05 15 2023 Heritage Committee Agenda The Township of Oro-Medonte
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Proud Heritage, Excitivaq Future 6:30 p.m.
Effective Monday, March 28, 2022, all Township facilities are open to the Public with
safety measures in place. We encourage social distancing and discretionary
masks/face coverings.
Residents and business owners are encouraged to continue to utilize on
line and telephone services for Township related business; and staff continue to be
available to provide assistance by telephone or email. Input on agenda items are
welcome and encouraged.
In-person attendance at public meetings is available.
The Township of Oro-Medonte is committed to providing and maintaining a working
environment that is based on respect for the dignity and rights of everyone within the
organization and for those individuals visiting our organization.
The Township of Oro-Medonte supports and fosters an environment that is safe,
welcoming and respectful for all residents, visitors, members of Council and staff.
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1. Agenda Approval:
a) Motion to Approve the Agenda.
2. Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest:
3. Approval of Minutes of Previous Meeting:
3 - 7 a) Minutes of Heritage Committee meeting held on Monday, April 17, 2023.
4. Reports of Members of Committee/Municipal Officers:
8 a) Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner; and Dorothy Moore, Committee
Member re: Update of the 100th Anniversary Celebrations for the
Hawkestone Community Hall re: Contribution Opportunities.
9 - 34 b) Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner re: Register of Heritage Listed
and Designated Properties.
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35 - 48 c) Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner re: Follow up re: Correspondence
from Taylor Liedtke of Ideas for the Oro African Church, Cemetery Signs and
Wilberforce Street Signs [from April 17,2023 Heritage Committee meeting].
49 d) Dorothy Moore, Committee Member re: Request for Delegated Authority,
Township Heritage Books.
50 e) Kayla Thibeault Committee Member re: Update to 2024 Ontario Heritage
Conference, Gravenhurst.
51 - 60 f) Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner re: Ontario Heritage Conference,
London, Ontario, June 15-17, 2023.
5. Communications:
61 a) Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner re: Press Release, Township of
Oro-Medonte Tourism Ambassador Certificate Program Launch & Art Trees
Expansion.
6. Next Meeting Date:
Monday, June 19, 2023.
7. Adjournment:
a) Motion to Adjourn.
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3.a) Minutes of Heritage Committee meeting held on Monday, April 17, 202...
The Township of Oro-Medonte
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Proud Heritage,Exciting Future
Monday, April 17, 2023 Time: 6:00 p.m.
Present: Councillor Richard Schell, Chair
Jessica Allen
Robert Bayley
Ruth Fountain
Dorothy Moore
Kayla Thibeault "Ae
Victoria Veenstra (arrived @ 6.02 p.m.)
Regrets: Mayor Randy Greenlaw
Councillor Lori Hutcheson, Co-Chair
Staff Present: Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner Janette Teeter, Supervisor,
Clerk's Services/Deputy Clerk
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Councillor Schell assumed the Chair and called the meeting to order.
1. Agenda Approval:
a) Motion to Approve the Agenda.
Motion No. H230417-1 it **
Moved by Allen, Seconded by Thibeault
It is recommended that the agenda for the Heritage Committee meeting held on
Monday, April 17, 2023 be received and approved.
Carried.
2. Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest:
None.
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3.a) Minutes of Heritage Committee meeting held on Monday, April 17, 202...
Heritage Committee Minutes — Monday, April 17, 2023.
3. Approval of Minutes of Previous Meeting:
a) Minutes of Heritage Committee meeting held on Monday, March 27, 2023.
Motion No. H230417-2
Moved by Allen, Seconded by Bayley
It is recommended that the draft minutes of Heritage Committee meeting held on
Monday, March 27, 2023 be received and approved as printed and circulated.
Carried.
4. Deputations:
a) Marilyn Gregory re: 100th Anniversary Celebrations for the Hawkestone Community Hall.
Motion No. H230417-3 ls'e \
Moved by Moore, Seconded by Fountain
It is recommended
1 . That the deputation from Marilyn Gregory re: 100th Anniversary Celebration of the
Hawkestone Community Hall be received.
2. That Section 14.8 o) of the Procedural By-Law No. 2017-165 be waived.
3. That the Heritage Committee members provide historical and heritage expertise/
research as needed.
4. That, as confirmed with Operations & Community Services (OCS), OCS staff
continue to work with Hawkestone Hall Board with respect to the grant request with
the Legacy Fund — Building Communities through Arts and Heritage with the
Ministry of Canadian Heritage.
Carried.
b) Tracey McKillop re: Designation of the Hawkestone Fire Bell.
Motion No. H230417-4
Moved by Thibeault, Seconded by Veenstra
It is recommended
1. That the deputation from Tracey McKillop re: Designation of the Hawkestone Fire
Bell be received.
2. That Section 14.8 o) of the Procedural By-Law No. 2017-165 be waived.
3. That it is recommended to Council that, once the Hawkestone Fire Hall Bell is
relocated to the new Fire Hall, the Heritage Committee consider options including
proceeding with the designation process.
Carried.
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3.a) Minutes of Heritage Committee meeting held on Monday, April 17, 202...
Heritage Committee Minutes — Monday, April 17, 2023.
5. Communications:
a) Taylor Liedtke re: Ideas for the Oro African Church, Cemetery Signs and
Wilberforce Street Signs.
Motion No. H230417-5
Moved by Bayley, Seconded by Allen
It is recommended 1t
1. That the correspondence from Taylor Liedtke re: Ideas for the Oro African Church,
Cemetery Signs and Wilberforce Street Signs be received.
2. That the street sign matter be further researched and brought back to the Heritage
Committee.
3. That the ownership and alteration of the cairn be researched and brought back to
the Committee.
4. That the cemetery signage be considered in conjunction when a standard is
established for consistency for all cemetery signs.
5. That the applicant be advised of Committee's decision and thanked for his research
and initiative.
Carried.
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6. Reports of Members of Council/Municipal Officers:,
a) Vanessa Cooper, Social Media Coordinator/Corporate Executive Assistant re: Township
Social Media Posts Regarding Heritage Related Items.
Motion No. H230417-6
Moved by Allen, Seconded by Veenstra
It is recommended that the verbal information from Vanessa Cooper, Social Media
Coordinator/Corporate Executive Assistant re: Township Social Media Posts Regarding
Heritage Related Items be received.
Carried.
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3.a) Minutes of Heritage Committee meeting held on Monday, April 17, 202...
Heritage Committee Minutes — Monday, April 17, 2023.
b) Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner re: Draft Strategic Work Plan 2022-2026.
Motion No. H230417-7
Moved by Moore, Seconded by Fountain
It is recommended
1. That the correspondence from Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner re: Draft
Strategic Work Plan 2022-2026 be received.
2. That it is recommended to Council that the Heritage Committee Strategic Work Plan
(2022-2026 Term of Council), as amended, be adopted.
Carried.
c) Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner re: Register of Heritage Listed and Designated
Properties.
Motion No. H230417-8
Moved by Veenstra, Seconded by Bayley
It is recommended that the information from Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner
re: Register and Heritage Listed of Designated Properties be received and brought back
to a future Heritage Committee meeting.
