Nomination of Citizens for Appointment to Heritage Boards
All Wards in the Former City of York
Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism
(November 9, 1999)
Purpose:
To forward to Council recommendations for the appointment of citizens to the York
LACAC Panel and to the York Museum Management Board.
Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
There are no financial implications resulting from the adoption of this report.
Recommendations:
It is recommended that:
(1) Council appoint the following citizens to serve on the York LACAC Panel for a term
to begin January 1, 2000 and to expire on November 30, 2003: Mary Louise Ashbourne,
Cecil Louis, Terry McAuliffe, Madeleine McDowell, and Susan Sheerin Sneyd;
(2) Council appoint the following citizens to serve on the York Museum Management
Board for a term to begin January 1, 2000 and to expire on November 30, 2003:
Eugene Miller, Ellen Mitchell, Wilbert G. Thomas, Bernard J. Thompson, Bud Migory,
and Tina Laruccia;
(3) future citizen appointments to these boards be for three-year terms coincident with
the term of Council; and
(4) the appropriate City Officials be authorised and directed to take the necessary
action to give effect thereto.
Background:
At its meetings of December 16 and 17, 1998 and April 13, 14 and 15, 1999, City
Council established a governance structure for the delivery of the City's heritage
programs and services.
Council established a Toronto Preservation Board with six Community Local
Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC) Panels. Citizen
appointments to the Toronto Preservation Board are to be nominated by the Economic
Development and Parks Committee. Each Community Council will nominate the
membership of the Community LACAC Panel in its jurisdiction.
Nine Community Museums Management Boards (CMMBs) were created. Citizen
appointments for CMMBs for Fort York, The Pier and the Collections and Conservation
Board are to be nominated by the Economic Development and Parks Committee. Each
Community Council will nominate the membership of the CMMBs in its jurisdiction.
Council also established Heritage Toronto as an arms length Board for advocacy,
fundraising and city-wide programming. Citizen appointments to Heritage Toronto are
to be nominated by the Economic Development and Parks Committee.
The By-laws required to formally establish these boards and panels will be brought
forward by the City Solicitor to the meeting of Council to be held November 23, 24 and
25, 1999.
Comments:
At its meeting of December 16 and 17, 1998, Council approved a series of fundamental
principles related to the governance of heritage services in the City. These include the
prime importance of input from the local community; and the importance of
sustaining, at the local community level, a partnership of professional staff and
volunteers.
The new structure for heritage governance increases from nine to eighteen the
number of citizen boards and panels involved in the delivery of heritage services in
the new city. 105 to 133 citizens will be directly involved on the new boards.
Attachment 1 identifies all of the new boards and panels and their composition.
To ensure as broad a participation as possible, applications were made available
through existing boards and committees, were advertised in newspapers and on the
City's website, and a public information session was held on August 30, 1999. 152
applications were received. Three citizen review panels were established to consider
applications, conduct interviews and make recommendations to Economic
Development and Parks Committee and Community Councils on the candidates best
qualified to serve on the new boards. Staff of the Culture Office provided
administrative support and participated in an advisory capacity. The full slate of
recommended nominees developed by the review panels is contained in Attachment 2.
A list of participants on the review panels is contained in Attachment 3.
York Community Council is being asked to nominate citizens for appointment to the
following: York LACAC Panel, York Museum Management Board. The nomination
slates being recommended for the LACAC Panel represents a full slate of nominees.
York Museum Board requires three further nominations to complete the slate. The
review panels recommend that the individuals shown be appointed and that a further
public process be undertaken to complete the slate. The individuals being
recommended by the review panels are well qualified and bring energy, knowledge
and skill to the work of these new boards.
The review panels recommend the following nominees:
York LACAC Panel Nominees:
Mary Louise Ashbourne
Cecil Louis
Terry McAuliffe |
Madeleine McDowell
Susan Sheerin Sneyd |
York Museum Management Board Nominees:
Eugene Miller
Ellen Mitchell
Wilbert G. Thomas |
Bernard J. Thompson
Bud Migory
Tina Laruccia |
Conclusions:
The appointment of these citizens to the newly established heritage boards allows the
City to proceed with the implementation of its plan for a new partnership between the
City's heritage staff and its citizen boards.
