TORONTO, Feb. 18, 2020 /CNW/ - Join the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell and the Ontario Heritage Trust for the 2019 Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Awards ceremony.
The Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Awards celebrate individuals, groups and communities for their exceptional contributions to heritage conservation – cultural and natural, tangible and intangible.
Date: Thursday, February 20, 2020
Time: 6 to 8 p.m.
Location: Grand Staircase, Legislative Building, Queen's Park, Toronto
Media are advised to carry photo identification and arrive at the South Entrance by 5:45 p.m.
Recipients:
Thomas Symons Award for Commitment to Conservation
- Rick Hill (Six Nations of the Grand River)
Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Lifetime Achievement
- Carol White (Kingston)
- George Henderson (Chute-à-Blondeau)
- Judith Henderson (Chute-à-Blondeau)
- Laurence Grant (Dutton Dunwich)
- Sharon Spall (Waterloo Region)
- Wayne Hugli (Sudbury)
Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Youth Achievement
- Ashley Harper (Ottawa)
- Deon Singh (Brampton)
- Grace Gong (Mississauga)
- Hidden Histories: Labour to Lofts (Toronto)
- Holy Trinity School Grade Seven Richmond Hill Heritage Architecture Artists (Richmond Hill)
- Student Volunteers at the Waterloo Wellington Children's Groundwater Festival (Waterloo Region)
Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation
- Anishinaabwe Endaat "Where We Live" (Southampton, Bruce County)
- Charlie Fairbank and the Fairbank Oil Properties (Lambton County)
- Home Made Visible (Toronto)
- Into the Light: Eugenics and Education in Southern Ontario (Guelph)
- The Courthouse Hotel Project (Thunder Bay)
- The John Muir Branch, Windsor Public Library (Windsor)
- The Parkwood National Historic Site Greenhouses Conservation Project (Oshawa)
- The Senate of Canada Building Project (Ottawa)
- The Walper Hotel Project (Waterloo Region)
- Voices of Freedom Art Park and Digital Interactive Exhibition (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Community Leadership
- Heritage Toronto for Dundas + Carlaw: Made in Toronto (Toronto)
- The Métis Nation of Ontario Women's Council for the Métis Women's Leadership Gathering
Funding for Young Heritage Leaders scholarships is generously provided by Canada Life.
SOURCE Ontario Heritage Trust
please contact Edward Dodd, Senior Marketing and Communications Specialist, at [email protected] or 416-325-5074.
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