Carried.
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d) Kayla Thibeault, Committee Member re: Ontario Heritage Conference in Gravenhurst,
2024 'X
Motion No. H230417-9
Moved by Thibeault, Seconded by Moore
It is recommended that the verbal information from Kayla Thibeault, Committee Member
re: Ontario Heritage Conference in Gravenhurst, 2024 be received.
Carried.
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3.a) Minutes of Heritage Committee meeting held on Monday, April 17, 202...
Heritage Committee Minutes — Monday, April 17, 2023.
e) Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner re: 2023 Meeting Schedule.
Motion No. H230417-10
Moved by Fountain, Seconded by Allen
It is recommended that the verbal information from Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate
Planner re: 2023 Meeting Schedule be received.
Carried.
7. Next Meeting Date:
Monday, May 15, 2023.
8. Adjournment:
a) Motion to Adjourn.
Motion No. H230417-11
Moved by Fountain, Seconded by Moore
It is recommended that we do now adjourn at 8.09 p.
Carried.
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Councillor Richard Schell, Chair = Janette Teeter, Deputy Clerk
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4.a) Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner, and Dorothy Moore, Commi...
Verbal Matters
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0 Procedural By-Law No. 2015-203)
Proud Heritage,Exciting Future
Name: Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner; and Dorothy Moore,
Committee Member
Item Number/Name: Update of the 100t" Anniversary Celebrations for the Hawkestone
Community Hall re Contribution Opportunities
Meeting Date: May 15, 2023
Motion No.:
Type of Meeting: Council ❑ Special Council
Development Services Committee
Accessibility Advisory Committee
Heritage Committee
Human Resources Committee
Speaking Notes:
• To provide an update of contribution opportunities for the 100t" Anniversary
Celebrations for the Hawkestone Community Hall.
5/12/23
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Register of Heritage Listed and Designated Properties June 23,2022
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Built in 1849, this church is the last vestige of one of tV:
oldest African-Canadian settlements in Upper Canada. F5
at Oro, former members of the Loyalist militia from the Vti'ar
of 1812 established the' only Black community sponsore. }
the government. Free Blacks from the ,northern t Tr< <
State$ later joined them. Located in the (heart of .
and vulnerable region, the community guarded agar ►►
American invasion via Georgian Bay. This church is a
testament to the contribution of African Canadians to-the
settlement and defence of.Canada in the 19th century.
Erigee en 1849, cette eglise constitue le Bernier vestige d'un $ .
des plus anciens etablissemrients afro-canadiens du Haut-
Canada. Soule implantation noire parrainee par le �^
gouvernem�ent, la communaute d'Oro debuta on 1819 avec
i 1 arrivee d anciens miliciens loyalistes de la Guerre de
1812, auxquels se joignirent ensuite des Noirs affranchis du
nord des Etats=Unis. Situe au cceur dune region strategique,
mais vulnerable, cot etablisse"ment devait prevenir une
invasion americaine a partir de la baie Georgienne. Cette
eglise symbolise la contribution des Afro-Canadiens au
peuplement et a la defense du Canada au X1Xe siecle. `
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HEESTABLISHMENT OF THE
OROAFRICAN SETTLEMENT
Blacks were only permitted to fi8 positions as Non-Commissioned Officers.Curiously, Compiled By.,Janie Cooper-Wilson
tack
although Richard Pierpoint was proficient in the use of the musket,tomahawk& soldiers l were capable of acting as as aem fbuffeor r in the event of a p ssible Ame Government.The seaso ed rrican
scalping knife and spoke several First Nations languages,he remained a Private attack on the capitol of York via Georgian Bay.Black laborers could be utitized to
throughout the War of 1812. clear large tracts of land in the wilderness of the Northern townships in advance
p
' r —- -- - of pending White settlement and it provided a convenient way to satisry _
disgruntled White citizens in the southern portion of the Province,who resented
the presence of Blacks in their midst.Subsequently,between 1819-1826,Black
AMC=P � ;
-..._,,,,,___- - --. _ - - veterans began to settle along Wilberforce Street,Oro Township.
8l -k ie!ans ui butler's Rangers fought for Great Britain during the American
Revolution.This irregular Militia Unit,along with the Mohawk and other tribes
associated with the Iroquois Confederacy were instrumental in establishing
British control in Upper New York State,south of the Great Lakes.Butlers
Rangers were stationed at Fort Niagara when they were mustered out in 1784. Runchey's Corps of Colored Men was stationed at Fort George,opposite Fart Niagara,
when the Americans attacked below Queenston Heights in the early hours of October
13,1812.
MOHAWKS
CHIEFS �
The Rangers'commanding officer was Lieutenant Colonel John Butler.After the
American Revolution many of the Black Soldiers who served with him settled in the The Oro Black Settlement was the only Government sponsored Black settlement
Niagara Peninsula.Lieutenant Colonel Butler died at Newark.U.C.,now present-day The Corps and the Native Allies circled around to the heights above the enemy in the history of Canada,pre-dating the Wilberforce Settlement at Lucan,Biddulph
Niagara-on-the-Lake. advance and succeeded in driving the Americans back to the river,capturing 900 Township,by 11 years and the Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Township by 20 years.
enemy soldiers.The Colored Corps acted as Guard of Honor in General Brock's
Richard Pierpoint was one of the Rangers'Black soldiers who settled on a 200 acre funeral cortege,after he was killed in the Battle of Queenstun Heights. About 1845 Ore's Black settlers wanted their own Church. Later that year,a
Military Land Grant at Lots 13&14,Concession 6,Grantham Township,located at self-emancipated Maryland slave and fiery Preacher,Rev.Richard S.Sorrick
the centre of present-day St.Catharines,Ontario.His status as a Free Black man arrivedin the Settlementto minister to and guide thesetttem in theestablishment
with military experience,automaticatly secured his position as an important and of their awn House of Warship and agricultural practices.While in bondage Rev.
revered leader of the Niagara African community. Sorg ck had been imprisoned for preaching the Gospel to his fellow slav Rev
Sorrck remained in the Oro Settlement from 1845 1847 �S
Approximately,200 Blacks were residing in the Niagara District between 1806- � Hamilton,C.W.
