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"Heritage Counts is prepared by English Heritage on behalf of the Historic Environment Review Executive Committee and the Regional Historic Environment Forums ."
Creator(s): English Heritage | Date Published: 2006
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"European Cultural Heritage Forum - Cultural Heritage Counts for Europe, Europe Nostra, Brussels, Belgium"
Creator(s): Donavan Rypkema | Date Published: 2005-12-7
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"The report begins in Part I with an overview and introduction to capacity and capacity building. This is followed by a brief history of capacity building. The history is followed by some thoughts on the central issue facing arts, cultural, and heritage organizations – a tendency to confuse ends with means. The difficulty in describing the ends, or outcomes, of a cultural experience have left many cultural organizations focusing their efforts on means instead."
Creator(s): Ginsler And Associates Inc. | Date Published: 2005-01
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"On 2 May 2002, the Environment Protection and Heritage Council (EPHC), consisting of Comonwealth, State and Territory environment and heritage ministers, requested that a taskforce be established to examine incentives and other policy tools to promote heritage conservation, and to develop recommendations on the application of these tools."
Creator(s): National Incentives Taskforce for the Environment Protection and Heritage Council | Date Published: 2004-04
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"Several defintions of 'rural' are available for national and provincial analysis using the databases at Statistics Camada. We compare six in this paper. each defintion emphasizes different criteria (population, size, density, context) and has different associated thresholds. The size of the territorial units (building blocks) from which each definition is constructed also varies."
Creator(s): Valerie du Plesis, Roland Beshiri and Ray D. Bollman | Date Published: 2002-12
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Heritage Canada Foundation Advocacy Action
Creator(s): Heritage Canada Foundation | Date Published: 2002
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"Bibliography of Historic Places Initiative 2001-2006"
Creator(s): Historic Places Initiative | Date Published: 2001-2006
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Managing Our Rural Heritage: A New Chapter in Planning for Lexington-Fayette Countym, Kentucky U.S.a.
Creator(s): Rural Service Area Land Management Plan | Date Published: 1999-04-08
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"Strategic planning and the use of visioning, decision making processes and public participation, heritage conservation, the economics of heritage, heritage tourism development and symbolism in community design."
Creator(s): Dr. Robert Shipley - School of Planning, University of Waterloo | Date Published: 1998 to 2006
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"Donovan Rypkema is principal of PlaceEconomics, a Washington, D.C.-based real estate and economic development-consulting firm. "
Creator(s): Donovan Rypkema | Date Published: 1994 to 2003
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Projects & Programs |
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"The Rideau Canal includes the 202-km-long canal built in 1826-1832 as part of Britain’s strategy for the defence of British North America, and its associated cultural landscape."
Lead Managing Organization: Parks Canada and World Heritage | Start Date: 2006
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"In partnership with the Ministry of Culture, graduate students in the Heritage, Conservation Programme at Carleton, University undertook a new program this summer, the Rideau Heritage Initiative."
Lead Managing Organization: Ontario Ministry of Culture, the Historic Places Initiative and Carleton University's School of Canadian Studies | Start Date: 2006-05
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"The Friends of the Rideau, a member of the Canada Parks Partnership, is one of the many "Friends of ...." volunteer, non-profit organizations across Canada."
Creator(s): Friends of the Rideau Corridor | Date Published: 2007
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"Canada's historic places capture the spirit of the nation, providing the connecting fabric that links us together as Canadians. Historic places offer social, economic and environmental benefits that add to the quality of life in our communities. However, our historic places are at risk --- over 20% of the nation's historic buildings have been destroyed in one generation. If we do not act now, more of our national treasures will be lost."
Creator(s): The Historic Places Initiative | Date Published: 2007
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"The Canadian Register is a work in progress. Current listings represent only a fraction of the total number of Canada's recognized historic places. New listings are added every week so if you don't find what you're looking for today, come visit the Canadian Register again!"
Creator(s): The Historic Places Initiative | Date Published: 2007
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"Statement of Significance (SoS): A statement that identifies the description, heritage value, and character-defining elements of a historic place. A Statement of Significance is required in order for a historic place to be listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places."
Creator(s): Alberta Municipal Heritage Heritage Partnership | Date Published: 2007
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"The City of Ottawa's heritage is one of its most important assets. Our stories and material evidence of our development are preserved, researched and told through local archives, museums, historical and archaeological sites, cemeteries, historical gardens, commemorations, libraries, programs and events, walking tours, galleries, memorials, and architectural legacy."
Creator(s): City of Ottawa | Date Published: 2007
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"The City of Kingston is located halfway between Montreal and Toronto, Canada's two largest cities. Kingston is an eclectic mix of old and new "where history and innovation thrive"."
Creator(s): City of Kingston | Date Published: 2007
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"" Welcome to the virtual town of Perth Ontario. PerthOntarioInfo.com has been created as a tourist information site and to help local merchants promote their business on-line.""
