2017 Shortlist Governor General's History Award for Excellence in Community Programming

Canada's History received many remarkable and inspiring submissions for the 2017 Award for Excellence in Community Programming. We were so impressed that we had to share our list of shortlisted projects. Click on their names below to learn more.

 

Building Our Home Fire: Evening of Reconciliation
Thom Collegiate Aboriginal Advocacy Team
Regina, Saskatchewan

Canadian History Outreach — For Newcomers, Immigrants and Refugees
Bashir Kahn
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Chinatown History Windows
Chinese Canadian Military Museum
Vancouver, BC

Circa
Live History
Ontario

Cité Mémoire
Michel Lemieux, Victor Pilen et Michel Marc Bouchard
Montreal, Québec

Coeurs d’Histoire
La Troupe Ambiguë du Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Edmonton Living Rooms
Edmonton Heritage Council & Multicultura Health Brokers Co-Op
Edmonton, Alberta

Friends of Beaubears Island Educations Program
Friends of Beaubears Island
Beaubears Island, Nova Scotia

Heritage Site Finder Interactive Map
Vancouver Heritage Foundation
Vancouver, BC

Hill 70 Education Program
Hill 70 Memorial Project
Ontario

Houdl’eh-a - A Place of Learning
The Exploration Place Museum and Science Centre
Prince George, BC

L’Historie fait son marché
La société d'histoire de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, Québec

Made in Owen Sound
Community Waterfront Heritage Centre 
Owen Sound, Ontario

Map of the Land, Map of the Stars
Gwaandak Theatre
Whitehorse, Yukon

Mapannapolis! Annapolis Community Mapping Project
The Age Advantage Association
Annapolis, Nova Scotia

Nikkei Stories
Orbit Films Inc.
Vancouver & Richmond, BC

Parcours Montréal Citoyen
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Québec

Procès à l’ancienne - La conscription
La Société historique du Saguenay
Saguenay, Québec

Quilt of Belonging / Fibres du monde
Quilt of Belonging
Williamstown, Ontario

Salon des auteurs
Le Festival acadien de la Nouvelle-Acadie
Saint-Ligouri, Québec

Mona Parsons Commemoration Project
The Women of Wolfville and the Wolfville Historical Society
Wolfville, Nova Scotia