1812,immediately prior to the outbreak of.the War of 1812.The African community
was uick to realize their lives and 1!he The Oro African Church was built at the corner of
q liberty were in grave peril.Richard Pierpoint
petitioned Major General Isaac Brock offering to raise an aft-Black Mifitia Unit to elate ws m:orrt.w.ronera present-day Line 3 and Old Barrie Road,on is one-acre
parcel of and purchased from Noah Morris,a fellow
defend U.C.Initially,Brock denied the request. When the War of 1812 was over,Black veterans pressed the Government of U.C.to Black settler and a native of Connecticut.The original
honor the promise of Military Land Grants to all soldiers,who fought for the British, Deed,dated 1849,records Henry Montgomery,George
Brock finally granted permission to raise a Black Incorporated Militia Unit in July regardless of their ethnic origin. In 1819 after much debate and with the Eddy,Henry St.Dennis,Luther Barber&Benjamin
1812.Captain,Robert Runchey of the 2nd.Flank Company,1 st.Lincoln Militia was endorsement of Lieutenant Governor,Sir Peregrine Maitland;the Government Johnston as the first Trustees.
the Commanding Officer, offered the Stack veterans land in Oro Township. {-`-
w,ar--uy atoonuou cmmn rogemer,mamany mat—too—staled Ots•- "" "" "—"'
crtminatien from white congregants.In response,the black congregants of a Like other contemporary African-Canadian communities,the social and cut- apparently served the rest of his community an a drurdt elder As Oro Town-
Methodist Episcopal church in Philadelphia formed their own church.In 1816, Local life of Oro Township's black community was probably centered on its ship's population declined during the last decades of the 19th century so too
their leader,Reverend William Allen,held a conference with other black church,whose ministers served as the natural leaders of the community.Rev- did the congregation of the Oro African Church.By 1916,the church appears
church leaders that created au exclusively African-American denomination of erend R.S.W Sorrick,an AME Church minister who had bought his way out to have been declared abandoned by the BME Church,although ser-,jeas may
Methodism,called the African Methodist Episcopal(AME)Church.This new cf slavery,served Oro Township's African-Canadian community between 1845 have continued there into the 1920s,and burials in the adjacent cemetery into
church quickly spread throughoutblack communities in the United States and and 1847,,probably around the rime chat the community began to make plans the 1940s.The last member of the local African-Canadian—unctury to be
into Canada,where a Canadian Annual Conference of the AME was°stab- far establishing its own duurciu,From 1863,the community was served by buried at the site appears to have been James Axon Thump—who died in
fished in 1840.In 1856.
'1HE FIRST BLACK settlers arrived in what is Bible,they cultivated the soil in the dearings and
ORO BLACK SETTLEMENT AND ENVIRONS 1819-1837 now Oro Township between about 1819 and 1826. grew crops such as oats,barley,corn,tumips,pota-
Theynumberedaboutfivefamiliesand wereamnng toes and especially wheat,a cash crop.Later,they
Psxnnnsulsxsrve o I the first settlers to colonize the area.Roughly 27 built log houses typically consisting of one room
22 nines _ "^"
—� white families,mostly English immigrants,settled inwhich the family rooked,ate and slept.The set-
nearby along the Penetonguishene Road between tiers made most of their own clothing and house-
IN 1 about 1819 and 1822,Many more Afriean-Canadi- hold items and supplemented the food they pro-
- __ iI� an families,about 33 in a1L arrived between 1828 dared by gathering wild fruit from the forest and
c _ m,a
a _w_�
— and 1831, by fishing and hunting game and wildfowl.When
_ - they could find the time,the men could earn extra
Due to changes in Upper Canada's land policies money or produce by hiring thernaelvee wt as la-
i m 1826,most later settlers were not granted land bourers.
ZE for free but purchased it from the t at
pure governmen
the highly discounted to of one shilling per acre Initially,the nearest grist mill to the African-Ca-
Q (a 75 per cent discount,since the provincial goy- naction settlement was at Holland Landing.To
�•. -,- °unmet[had recently valued lots in Oro at four reach the mill most of the settlers would have had
a,m h,de h-ior of Oro Tuwnship in ac
EDyAR shillings an acre).Rather than being settled along to haul their grain by foot or ox cart as much as
Wi1L.erforce Street,later black settlers were located 10 miles to Kempenfcldt then transport it by boat
E R"T DA S ON m° �1 , an area ross Lake Sh—to Holland Landin an add,
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I^ Iwnna':cocoas) �.. °xnunRGno ,„err �._
P -Wilson _ _ foy ea,ni•.anx�l roughly centred on ,hal became the Old Barrie tional 10 hours,before returning with their flour,
ones Black Road, and the village of Edgar. probably on the following day.
_pssible American _ 1
Uld be utilized to
ad ^� 1n 1854 tyre nshipas in sa Most African-Canadian settlers would have Regular church
e t w y t° tisty - wservices would not have been aryegian
¢n118who resented reached the township by travelling north from available to the African-Canadian settlers until more_gOSef
1q-1g26.Black Toronto u Yon c Street,probably on foot or 1825,
_ p p g pro y ywhen English-Canadian settler Peter White
Oro Township. I'
.H„ 4. oxcart Where Yonge Street ended on the marshy, established a Methodist church on his property
�'- -- -�`— banksofthe Holland River,theseakorwouldhave at the in rsechon of the Penetanguishene Road /
boardeda bateaux or sloop tocross Lake Simcoc to and what would beeume the Old Barrie Road-
-- Kempmfeldt,the go—o—L smtion at the south- as much as an eight-hour round hip.The closest
end of the Penetanguishene Road.After 1825, markets for their produce were at Holland Land-
•° the Id also have reached Kempen(eldk alonga ing and the military base at Penetangrrishene,both
®•� •• 6�ke I— �` Gt1tHRIE road that had just been cleared through the bush about atwo-day round trip.
CROW i � J® � around tl _t m side of Lake Sun,—They
HILLwo ld h 1 ed their lots by tin Hi.,along The closest 1 store was about a two hour
genera 1h
_ — Gre t'r g h ne Road and some of the First walk away.Since cash was scarce,many settlers Fu9,t yep sl bOn°/me
Nad t I,j ,neye that could take as much would have paid for goods and services in barter. setr,¢ma ay¢Att
nt sponsor°.t ucao gidd air h _a �_ as four hours Once at their lots,the settlers first At[he general stores it was common for settlers to �oat�a °r
e saute Township M 1g Vs xa x c k'"� ——
'II on6nrry rh ntl r
pale9 : �— L_ had to build atemporary shelter,usually ashanty obW,goods throughout the year on ewditaphst ewYtrl
u oix
n
hat Year.a roan/roxorvro `` -
tamr t ssmuer ` of logs with a bark roof,without windows or fire. the coming harvest,and debt was very c
own GM1urch. Sorrick ` i 1 mmon.
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ev.Blchard 5'I�snmenr _____ ___ .__ _____ __ Place,and only ablanket asadoor.
¢ocher.r+ In the°stab 9e peV. KEMPENFELOT I
¢the sehlerWhlle In belaves
pr-ochres.his fellow z y ng r A survey by deputy provincial surveyor Samu-
SNAt1IYaAV For black settlers,like other pioneers,receiving el Leslie Richardson in June of 183,showed that
e Gazpelt jguq,betoro m � xuaal -i full o e I of their land was conditional on abnut39hlackfamLlieslivedin Oro iownshi
p[gag wn p,with
' m I ompleting settlement duties specified b the peop
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xuecx �snip[ cx I ' ermn peel Y goy- a total population of olio[90 to 100 le.Most
c ®su —,,including clearing part of the,land and of the black settlers were very an¢"a�re woven rmPwnxcrxan�snwmiu srauas ntvut a.nwe. ---- axonH LAKE SIMCCE ro pooa"but aeyeo-
,min Aono isn nstructi,.g a house.Por many,completing these al;'Richardson wrote,"should they be successful
a orld^xl vosromc[ Belton.xousr camuiu sm,sas lmuxe aow °r duties took a s,sometimes decades.They felled in harvesting thew caps,I believe would become ry peor9e A L y ar
lamm ^ trees by hand,usually with axes As soon as pos- useful settlers" -
HOW THE ORO AFRICAN CHURCH ROSE UP
BY THE MID-1840s,some members of Oro Township's African-Canadian com-
munity had begun plans for their own church.In 1846,Noah Morris,a 66-year-
old black settler from Connecticut,released one acre of his property on the -
southeast corner of the third concession line and the Old Barrie Road(now _
County Road 11)to the trustees of a"Religious Society of the Colored African
Episcopal Methodist Church in Canada"for a church and cemetery.Morris le- - - -
gally transferred the property to African-Canadian settlers Henry St.Denny, --
Luther Barber,Henry Montgomery,Benjamin Johnson and George Eddy,the
trustees of the church,on May 26,1849.