Creator(s): Perth Information | Date Published: 2007
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"Our inheritance of architecture, cultural landscapes, and material culture is an irreplaceable asset and resource. In Ontario, local municipalities have an important role in the conservation of our wealth of historically and architecturally significant properties."
Creator(s): North Grenville | Date Published: 2007
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"Forged in the crucible of the great ice storm of 1998, the Township of Rideau Lakes came into being on January 1, 1998 as an amalgamation of the former Townships of North Crosby, South Crosby, Bastard and South Burgess, South Elmsley and the Village of Newboro. Rideau Lakes lies in the NorthWest corner of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, and is geographically the largest municipality in the County."
Creator(s): Township of Rideau Lakes | Date Published: 2007
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"Merrickville, known as the Jewel of the Rideau, is a thriving community and a very popular destination spot for visitors coming by either land or water. The many stone buildings in town have been restored to their former glory and are now populated by a variety of shops. Those interested in arts, crafts, antiques or collectibles will find Merrickville to be a treasure trove of opportunity."
Creator(s): Village of Merrickville | Date Published: 2007
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"l.gif (911 bytes)ocated in the Heart of the Rideau Canal, you will find a unique mix of leisure and recreational activities set against a backdrop of history and nature."
Creator(s): Smiths Falls, Ontario | Date Published: 2007
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"Westport is located at the west end of Upper Rideau Lake, at the head of the navigable Rideau Canal system. A public wharf on a man-made island has dock space for up to 30 vessels. Fees are charged according to the going rates along the Rideau System."
Creator(s): Explore Westport | Date Published: 2007
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" We are located directly north of Kingston, Ontario, Canada."
Creator(s): Township of South Frontenac | Date Published: 2007
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The Township of Montague is situated on the southeast corner of Lanark County and covers 283 square kilometres. The municipality is bordered on the south side by the scenic Rideau River and extends west from the City of Ottawa to the Town of Smiths Falls.
Creator(s): Township of Montague | Date Published: 2007
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"The Township of Drummond/North Elmsley is situated along the north shore of the Rideau River between the Town of Perth and the Town of Smiths Falls and covers 241.74 square kilometers. "
Creator(s): Township of Drummond/North Elmsley | Date Published: 2007
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"Tay Valley is a township of geographic beauty, and human resourcefulness. Set in the southwest corner of Lanark County due west of Perth, the township comprises a community of communities joined by a shared heritage and a love for the rural lifestyle. Endowed with an abundance of clean lakes and rivers, lives are lived in security and respect."
Creator(s): Tay Valley Township | Date Published: 2007
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"Our inheritance of architecture, cultural landscapes, and material culture is an irreplaceable asset and resource. In Ontario, the task of conserving our inheritance of historically and architecturally significant properties is primarily a municipal matter."
Creator(s): Ontario Ministry of Culture | Date Published: 2007
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"The national historic sites component of Parks Canada is responsible for Canada's program of historical commemoration, which recognizes nationally significant places, persons and events. All such designations are made by the Minister of the Environment on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada."
Creator(s): Parks Canada | Date Published: 2007
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"What is heritage? The debate over what constitutes heritage is extremely active, and definitions have become very fluid. "
Creator(s): The Attingham Trust | Date Published: 1972, 1992
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"Canadian Parks Service, Canadian Heritage"
Creator(s): Parks Canada | Date Published: 1970
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"The Rideau Canal is now celebrating its 175th anniversary. North America’s oldest continuously operating waterway, officially opened to navigation in 1832, exactly 175 years ago."
Creator(s): Parks Canada | Event Start Date: 2007-06-01
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"Carleton offers 65 programs of study in areas as diverse as public affairs, journalism, film studies, engineering, high technology, and international studies. We are very proud that our classrooms are filled with some 23,000 of the brightest students from across the country and more than 100 countries worldwide."
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"Rural America, which includes some 55 million people and 80 percent of the nation’s landscape, contains a diverse array of historic resources. Rural historic places range from farmsteads and ranches to Main Streets, country stores, schools, churches, mill villages, bridges, scenic byways, fieldstone walls, archeological sites and much more."
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"The Ministry of Culture encourages the arts and cultural industries, protects Ontario's heritage and advances the public library system in order to maximize their contribution to the province's economic and social vitality."
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"The network is an umbrella organization of all those with an interest in and responsibility for the conservation of the in situ cultural heritage features (buildings, archaeological resources, cultural landscapes) in municipalities along the Canal."
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"The Ontario government is a participant in a federal, provincial and territorial partnership aimed at identifying and conserving historic places across Canada."
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"The School of Canadian Studies helps students deepen their understanding of Canada by conducting interdisciplinary research on exciting and innovative topics. We offer interdisciplinary courses that contain detailed, reliable, and up-to-date information about the complex issues and concerns confronting Canada."
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"We campaign for a sustainable future for the English countryside, a vital but undervalued environmental, economic and social asset to the nation. We highlight threats and promote positive solutions."
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