Heritage Canada, the national heritage organization, established this award in 1979 with the approval of the Honourable Pauline McGibbon. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in heritage conservation by an individual or group in the province in which the annual Heritage Canada conference is held. Recipients have made continuous efforts in the field of preservation, to the benefit of their home province. For inquires, contact Heritage Canada at 613-237-1066 or visit www.heritagecanada.org. To date, three recipients of this award have been from Ontario:

2001 Dorothy Duncan, Ontario Historical Society

1997 Marion MacRae, Architectural Historian

1991 Russel K. Cooper, Black Creek Pioneer Village