The Oro African Church was built roughly at the centre of the township's black
community,about one mile west of the village of Edgar.Construction was .It -_ _' ---�_a Yt9�'[•• -
probably completed by 1849.The church was likely built by a group of people
experienced in constructing log buildings and was certainly similar in con-
struction to the type of houses the African-Canadians would have built them- -
selves,with walls made of logs that were carefully selected from the nearby - - — A-
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forests and squared with broadaxes.At the corners of the building,the ends of
the logs were cut to interlock with the logs of the adjacent wall Four windows `` �•-++�.
and a doorway were cut into the walls,then the spaces between the logs were
filled with scraps of wood and sealed,or"chinked,"with and.The church was t "
finished with a peaked roof covered in cedar shingles.Initially,the church ap-
pears to have had only a dirt floor,but later a wooden floor was installed.
The interior of the church was furnished with homemade wooden pews and
was probably i y amps Y P Y
babl 1't b I and heated b a stove or fire tare Eventually,wain-
scoring,a chandelier and a pulpit were added.By the 1920s,a closed in porch
or vestibule had been constructed around the entrance of the church,but it
has since been removed.The area south and east of the church was apparent- -
1 used for man ears as a burial round for man local African-Canadian
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families,although all the graves are now unmarked.
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The church belonged to a denomination of Methodism that had been estab-
lished exclusively for members of the African dfaspora.Methodism emerged s� ffµana
in Britain in the mid-1700s and migrated to the United States,where a dis- The Oro African Church was built around 1849.It was used regularly for as many as 80 years,although it seems to have been officially declared abandoned in 1916.
tinctly American Methodist church,called the Methodist Episcopal Church,
was founded around 1784.Although most of its members were white,the new ish Methodist Episcopal(BME)Church,to better reflect the cultural different- performed four marriages for local black couples.Reverend Banyard appears
church also included many African-Americans.Both white and black Meth- es between African-Canadians and African-Americans. to have been replaced by Reverend R.H.Harris,another BME Church minis-
odists initially attended church together,but many black Methodists faced dis- ter,in 1869.By the 1870s,Mark Bush,a descendant of one of the black settlers,
crimination from white congregants.In response,the black congregants of a Like other contemporary African-Canadian Comm—ales,the social and cul- apparently served Lhe rest of his corn-unity as a church elder.As Oro Town-
Methodist Episcopal church in Philadelphia formed their own church.In 1816, tural life of Oro Township's black community was probably centered on its ship's population declined during the last decades of the 19th century,so too
their leader,Reverend William Allen,held a conference with other black church,whose ministers served as the natural leaders of the community.Rev- did the congregation of the Oro African Church.By 1916,the church appears
church leaders that created an exclusively African-American denomination of erend R.S.W Sorrick,an AME Church minister who had bought his way out to have been declared abandoned by the BME Church,although services may
Methodism,called the African Methodist Episcopal(AME)Church.This new of slavery,served Oro Township's African-Canadian community between 1845 have continued there into the 1920s,and burials in the adjacent cemetery into
church quickly spread throughout black communities in the United States and and 184Z probably around the time that the community began to make plans the 1940s.The last member of the local African-Canadian community to be
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4.d) Dorothy Moore, Committee Member re: Request for Delegated Authority...
Verbal Matters
�--� � (Section 13.3 of Township's
T°w"shrp°f Procedural By-Law No. 2015-203)
Proud Heritage,Exciting Future
Name: Dorothy Moore
Item Number/Name: Request for Delegated Authority, Township Heritage Books
Meeting Date: Monday May 15 2023
Motion No.:
Type of Meeting: ❑ Council ❑ Special Council
❑ Development Services Committee
❑ Accessibility Advisory Committee
X❑ Heritage Committee
❑ Human Resources Committee
Speaking Notes:
Motion from the Heritage Committee to council to give the Heritage Committee Permission to
distribute all Twsp. Books as the Heritage Committee deems fit to do so.
5/10/23
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4.e) Kayla Thibeault Committee Member re: Update to 2024 Ontario Heritag...
Verbal Matters
(Section 13.3 of Township's
T�onshrpaf Procedural By-Law No. 2017-165)
Proud Heritage,Exciting Future
Name: Kayla Thibeault, Committee Member
Item Number/Name: Ontario Heritage Conference in Gravenhurst in 2024.
Meeting Date: Monday May 15 2023
Motion No.:
Type of Meeting: ❑ Council ❑ Special Council
❑ Development Services Committee
❑ Accessibility Advisory Committee
X❑ Heritage Committee
❑ Human Resources Committee
Speaking Notes:
To provide additional updates about the 2024 Ontario Heritage Conference in Gravenhurst.
Gravenhurst is hosting an open brainstorming session in July for ideas and all are welcome
including other Heritage Committees.
5/10/23
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2023 OHC in London!
June 15-17, 2023
Welcome to OHC 2023 in London
Welcome from the Local Organizing Committee for London, Ontario
We are so pleased to welcome you all to London, Ontario for the 2023 Ontario Heritage Conference.
There will be so much to talk about this year, as new opportunities and challenges lie ahead that will
require us to think in new ways about how we preserve. There is no better way to face it all than by
learning about, and from, each other.
Our heritage communities are slowly rebuilding after years of drifting between virtual and in-person
meetings. We have learned valuable lessons during this time about how to connect when it becomes
difficult, and how to keep up with the work of protecting our heritage resources in shifting sands.
This conference will consider many perspectives on this work. Many of us are working hard to draw
attention to voices that have not always been heard in our heritage discussions. We will look critically
at the work that we have done in the past, while moving toward that which we will do in the future,
with creative new approaches. We have worked hard this past year to design a program that will
challenge and excite you. There is much to celebrate even as we brace for the hard work ahead.
Throughout this conference, you will have a chance to learn, to wander, to discuss and to consider
these next steps. London is a city rich in heritage resources with many successes and many
challenges, just like the place that you are from. We have spectacular heritage buildings throughout
our City, as well as a rich mosaic of beautifully preserved Heritage Conservation Districts, a vibrant
and vast network of museums, and a multitude of organizations working together to keep London on
track as a distinct city that sees it's roots clearly and holds on to the lessons of the past.
