Events
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ONTARIO HERITAGE CONFERENCE 2012
“Beyond Borders: Heritage Best Practices"
May 31, 2012 to June 2, 2012
The joint conference of the Ontario Architectural Conservancy and Community Heritage will be held from Friday May 31st to June 3rd 2012, in historic downtown Kingston Ontario in conjunction with the City of Kingston and the Frontenac Institute.
For more information click on this item.
HERITAGE SHOWCASE - SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2012
JOIN WITH THE NORTH WATERLOO REGION BRANCH OF ACO AND 35 OTHER WATERLOO REGION HERITAGE/HISTORY ORGANIZATIONS
February 18, 2012 to February 19, 2012
HERITAGE SHOWCASE
The ANNUAL HERITAGE SHOWCASE hosted by the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation will be taking place on Saturday February 18, 2012 from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm at Fairview Park Mall in Kitchener. As in the past, the North Waterloo Region Branch of ACO will be participating with a display. If other years are any indication, there will be over 35 local heritage/history organizations involved in this event. You are invited to visit the Mall to view the displays, chat with your heritage friends, and (maybe) to shop. Possibly, you would like to help out at our Branch display; if so, please call 519 578-7624.
News
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| Representatives from St. John's and Stirling Avenue Mennonite congregations on receipt of the Green Sacred Spaces Awards |
The North Waterloo Region Branch of ACO Collaborates with the Greening Sacred Spaces Network at the Annual Seasonal Celebration of the Branch.
THE ANNUAL NORTH WATERLOO REGION BRANCH-ACO SEASONAL CELEBRATION was held on Saturday November 26, 2011 at the historic Church of St. John the Evangelist (Anglican) located at the corner of Water and Duke Street in downtown Kitchener.
This year the branch partnered with the GREENING SACRED SPACES NETWORK. At this event, two churches received 2011 GREEN SACRED SPACES AWARDS. Jane Snyder , director of the Greening Sacred Spaces Network spoke briefly on the work of the network. The two congregations receiving the awards were the Church of St. John the Evangelist (Anglican) and Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church. Alan Couglin (of St. John’s ) and Lou Murray Gorvett (Stirling Avenue) spoke about the energy-efficiency upgrades and other environmental projects that they have done and are planning to do. This event demonstrated how heritage faith communities are using environmental technologies to keep their buildings energy-efficient, and what faith communities need to do to keep their heritage buildings viable and green!
From this experience, the North Waterloo Region Branch of ACO learned that it is beneficial for the Branch to partner with other local organizations with similar goals to achieve results that might otherwise be difficult working alone. For the Seasonal Celebration, the NWRB-ACO partnered with the Greening Sacred Spaces Network; on other occasion, the branched successfully teamed with Community Renewable Energy Ontario CREW, rare - Charitable Research Reserve, Grand River Environmental Network (GREN), Local Initiative for Future Energy (LIFE), TriCity Transportation Action Group (TriTAG), Transition KW, Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (WPIRG), and The Working Centre for an all candidates electoral meeting, and with the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation for the annual Heritage Showcase.
These are only a few of the collaborative efforts of the Branch.
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| Paul Hubert receives his award from Susan Ratcliffe, ACO President, and Frank Pal, Woodcliffe |
A CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE: ACO’S FIFTH ANNUAL AWARDS PRESENTATION
7 Awards Presented at Annual Gala November 11th
The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario met at the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto on Friday, November 11th for a celebration of excellence, its fifth annual awards presentation. This year seven awards were presented in five categories. Please see the full item for details. A gallery of the winners will be posted soon.
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| Goderich Church credit Sally888 |
Goderich Hit by Tornado: Help Us Help Them
Severe Damage to Heritage Buildings And District
A tornado hit Goderich, Ontario on Sunday August 21, 2011. There has been severe
damage to the buildings. According to our sources the north side of town was hit the
hardest, with about 60% of buildings affected, some of which have collapsed.
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| Queens Park |
ACO Releases Computer Modelling of Visual Attack On Queens Park
The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO) is asking the Government of Ontario to put in place emergency legislation to protect the view of the silhouette of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (LAO) from development appearing in the background. Once emergency protection is established, the Province should work with the City of Toronto to further develop the legal framework needed at both levels of government to protect the dignity of Ontario’s most important ceremonial space.
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Public Vistas of the Ontario Legislative Assembly in Jeopardy
“Tall Buildings, Inviting Change in Downtown” Needs More Work
Lloyd Alter, President of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, says its back to the drawing board for proposed tall buildings policies for downtown Toronto. ”It looks like the proposed heights policies in the study have not been tested against at least one of the three critical views that the report so clearly states should be protected, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (LAO), We conclude that unless the recommendations are adjusted, the silhouette of the LAO building will be lost to future generations.”
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