation and District Historical and Museum Society

Municipal Heritage Preservation:

Municipal District of Big Horn No. 8
Yellowhead County
**Town of Raymond

2014:

Heritage Conservation Awards:

Wheatland County, Gleichen Water Tower
CommunityWise Resource Centre, Old YWCA building restoration

Heritage Awareness Awards:

Emerson Sanford and Janice Sanford Beck, Life of the Trail publication series
Edmonton Historical Board, Edmonton's Architectural Heritage website
Fort Saskatchewan Historical Society, Peoples of the North Saskatchewan Festival
Jonathan Koch, Forgotten Alberta Project
**St. Jean Baptiste Historical Society, Retrouvailles 100th Anniversary Homecoming, 1912-2012

Outstanding Achievement Awards:

Oliver Glanfield, Fort Chipewyan Historical Society
Marshall Rolling, Fairview RCMP Centennial Museum & Pioneer Museum at Cummings Lake
Glenys Smith, Camrose Heritage Railway Station and Park

Municipal Heritage Preservation:

City of Medicine Hat
**Town of Peace River

References

^ "Heritage Awards | Alberta.ca". www.alberta.ca. 2024-03-25. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
^ Management, Facility. "Heritage rehabilitation of Historic City Hall". City of Calgary. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
^ C, Kirstin (2022-03-11). "Powwow! Ohcîwin The Origins". Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
^ "Joe Chowaniec". www.abandonedalberta.com. Retrieved 2024-03-27.

[1] "Heritage Awards | Alberta.ca". www.alberta.ca. 2024-03-25. Retrieved 2024-03-27.

[2] Management, Facility. "Heritage rehabilitation of Historic City Hall". City of Calgary. Retrieved 2024-03-27.

[3] C, Kirstin (2022-03-11). "Powwow! Ohcîwin The Origins". Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery. Retrieved 2024-03-27.

[4] "Joe Chowaniec". www.abandonedalberta.com. Retrieved 2024-03-27.

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