Draft:Alberta Heritage Awards

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. 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
 * 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
 * Métis Nation of Alberta Region 3 Historical Research by Matt Hiltermann
 * Abandoned Alberta by Joe Chowaniec

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