Heritage protection is good urbanism, and at this conference we will showcase examples of how our
historic areas house living, vibrant and changing communities. We will take you to stunning adaptive
reuse examples that will inspire you and lead you to consider how we can fold in all voices into this
important work of understanding our past - no matter how challenging - and embracing our shared
future.
Thank you for joining us in beautiful London, Ontario — there is a lot to see here, and we can't wait to
share it with you.
Your Local Organizing Committee: Mike Bloxam; Dhira Ghosh (London Heritage Council); Dr. Jason
Gilliland (Western University); Michael Greguol (Heritage Planner, City of London); Dr. Michelle
Hamilton (Western University); Tara Jenkins (Cultural Heritage Lead, AECOM); Wes Kinghorn (ACO
London Region Branch); Don Menard; Dorothy Palmer; Mike Rice (London Middlesex Historical
Society); Maggie Whalley (ACO London Region Branch)
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Time Event(*Topic) Venue(tentative)
Thursday,June 15
12-6pm Registration & Information Desk Double Tree Ballroom Foyer
1-4pm Self Guided Walking HCD Tour Walking
7-9pm Opening Reception Pub night Chaucers
Friday,June 16
8am-6pm Registration & Information Desk Double Tree Ballroom Foyer
Sam-6pm Tradeshow Double Tree Ballroom Foyer
9am-10am Opening Ceremony& Welcome Double Tree Ball Room
10-10:30am Nutrition Break Double Tree
10:30am-12pm Opening Keynote The Vision SoHo Alliance Project (Panel) Double Tree Ball Room
12-1:30pm LUNCH (Downtown! London) Downtown London Rests
1:30-3pm (Sess 1A) * Ontario Association of Heritage Professionals (OAHP) Double Tree
1:30-3pm (Sess 1B) * Welcome Home—A discourse on the traditional front porch Double Tree
and historic entranceway (Alan Stacey)
1:30-3pm (Sess 1C) * Engaging Youth in Heritage (ACO Panel) Double Tree
3:00pm-3:30pm Nutrition Break Double Tree Trade Show
Area
3:30-5pm (Sess 2A) * Heritage Conservation in the Wake of Rapid (Panel) Double Tree
3:30-5pm (Sess 2B) * Days From Destruction—the Old Stone Mill House (Mike Double Tree
Chappell)
3:30-5pm (Sess 2C) * A Grand River Runs Through It (Panel) Double Tree
5:00pm OAHP AGM Double Tree
6-7pm Cocktail Reception The Old Courthouse
7pm Gala Dinner—London: City of Music (Cory Crossman) The Old Courthouse
Saturday,June 17
8am-12pm Registration & Information Desk Museum London
8am-4pm Tradeshow (TBC) Museum London
8am-8:30am CHO AGM Museum London
8:30-10am (Sess 3A) * A Magical Musical Mystery Tour of HDCs (Wes Kinghorn) Walk- Downtown
8:30-10am (Sess 3B) * Creating Transformational Affordable Housing (John Museum London
Nicholson)
8:30-10am (Sess 3C) * Munsiiwak: wiikwahm (Munsee: House, muddy river and Museum London (Forks)
place) (Ian McCallum &Thomas Peace)
10-10:30am Nutrition Break Museum London
10:30-12pm (Sess 4A) * Eldon House- Preserving the past (Eldon House team) Eldon House
10:30-12pm (Sess 4B) * New Technologies for Historic Purposes (Panel) Museum
10:30-12pm (Sess 4C) * Indigenous Heritage and the UNDRIP(Catherine Cole) Museum London (Forks)
12-12:30pm LUNCH Eldon House Boxed Lunch
12:30-1:30pm Travel to 100 Kellogg Lane Bus
1:30-3pm (Sess 5A) * Heritage Grants and Property Tax (CHO Panel) 100 Kellogg Ballroom
1:30-3pm (Sess 5B) * "A Tour of 100 Kellogg Lane:The Architectural Heritage Around 100 Kellogg
Edition"Timmins Martelle Heritage Consultants
1:30-3pm(Sess 5C) *Preserving Lake Erie's Oldest Lighthouses 100 Kellogg Ballroom
3:00pm-3:30pm Nutrition Break 100 Kellogg Ballroom
3:30-5pm (Sess 6A) * London Museums: For Whom do we preserve (LHC Panel) 100 Kellogg Ballroom
3:30-5pm (Sess 6B) * 100 Kellogg Tour B (Adaptive Reuse Edition) I Around 100 Kellogg
5pm-? Closing remarks 1 100 Kellogg Ballroom
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Opening Keynote Discussion — "The Vision SoHo Alliance Project: Community Stories, Built Heritage,
and Heritage Conservation"
This unique Keynote session will involve five complimentary presentations that build on each other. Ariel
Beaujot will discuss her international project Hear, Here which records community stories about places and
makes them accessible via street signs with a phone number at that site. Michelle Hamilton will discuss how
community stories, including those presented through Hear, Here London will be incorporated into the Vision
SoHo Alliance affordable housing project (which is converting two heritage buildings and building five more
apartment buildings at London's decommissioned Victoria Hospital site). Hamilton will also discuss how
instructors can incorporate students into community heritage projects. Julie Ryan outlines the Alliance's goal to
have their diverse tenants see their identity reflected in neighbourhood history, and subsequently feel invested
in their new homes. Next, Megan Hobson presents the rationale for the designation of the two hospital
buildings —the old Faculty of Medicine and the War Memorial Children's Hospital — purchased by the Alliance.
Finally, Emma Cubitt will discuss the challenges of converting these two buildings into apartments.
Dr. Ariel Beaujot is an award-winning Professor of Public History at the University of Wisconsin. Her teaching
and research centres community collaboration and uses digital technology to decolonize public spaces and
make available voices of historically underrepresented peoples. She is the creator of Hear, Here and Director
of Hear, Here LaCrosse.
Dr. Michelle Hamilton is an award-winning Professor of Public History at Western University and has led
students through over twenty community collaborative heritage projects in the last decade. She is the Director
of Hear, Here London.
Julie Ryan is the Community Engagement Coordinator for Indwell, one of the six affordable housing groups of
the Alliance. She acts liaison between the Alliance and Western.
Emma Cubitt is a Principal at Invizij Architects Inc. She specializes in housing, work with non-profits, and
sustainable design. A graduate of both the University of Illinois and Waterloo, she is a registered architect with
the OAA and has over 15 years of architectural experience. Emma is overseeing the adaptive re-use of the
War Memorial Children's Hospital and the Health Services Building as a part of the Vision SoHo Alliance
project.
Danielle Gignac is a senior Architect with over 10 years of architectural experience in Ontario and abroad.
She obtained her certification as a Passive House Designer in 2019. She is skilled in all phases of projects
from design through contract administration and enjoys working on a wide range of project types and sizes
from residential to institutional. Danielle is sensitive to historical, cultural, and physical context, and is
passionate about community building, sustainable architecture and the conservation of the natural
environment. Danielle is working on the adaptive re-use of the War Memorial Children's Hospital and the
Health Services Building.
