What's New
July 18, 2008
Heritage Branch to Lead
Strategy Stakeholder Workshops
Why is heritage important to
you? What challenges and
opportunities face heritage in
your community?
Heritage
Branch invites you to
participate in a facilitated
workshop to contribute to the
provincial heritage strategy.
Your ideas and comments will
help to identify strategic
objectives and ways of achieving
them. Space is limited, so
please register early.
Contact 250-356-1432
or email
heritage@gov.bc.ca
to register.
Click
here for workshop dates and
locations.
June 6, 2008
2008 BC Heritage Award
Presented
Merritt
resident
Murphy Shewchuk has
received the British
Columbia Heritage Award for
2008.
The annual award, which recognizes a
British Columbian who has made an
outstanding contribution to
heritage, was presented by Langley
MLA Mary Polak on behalf of Tourism,
Sport and the Arts Minister Stan
Hagen at the annual Heritage BC
awards ceremony held in
Langley.
Click
here for full size photo.
May 26, 2008
Heritage Branch Releases New
Social Studies Teaching Unit
A new grade 10 Social Studies
unit has been posted on the
Lesson Plan page of the Heritage
Branch website. Developed
in partnership with the Historic
Places Initiative,
The Amazing Heritage Challenge
offers a complete teacher's
guide to help students identify
buildings in their communities
that they believe have
significant heritage value.
July 19, 2007
2008 National Historica Fair a
Capital Celebration
The city of Victoria will host
the 2008 National Historica Fair
next year as part of BC2008 – the
celebration of the 150th anniversary
of the founding of the colony of
British Columbia.
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