Heritage Advisory Committee

Thunder Bay Heritage Advisory Committee

This Committee was originally established in 1977 as LACAC - The Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee - to provide City Council with recommendations regarding the designating of heritage buildings and areas. The current name Heritage Advisory Committee in its form today was officially adopted by City Council in March 2004.

Vision

Preserving our Past, sustaining our present and inspiring for the future.

Mission

The Heritage Advisory Committee advises City Council on the protection of Thunder Bay's built and natural cultural heritage. The committee educates and promotes awareness of this heritage, so that future planning and development take into consideration the rich history of these assets.

The committee works to:

  • Identify heritage resources and evaluates their condition and community value
  • Recommend by-laws to designate heritage properties and by-laws to establish policies, processes and programs for the conservation of heritage resources
  • Review, monitor and take proactive actions on a property-by-property or area wide basis
  • Promote heritage and programs to advise City Council and the public of the value of heritage resources, to encourage awareness, appreciation, volunteer involvement and participation in heritage conservation activities.

The Heritage Advisory Committee welcomes anyone interested in our city's historic buildings, cultural heritage properties and landscapes, to attend our meetings. Meeting details are available on the thunderbay.ca Events Calendar.  

You can contact a Committee member to learn more about what you can do to help ensure that our unique and irreplaceable past remains a vital part of our future.

Additional questions regarding meetings should be directed to the Office of the City Clerk, Council & Committee Clerk for the Heritage Advisory Committee at 807-625-2897.

Douglas Yahn (Chair) - Cultural heritage professional appointee

dayahn@lakeheadu.ca

 

Jennifer Bonazzo - Citizen appointee

writergirl43@gmail.com

 

Carla Chisel - Citizen representative from the Indigenous community
cchisel@matawa.on.ca 

 

Kim Costa - Thunder Bay Law Association appointee
kcostalawoffice@gmail.com

 

Frank Gerry - Thunder Bay Historical Museum appointee
fgerry526@gmail.com

 

Ahsanul Habib - Citizen appointee
amukulhabib@gmail.com

 

Councillor Greg Johnsen - Council appointee
greg.johnsen@thunderbay.ca 

 

Shawn Kennedy - Appointee from the business community
shaun.kennedy88@gmail.com 

 

Vacant - Citizen appointee

 

Vacant - Young professional/post-secondary student appointee

 

Vacant - Appointee from the architectural engineering community

 

Committee Resource Persons:


Gordon Stover - Committee & Meeting Management System Coordinator- Office of the City Clerk
Phone: 807-625-2897
heritage@thunderbay.ca 

 

Christina Wakefield - City Archivist and Chief Heritage Resource Officer

Phone: 807-625-2822

heritage@thunderbay.ca

 

Build Thunder Bay - Your One Stop Development Shop 
Phone: 807-62-BUILD

www.buildthunderbay.ca

Section 28. (1) The council of a municipality may, by by-law, establish a municipal heritage committee to advise and assist the council on matters relating to this Part IV (the designation of individual properties), matters relating to Part V (the designation of heritage conservation districts) and such other heritage matters as the council may specify by by-law. [2002, c.18]

Resources:

Heritage Advisory Committee Strategic Plan

Contact Us

City Hall:
500 Donald Street E, P.O. Box 800
Thunder Bay, ON P7C 5K4
City Hall: (807) 625-2230
TTY: (807) 622-2225

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