Session 1A —Ontario Association of Heritage Professionals
A panel session consisting of the presentations from heritage professionals including projects and case studies
from across the province.
The panel will be assembled by the Ontario Association of Heritage Professionals (OAHP).
Session 1 B -Alan Stacey - "Welcome Home -A Discourse on the Traditional Front Porch and Historic
Entranceway"
This seminar will illustrate a variety of methods that can be utilized to ensure the preservation of the essential
character granted to a building by its entranceway.
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Alan Stacey is a materials conservation specialist, trained in both an indentured five-year apprenticeship as
well as at Salisbury College, England, where he achieved distinction in his City & Guilds Diploma. (1983) His
knowledge base includes traditional joinery and building techniques, carving, turning, as well as traditional
historic finish conservation. Alan worked in professional practice in Europe and in the UK for over two decades,
conserving many of the ship models in The Thomson Collection, now on permanent display at the Art Gallery
of Ontario in Toronto. Immigrating to Canada in 2005, Alan established a conservation practice in Dundas,
Ontario, where Alan now leads a committed team of historic building conservation specialists that are
dedicated to the preservation of Canada's architectural heritage. Alan is a Professional Member of the
Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals, where he has served as the Association's Vice-President of
the Board of Directors and Chair of the Membership Committee.
Session 1C -ACO Panel - "Engaging Youth in Heritage"
This session will focus on how to encourage youth to be more engaged with heritage/historic spaces. The
discussion will consider the different tools that can be used to achieve this, taking it's cues from Don Louck's
book "Modest Hopes" —centered on interacting with heritage spaces and offering a visual explanation of what
heritage is and why it is important.
The panel has been assembled by the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO) and will include Elise
Geschiere and Hayden Bulbrook.
Session 2A —Alissa Golden, Jack Mallon, and Regan Hutchison — "Heritage Conservation in the Wake
of Rapid Change: Municipal Heritage Planning in 2023"
Within the last few years, the heritage planning profession has had to navigate a changing environment. From
changes in societal perspectives emphasizing the importance of identifying and conserving underrepresented
histories, to shifting mindsets regarding climate change and heritage conservation, to navigating large-scale
legislative changes, municipal heritage planners in Ontario have been responding to a rapidly changing world
while identifying and protecting significant cultural heritage resources within the province. This panel session
will include perspectives from municipal heritage planners around Ontario to discuss the challenges and
opportunities of heritage planning in a post-pandemic, post-Bill 108, and post-Bill 23 world.
Alissa Golden is a Heritage Project Specialist at the City of Hamilton.
Jack Mallon is a Heritage Planner at the City of Guelph.
Regan Hutchison is the Manager, Heritage Planning for Markham, ON. He administers the City's heritage
planning program and leads a team responsible for the processing of all heritage district development
applications. He is also responsible for heritage policy and program development, heritage financial assistance
programs and assists the municipal heritage committee.
Session 2113 - Mike Chappell and James Forrester- "Days From Destruction —the Old Stone Mill House"
In January 2021 Lakefield residents learned of the sale of a much-loved stone mill house and that a demolition
permit had been issued. Advised by municipal building officials that it was too late, and nothing could be done,
a small group of local residents organized and energized the community, saving the building within 3 weeks.
This is the story of how they accomplished their goal, and the lessons learned going forward.
Mike Chappell, CRSP, CET, CHSO is the President of the Friends of the Old Stone Mill House in Lakefield.
More than 30 years' experience, in the enforcement of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, supervision of
regulatory inspectors, development of legislation, and acting as a professional witness in Occupational Health
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and Safety cases, as well as appearing as a witness at inquests. Mike is also a Part-time Sessional Instructor
at Metropolitan Toronto University, the Chang School.
James Forrester worked as a systems administrator at OCAD University. He returned to graduate school in
2014 at Trent University and previously graduated in History from the University of Ottawa. He and his wife
undertook log and timber frame reconstructions in the 1970s and 1980s. At last year's OHC, he presented on
the Old Red House project, a restoration of an 1816 Perth military settlement squared timber structure.
Currently he is President of the Peterborough Historical Society, which owns Hutchison House and he's also a
member of the Selwyn Municipal Heritage Committee.
Session 2C - Kahentakeron Deer, Kayla Cicman et al — "A Grand River Runs Through It"
Three presentations will look at the social and economic impact of the largest river in Ontario, first to the
indigenous communities that used it for thousands of years, later to pioneering settlements established on the
river that still runs through what is now a heritage downtown core. Early industrial growth and development
along the Grand was followed by an economic decline due to decreasing importance of mills and river industry.
Presentations will focus on both the challenges and the successful outcomes of preserving an environmentally
healthy river and repurposing heritage riverbank structures as a means of rebuilding the river's importance as a
community benefit to all, an economic driver, and a tourist attraction.
Six Nations of the Grand River: Kahentakeron Deer (Kerdo), an Ecological Team Leader, will discuss the
Grand River from an Indigenous perspective: the Six Nations heritage of life around the river, the subsequent
effects that different mills and development had on indigenous communities, and Six Nations vision for
continued use and enjoyment of an environmentally sustainable natural feature.
County of Brant: Kayla Cicman, Arts, Culture & Heritage County of Brant will address how the Grand impacts
the entire county of Brant including the town of Paris, where both banks of the river are dotted with heritage
structures from the colonial period.
Fergus and Elora: Members of the MHC for Centre Wellington will highlight how these connected towns
straddling the deep Grand River gorge continue to use and celebrate the river as well as numerous adjacent
heritage buildings/structures for economic benefits and for recreational opportunities.
Friday Gala Keynote - Cory Crossman - "London: City of Music"
London, Ontario was recognized on November 8, 2021, as Canada's first UNESCO City of Music. This
designation reflects London's history as a city rooted in many musical traditions, but also reflects a
commitment to develop a more inclusive, creative and sustainable city that advances UNESCO's 2030
sustainable development goals. Cory will discuss what this designation means for London, our musical roots
and where we are headed. A UNESCO City of Music designation is an ongoing commitment to continue
developing and strengthening our music sector. This designation provides London with a unique, one-of-a-kind
distinction that no other community in Canada has, and connects us to the world. Get ready for a few surprises
along the way.
Cory Crossman, musician and music enthusiast, is a grassroots guy. His background focused on presenting
live music ranging from small club shows to large festivals to community events. His role as Music Industry
Development Officer for the City of London (Tourism London) positions him as the lead contact within City Hall
supporting the music industry. Working to create conditions to strengthen and grow the music sector by serving
as a liaison between City Hall and the industry. Cory is focused on building things steadily from the ground up.
London's recent UNESCO City of Music designation is a significant step forward for London's music
community and Cory acts as the lead focal point for international conversation to advances UNESCO's 2030
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Sustainable Agenda through music. London is Canada's first UNESCO City of Music and joined the UNESCO
Creative City Network in November of 2021.
Session 3A -Wes Kinghorn and special quests - "A Magical Musical Mystery Tour of Downtown
London's Heritage Conservation District"
Wes will take you on a walking tour of the Downtown London Heritage Conservation District, focussing on
some of the most important musical and entertainment venues of London's past and present. We will look at all
of this with an eye to the work of Jane Jacobs, making this a Jane's Walk of sorts. Wes will be joined by
special guests and expect a few surprises along the way.
