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.
Meetings |
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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 807-625-2962. |
Heritage Advisory Committee Members |
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Andrew Cotter (Chair) - Citizen appointee
Douglas Yahn (Vice-Chair) - Cultural heritage professional appointee
Jennifer Bonazzo - Citizen appointee
Carla Chisel - Citizen representative from the Indigenous community
Kim Costa - Thunder Bay Law Association appointee
Donna Gilhooly - Thunder Bay Historical Museum appointee
Ahsanul Habib - Citizen appointee
Councillor Greg Johnsen - Council appointee
Shawn Kennedy - Appointee from the business community
Heidi Strobl - Citizen appointee
Courtney Turner - Young professional/post-secondary student appointee
Vacant - Appointee from the architectural engineering community
Committee Resource Persons:
Harry Kirk Archives & Records Centre
Planning Division, City of Thunder Bay
Laurie Abthorpe - Cultural Development & Public Art Coordinator
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The Ontario Heritage Act defines the work of Municipal Heritage Committees |
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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
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