This incorporated, non-profit organization was established on 26 January 1985 to promote, encourage, develop, and preserve Manitoba’s heritage among groups around the province. Among the groups that participated were the Association of Manitoba Archivists, Association of Manitoba Museums, Carberry Plains Culture Centre, La societe historique de Saint Boniface, Manitoba Archaeological Society, Manitoba Genealogical Society, Manitoba Historical Society, Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, Morden and District Museum, Swan Valley Museum, Transcona Historical Museum, Vintage Locomotive Society, and Western Canada Aviation Museum. For several years in the late 1980s, the Federation published a newsletter called Heritage Spectrum.
Using funds provided to it from provincial lotteries and gaming, by 1992, the Manitoba Heritage Federation had given over 700 grants to some 300 organizations. At that time, the Manitoba government took over operation of the Heritage Grants Program. In 1995, the Federation inaugurated an awards program, in commemoration of Manitoba’s 125th birthday, that were presented every 18 months between 1995 and 1999. The organization became inactive by 2000.
Presidents
Period |
Principal |
1985 |
Terry Patterson |
1986-1987 |
Ruth Mary Breckman (1932-2017) |
1987-1989 |
Diane Haglund |
1989-2000 |
? |
2000 |
Don Fyk |
Award Recipients (Individual)
Award Recipient |
Award |
Year |
Sydney James Allen |
Regional Volunteer |
1996 |
Douglas Andrew |
Regional Volunteer |
1998 |
Nicole Botterill |
Youth Special Recognition |
1996 |
Remi Bouchard |
Heritage Publication |
1998 |
Elgin Chute |
Regional Volunteer |
1999 |
Vic Edwards |
Heritage Tourism |
1999 |
Erin Galbraith |
Youth Special Recognition |
1996 |
Jean Oscar “John” Guiboche (1927-2003) |
D. L. Campbell |
1998 |
Elwood W. Heath |
Regional Volunteer |
1996 |
Dorothy Henderson |
President’s |
1998 |
Leo Friman Kristjanson (1932-2005) |
Regional Volunteer |
1996 |
Ben V. Kroeker |
Heritage Publication |
1996 |
Elsie Demchuk Lesyk (1926-2014) |
Heritage Preservation |
1996 |
Royden K. Loewen |
Outstanding Contribution |
1996 |
Bob Mackenzie |
President’s |
1996 |
Brandi Martin |
Youth Special Recognition |
1996 |
Edward Gordon McGill (1929-2021) |
Regional Volunteer |
1999 |
Arthur McIntyre |
Regional Volunteer |
1999 |
William G. McKay |
D. L. Campbell |
1999 |
Myrtle McKenzie |
Regional Volunteer |
1998 |
Kristy McLean |
Youth Special Recognition |
1996 |
Gerald Morran |
Special Recognition |
1998 |
Cecil Pittman |
Special Recognition |
1999 |
Mary Rosalia Prokopowich (1916-2003) |
Heritage Publication |
1998 |
Wayne Ralph |
Special Recognition |
1999 |
Joe Robertson |
D. L. Campbell |
1996 |
G. H. “Rusty” Rutherford |
Outstanding Contribution |
1998 |
John Slobodzian |
Regional Volunteer |
1998 |
Kay Slobodzian |
Regional Volunteer |
1998 |
Morris Stefaniuk |
Special Recognition |
1996 |
Ray Storozinski |
Regional Volunteer |
1996 |
Ed Stubbington |
Youth Special Recognition |
1996 |
Ivan Traill |
President’s |
1999 |
Monty Trimble |
Youth Special Recognition |
1996 |
Marion Whyte |
Regional Volunteer |
1999 |
Stanley Leonard Witoski (1928-2009) |
Regional Volunteer |
1996 |
Evelyn Alma Vivian (1925-2005) |
Regional Volunteer |
1998 |
Bernard Rodolph “Bernie” Wolfe (1922-2014) |
Special Recognition |
1998 |
Award Recipients (Group)
Award Recipient |
Award |
Year |
Abigail’s at the Station (Roblin) |
Outstanding Contribution |
1999 |
Church of the Resurrection Restoration Committee |
Heritage Preservation |
1998 |
Crystal City Community Printing Museum |
Heritage Preservation |
1998 |
Elgin & District Historical Museum Board |
Heritage Preservation |
1998 |
Ethelbert & District Museum |
Heritage Preservation |
1999 |
Fort la Reine News (Vic & Joyce Edwards) |
Heritage Publication |
1999 |
Gimli Municipal Heritage Committee |
Heritage Preservation |
1996 |
Manitoba Naturalists Society |
Outstanding Contribution |
1998 |
Town of Gimli |
Municipal |
1999 |
Trembowla Cross of Freedom Inc. |
Heritage Tourism |
1998 |
Woodlands Pioneer Museum Board |
Outstanding Contribution |
1998 |
Sources:
“Billboard,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 January 1985, page 32.
“The MAS and the Manitoba Heritage Federation” by Peter Walker, Manitoba Archaeological Quarterly, Volume 9, Number 1, January 1985, pages 61-64.
Heritage Spectrum, Volume 1, Number 2, 1986.
Manitoba Hansard, 5 June 1992.
“Manitoba Heritage Federation 3rd Annual Awards Banquet,” Neepawa Banner, 18 April 1998, page 24.
Obituary [Ruth Mary Breckman], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 December 2017.
Manitoba Heritage Federation website, Wayback Machine, Internet Archive.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 18 March 2021
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