Dr. Wes Kinghorn is the founder of an urban research/digital imaging/project design communication company
based in London, Ontario. Wes holds a PhD in Urban Geography from Western University. He is an Assistant
Professor at Western University and a Postdoctoral Scholar in Public History. Wes is the President of ACO
London Region Branch, as well as the past Chair of the London Advisory Committee on Heritage, the Urban
League of London and the Woodfield Community Association. He currently serves on the CHO Board of
Directors.
Session 31B - John Nicholson (B.A. (Hons.), B.Arch. OAA FRAIC LEED AP) - "Creating transformational
Affordable and Supported Housing within and around heritage buildings in London"
This presentation will review the proposed transformation of the War Memorial Children's Hospital, and The
Medical Services Building and the surrounding full block site (and an adjacent block of land) into 684 units of
affordable and supported housing. The talk will focus on the process- where 6 different non- profit housing
providers got together as "Vision-Soho" to purchase the subject properties from the City of London, and
successfully submitted for Official Plan amendment and re-zoning. The talk will discuss the funding,
negotiations with the City and CMHC, design and design development and tendering process and review the
project to the time of the conference.
John Nicholson is the Retired Founding Partner at Nicholson Sheffield Architects Inc. He was Principal in
Charge of Design for the firm and continues as an adviser to the firm. Projects under his leadership have won
awards at the local, provincial and national levels, and his design work has been published internationally.
John was named a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in 2001. In 2018 John was presented
with The Sovereign's Medal for Volunteerism.
John has been responsible for the design of a number of London's landmark buildings including: the London
Public Library's Central Branch, The Roundhouse, The Centre at the Forks at Museum London, The Michael
Gibson Gallery, Market Tower, (all change of use renovations); and the Trudell Medical International campus,
Station Park, and many new and renovated buildings at Western University, including the Support Services
Building, Rix Clinical Skills Building, Thompson Engineering Buildings, The Don Wright School of Music, and
the Paul Davenport Theatre, and Windermere Manor, the Mogensen Building, the Convergence Centre, and
NRC's IMTI, at Western's Discovery Park in London, and all New Construction and Campus Renovations at
the Western's Sarnia-Lambton Discovery Park. He has designed many Non-Profit Housing projects which
have been recognized for their design and their response to context and neighbourhood. His firm was the 2017
winner of Chamber of Commerce Business Award (Medium Category).
Session 3C - Ian McCallum and Thomas Peace - "Munsiiwak: wiikwahm, asiiskusiipuw waak tali
(Munsee: House, muddy river and place)."
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A canoe trip down the Thames River from London to Muncey inspired this discussion of the Indigenous
meanings of the river, land, language, settlement, and heritage.
Ian McCallum is a member of the Munsee-Delaware First Nation. He works with his community promoting
culture, and history and is an educator working with the Munsee language. As a Ph.D. student at the University
of Toronto, Ian is currently researching strategies to support Munsee language revitalization. His most current
work looks at connections between the Munsee language, the Thames River and the surrounding environment.
Ian is an Education Officer in the Indigenous Education Office for the Ministry of Education in Ontario. He has
worked in the field of education for more than 20 years in the capacity of classroom and resource teacher as
well as supporting teacher candidates as a seconded faculty of education member.
Thomas Peace is a historian of colonialism in early Canada and teaches history as an Associate Professor at
Huron University College. He is one of the founding editors of Active History.ca, a web-based project aiming to
make academic history more accessible to broader audiences. With Sean Kheraj he edits The Open History
Seminar. And, as co-director of the Huron Community History Centre, he also manages the Hidden Histories of
Southwestern Ontario project.
Session 4A —Tara Wittmann and team — "Eldon House - Preserving the Past; History for the Future"
Eldon House, London's oldest home and heritage-house museum will host delegates with a multimedia
experience, exploring the past, present, and future of the museum. Starting in the Interpretive Centre,
delegates will explore the evolution of interpretation and preservation of the site, while also enjoying a variety
of hands-on and outdoor activities, self-guided house and garden tours.
The team at Eldon House will lead the opening tour, along with a self guided session to allow you to explore
the site on your own.
Session 41B —Ted Strazimiri, Tom Peace, Nina Reid-Maroney, and Tim Compeau — "New Technologies
for Historic Purposes: Exploring Digital Tools for Heritage and Digital History"
This panel session will be focussed on the application of digital tools and applications that are constantly
changing the way we interact with the past. From new digital platforms expanding the ways in which we
interpret the past to the use of new tools and technologies to document heritage resources, this session is
designed to challenge heritage professionals, historians, and history enthusiasts to think about the new ways
we can engage with the past.
Ted Strazimiri is the President of SkyDeploy UAS and is passionate about preserving the as-built environment
through the magic of computer vision and remote sensing. Over the years he's developed a deep
understanding of digital reconstruction through the process of photogrammetry and laser scanning. When he's
not out in the field collecting data, he's on his computer turning it into photo-realistic 3D models and when he's
not doing either of those things, he's at Fanshawe College teaching his students how to do the same. Ted lives
in London with his wife Emma and his 2-year-old son Lorenzo.
Dr. Thomas Peace is a historian of colonialism in early Canada and co-director of the Huron Community
History Centre. As a researcher, he studies how diverse Black, Indigenous, English, and French communities
interacted with each other, and made Home, in Northeastern North American during the eighteenth and early
nineteenth century. He is one of the founding editors of ActiveHistory.ca, a web-based project aiming to make
academic history more accessible to broader audiences.
Dr. Nina Reid-Maroney is a professor of American History at Huron University College.
Dr. Timothy Compeau is a historian of the eighteenth century with a particular focus on the cultural history of
the Revolutionary period. He also researches and teaches public history and digital history at Huron University
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College and Western University, in London, Ontario, and was the co-editor of Seeing the Past with Computers:
Experiments with Augmented Reality and Computer Vision for History(University of Michigan Press, 2019).
Session 4C —Catherine Cole— `Indigenous Heritage and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights
of Indigenous People"
The Indigenous Heritage Circle released a report in May 2022 exploring how Canada's implementation of the
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) could help inform practices,
policies, and legislation to better support Indigenous heritage. The study, which was conducted from December
2021 to March 2022, used insights from interviews with Indigenous heritage practitioners and legal experts as
well as readings. In June 2021, the federal UNDRIP Act came into force, requiring the government to develop
an action plan and review federal laws to align with the Declaration. Cole's co-authored report explores what
Indigenous people would like to see as a result and what is necessary for them to fully participate in this
discussion as equals.
