Community Heritage Ontario
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Eastern Ontario is renowned for their limestone buildings and Kingston has a generous amount of commercial and residential examples. Abundance of limestone in the area made it an accessible building material though labourous. For those who love stone buildings this may be good reading while staying safe at home.

Celebrating heritage volunteers Volunteers have been raising funds since 2016 to restore the Central Fire Station in Welland, Ontario and keep a collection of firefighting items together. What's next: https://www.cbc.ca//welland-central-fire-station-hall-heri

Did you know that CHO has a YouTube Channel? We have 9 videos that were presented at some of our annual Ontario Heritage Conference. Topics range from Adaptive Re-Use, to Accessibility to general heritage preservation. https://www.youtube.com/cha/UCfcM5DKlrnAmheTIYnNtjow/videos

Regeneration Works is offering a virtual event on Insurance for Heritage Places tomorrow, Wednesday, December 2. Check out the info at https://regenerationworks.ca/event/?id=86808033880

The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, National Historic Site received The 2020 National Trust for Canada Cornerstone Award for resilient historic places. Left to right in front of the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Mayor Christa Lowry, award sponsor representative from Ecclesiastical Insurance Chris Eden, Executive Director/ Curator of the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Michael Rikley-Lancaster, Natalie Bull, Executive Director, National Trust for Canada.

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Comments on Ontario Heritage Act Regulation The regulatory proposals are summarized based on the Ministry’s summary followed by Community Heritage Ontario’s comments and recommendations. Read the comments www.communityheritageontario.ca

Toronto Preservation Board has some ambitious heritage duties coming up.

Hello friends, do you visit HistoricPlaces.ca? We're Master's of Information students at the University of Toronto. We're looking to better understand the experience of people who use the site HistoricPlaces.ca for the course INF2170: Information Architecture. The information will be used to help us to identify ways the website experience might be improved. We'd appreciate it if you would fill out this brief survey. It's a short questionnaire and should only take up 10 minute...s of your time. Your identity will be kept anonymous and your answers will be used only for the purpose of completing the assignment. https://forms.gle/mWcp8cshKeU1uPqE9 We thank you for your time and involvement

Congratulations to the residents and volunteers in Paris, Ontario. The old town hall (now known as the Bawcutt Centre) was named a national historic site by t...he government of Canada this week! In a media release from Parks Canada, it stated the building was designated as a "rare Canadian example of a civic building in the Gothic Revival style. It is distinguished by the presence of medieval architectural details, including the magnificent wooden structure of the large hall on its second floor. Built in 1854, it remains a monument to civic pride, constructed during a period of ambitious growth when the small community of Paris emerged as an industrial town." (Image from the County of Brant website) See more

Let's tell Parks Canada why the protection of historic places is important! Canada needs heritage legislation to meaningfully protect federal heritage propertie...s, and substantive tools to conserve our national historic sites. The opportunity to comment ends October 30! Visit: www.letstalkparkscanada.ca See more

The Department of Canadian Heritage is launching a national design competition inviting teams of professional artists, landscape architects, architects and other urban design professionals to create a design concept for the LGBTQ2+ National Monument. https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procu/tender-notice/PW-20-00930037

The Township of South Stormont has a cemetery master plan and a cemetery grant program.

Documentary Heritage Communities Program Funding is available https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca//documentary-her/Pages/dhcp.aspx

Some great accomplishments, including the residential school in Sault Ste. Marie that we had the privilege of visiting during the OHC in that city.

Community Heritage Ontario Annual General Meeting This year the Annual General Meeting will be a virtual meeting using Zoom. The AGM will be Saturday, October 17th, 2020 at 10 am.... If you wish to participate, please email or message [email protected] to receive your Zoom link and meeting code. The agenda and documents package will be forwarded in the confirmation email. We hope to see you all at the AGM. Ginette Guy on behalf of the CHO Board of Directors

Our barn directory is going through an major overhaul soon, so stay tuned, but its going to be an amazing resource and documentation of our history! We may need some help, so please let us know if this is of interest to you! https://www.ontariobarnpreservation.com/barn-directory/

The Township is seeking qualified applicants for two exciting positions: Public Works Administrative Coordinator, and Community Planner. Please visit our website at southstormont.ca/employment for more details about the position and how to apply.