Catherine C. Cole, MA, FCMA, is the Director of Planning for the Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre in Igaluit and
Principal Consultant, Catherine C. Cole &Associates in Edmonton. A former museum curator and interpreter,
she has consulted on heritage issues throughout Canada and internationally for 30 years. Catherine is Metis
and has made both a professional and personal commitment to decolonization and reconciliation. She is the
recipient of many awards including the Governors Award from the National Trust for Canada for the Indigenous
Heritage Circle report she co-authored on Indigenous Heritage and the United Nations Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2022), the Lieutenant Governor's Award from the Alberta Museums Association
(2021), and ICOM Canada's International Achievement Award (2019). She is a Fellow of the Canadian
Museums Association (FCMA); the Culture and Heritage Community Chair for the National Indigenous
Knowledge and Language Alliance (NIKLA); a member of Parks Canada's Indigenous Cultural Heritage
Advisory Council (ICHAC); an International Advisory Group Member for Renewing Relations: Indigenous
Heritage Rights and (Re)conciliation in Northwest Coast Canada, at the University of Exeter, UK; and from
2013-2020 was Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Association of Museums (CAM), a network of
postcolonial museums and professionals that reflects on colonial legacies and develops new international
relationships and working practices.
Session 5A —CHO Panel — "Heritage Grants and Property Tax Reductions - The Municipal Experience"
We will explore the experience of three municipalities in offering reductions property tax reductions and grants
to heritage properties. This will include the provincial legislation permitting these for the programs and the ways
in which municipalities have implemented them including eligibility requirements, amounts of grants and tax
reductions, conditions attached to the financial incentives and overall impacts of the programs.
Justin Teakle is a community planner in the Planning Services of the Town of Collingwood and member of the
Ontario Professional Planning Institute.
Terry Fegarty is a member of the Tay Township Municipal Heritage Committee and director of Community
Heritage Ontario. He has 12 years of experience on MHC's. He was co-chair of the Local organizing
committee for the Midland Heritage Conference in 2013. Terry frequently contributes to CHONews
and a member of the CHO board. He is the owner of a heritage property designated in 2016.
Jennifer Guerin is the Heritage Program Coordinator for the City of Peterborough where
she administers programs and research which aid in the identification and protection of
the City's heritage resources. Jennifer administers the City's Heritage Permitting
process, Heritage Property Tax Relief Program and liaises with property owners and the
Municipal Heritage Committee to promote heritage preservation and best practices.
Jennifer also organizes a series of heritage related events throughout the year to
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encourage engagement and participation in the field of heritage preservation in
Peterborough. Jennifer is a Professional Member of the Canadian Association of
Heritage Professionals, and has a personal interest in heritage planning and promoting
the value of heritage conservation as a means of community building and revitalization.
Wayne Morgan is a retired heritage professional and former heritage planning consultant.
Session 5B —Timmins Martelle Heritage Consultants — "A Tour of 100 Kellogg Lane: The Architectural
Heritage Edition"
This tour will explore the historic architectural beauty of 100 Kellogg Lane. Originally a factory for Kellogg's
Canada, this long-time London landmark has been preserved and given a second life. The tour will look at the
historic architecture underlying this massive project, and consider similar nearby historic industrial buildings,
and what might be in store for this area beyond this project. You will leave with a better sense of how a once-
neglected industrial area can be reborn as a vibrant historic industrial district.
Session 5C — Panel — "Preserving Lake Erie's Oldest Lighthouses"
On the topic of"Preservation for Whom", lighthouses are significant heritage sites holding both historic and
sentimental value. Lighthouses are popular attractions for locals, neighboring communities, and visitors to their
region. They are important visual links to our past, and important touchstones for tourism —often serving as
visual icons for their surrounding coastlines. We will consider current threats to some of these beautiful
structures, and options for their preservation.
Session 6A — London Heritage Council — "London Museums: For Whom Do We Preserve?"
This session will open with a short 3-5 minute video providing a 'panoramic view' of the museum sector in
London. The video will showcase the diverse and amazing heritage/ museum landscape here in London,
Ontario. Not many know that London has the highest number of museums per capita in Canada! This will be
followed by a 'Show &Tell' wherein a representative of each museum will present an activity (or something
from their collection) to tell us a story about how their museum reflects this question of"for whom do they
preserve?". Each museum will present for roughly 5 minutes in this fast paced and dynamic session (followed
by a Q &A session)
The panel has been assembled by the London Heritage Council (LHC) and includes representatives of various
London Ontario Museums.
Session 6B —TOUR B — "A Tour of 100 Kellogg Lane: The Adaptive Reuse Edition"
This second tour will explore the current facility itself, led by a guide familiar with the amazing transformation of
the industrial buildings of the original Kellogg's factory into a million-square-foot leading tourist destination. The
vision is ongoing and impressive in scale, including an artisan "Maker's Market", a boutique hotel, premier
office space, restaurants, a versatile convention centre and a record-breaking adventure park. Plans for the
outdoor courtyard include live music, beautiful social spaces, and seasonal markets. Taking inspiration from
the site's rustic and authentic roots, the many features of this complex offer a shopping, dining, work, and play
experience like no other, and a spectacular example of the adaptive reuse of an industrial complex.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 4, 2023
Oro-Medonte Tourism Ambassador Certificate Program Launch &Art Trees Expansion
The Township of Oro-Medonte has recently launched an online Tourism Ambassador Certificate Program
that features six (6) online eLearning modules.
These modules feature informational videos, interactive maps, and situational scenarios regarding local
history, arts & culture, opportunities to explore, available experiences, and information on planning a visit
to Oro-Medonte. The Township is grateful to our tourism partners for their collaboration and assistance in
developing content for the program.
The purpose of the Oro-Medonte Tourism Ambassador Certificate Program (OMTACP) is to incentivize
people living and working in the township to stay up-to-date on available tourism experiences, encourage
longer visits and to support local businesses.
The certificate program was designed to be a free-flowing and enjoyable experience, allowing participants
to complete the program at their own pace. Completion of the certificate program's modules will take
approximately two (2) hours total.
Mayor Randy Greenlaw commented that "it is fantastic to see economic development initiatives within the
Township, enabling local residents and the business community to learn more about what Oro-Medonte
has to offer. We are proud of our heritage, culture, creative artists, and local businesses. Through this
program, we look forward to promoting these local businesses, experiences, and the teachings of our rich
history."
The Township encourages residents and businesses to participate in the certificate program. Upon
completion of the program, each participant will be awarded a certificate of completion and recognition.
Included with the OMTACP is a Tourism Ambassador contest running until November 1, 2023. For
contest rules, please visit bit.ly/3AR7Js6.
Please visit Oro-Medonte Tourism Ambassador Certificate Program to learn more, register for the
program, and more details regarding the Tourism Ambassador contest.
In addition to the launch of the OMTACP, the Township is pleased to announce the expansion of our Art
Trees program. This initiative now features over fifteen (15) artists and includes additional Art Trees
offering a self guided Art Tree Trail, exhibiting over twenty-five (25) trees. Art Trees can be found across
the township, featured at numerous local businesses and public spaces in different size variations.
For additional information including an interactive map of Art Tree locations and participating artists,
please visit Art Trees - Oro Medonte (oro-medonte.ca).
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For media requiring additional information, please contact:
Jenny Legget
Communications and Public Relations Officer
Township of Oro-Medonte
(705) 794-7048
ilegget(a_oro-medonte.ca
www.oro-medonte.ca
@TwpOroMedonte - facebook.com/OroMedonte
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