Contact:
Beth Hanna
Manager of Cultural Affairs
Telephone: 392-5225
FAX: 392-3355
e-mail: bhanna@mta1.metrodesk.metrotor.on.ca
Attachment 1
Composition Of Heritage Boards In The City Of Toronto
Board or Panel |
# of Citizen Members |
Appointments representing Other
Organisations |
# of Council Members |
Heritage Toronto |
6 to 10 |
3 - Community LACACs
3 - Community Museum
Management Boards
1 - Toronto Historical Association
1 - Aboriginal community
Chair, Toronto Historical
Foundation |
2 |
Toronto Preservation Board |
5 |
|
1 to 3 |
Toronto LACAC Panel |
5 to 9 |
|
1 to 2 |
East York LACAC Panel |
5 to 9 |
|
1 to 2 |
Scarborough LACAC Panel |
5 to 9 |
|
1 to 2 |
North York LACAC Panel |
5 to 9 |
|
1 to 2 |
Etobicoke LACAC Panel |
5 to 9 |
|
1 to 2 |
York LACAC Panel |
5 to 9 |
|
1 to 2 |
Colborne Lodge / Mackenzie
House / Spadina |
9 |
1 - Toronto District School Board
1 - Toronto Separate School Board |
1 or 2 |
Collections and Conservation |
4 |
1 - Royal Ontario Museum
2 - representing CMMBs |
None |
Fort York |
7 |
2 - Friends of Fort York
1 - Toronto District School Board
1 - Toronto Separate School Board |
1 to 2 |
Gibson House / Zion Schoolhouse |
5 |
1 - North York Historical Society
1- Toronto Region Conservation
Authority
1 - Toronto District School Board
1 - Toronto Separate School Board |
1 or 2 |
Montgomery's Inn |
7 |
1 - Etobicoke Historical Society
1 - Toronto District School Board
1 - Toronto Separate School Board |
1 or 2 |
The Pier |
9 |
1 - Toronto District School Board
1 - Toronto Separate School Board |
1 or 2 |
Scarborough Historical Museum |
5 |
2 - Scarborough Historical Society
1 - Toronto District School Board
1 - Toronto Separate School Board |
1 or 2 |
Todmorden Mills Museum |
9 |
1 - Toronto District School Board
1 - Toronto Separate School Board |
1 or 2 |
York Museum |
9 |
1 - Toronto District School Board
1 - Toronto Separate School Board |
1 or 2 |
Attachment 2
Citizen Nominees To Serve On Heritage Boards
A. Toronto Preservation Board And Community LACAC Panels
Toronto Preservation Board Nominees:
Jane Burgess
Margaret McBurney
Catherine Naismith
Margaret Lyons
Edna Hudson
Toronto LACAC Panel Nominees:
Marcia Cuthbert
Jon Harstone
Joan Miles
Nolan Natale |
John Purdy
Steve Russell
Sharon Vattay
Jim Wiswell |
East York LACAC Panel Nominees:
Peter Carruthers
John Carter
Melissa Gordon
Adrian King |
Katherine Kirzati
Brian Rogers
Paul Smith |
Scarborough LACAC Panel Nominees:
Donald Allen
Joan Dolson
Sandy Grigg
Robert Saunders |
Rick Schofield
Donald Smith
Scott Woodland |
North York LACAC Panel Nominees:
Pietro Ferrari
Edith Geduld
Judith P. Goldstein |
Alex M. Grenzebach
Tanya Grujich |
Etobicoke LACAC Panel Nominees:
Walter Melnyk
Adam Sobolak
Alicja Wlodek
York LACAC Panel Nominees:
Mary Louise Ashbourne
Cecil Louis
Terry McAuliffe |
Madeleine McDowell
Susan Sheerin Sneyd |
B. Community Museum Management Boards
Colborne Lodge / Mackenzie House / Spadina Museum Management Board Nominees:
Andrea Bowker
Jennifer Duke
Maxanne Exer
Darlene Hall
D.L. Hedger |
Ian McNeil
Loretta Ryan
Helen Skinner
James Thompson |
Collections and Conservation Management Board Nominees:
Geoffrey E. Geduld
Sherri Helwig
Deborah Hudson
Betty Stein
Fort York Museum Management Board Nominees:
William W. Barrett
George W. Beal
Richard W. Dodds
Michael H. Gedz
Ross T. Henderson
Vladimir Pilar |
James Purdon
Brett Snider to represent Friends of Fort York
Peter Twist to represent Friends of Fort York |
Gibson House / Zion Schoolhouse Museum Management Board Nominees:
Gillian Elias
Wilf Neidhardt
Basil Stevens
Yvonne Verberg
Frank Whilsmith |
Lorraine O'Byrne to represent Black Creek Pioneer
Village
Jane Saunders to represent North York Historical
Society |
Montgomery's Inn Museum Management Board Nominees:
Jill Donaldson
Wendy L. Gamble
Earl Jarvis
Gretchen Greene O'Brien
The Pier Museum Management Board Nominees:
John W. B. Coulter
Peter B. Edwards
Mike Filey
Kenneth J. Inglis
Lynne Kurylo |
Christopher Makuch
Jeanette McPherson
Robert Mifflin
Peter Van Buskirk |
Scarborough Historical Museum Management Board Nominees:
Richard Ashok Coutinho
Grace Kelsey
Walter Liu |
Carolyn Lockett
Paul J. Von Zuben |
Todmorden Mills Museum Management Board Nominees:
Norman Crone
George Hain
Nola McConnan
Terrance Russell |
Colin Vollick
Spiro Vrontos
Terry Willis |
York Museum Management Board Nominees:
Eugene Miller
Ellen Mitchell
Wilbert G. Thomas |
Bernard J. Thompson
Bud Migory
Tina Laruccia |
C. Heritage Toronto Nominees:
S. Nina Dhar
William Greer
Lawrence L. Herman
Marion Joppe
Margaret McCaffery
David Raymont
E. Ann Rowan
Robert Stacey
John E. Twomey
Ron Williamson
Attachment 3
Review Panels For Citizen Applications To Serve On Heritage Boards
Three review panels were established to consider citizen applications to serve on the various heritage boards and
panels, conduct interviews and bring forward recommendations. These included the Chairs of existing heritage
committees, museums boards and LACACs. They also included a number of external experts in the heritage field.
Staff of the Culture Office provided administrative support to the process and participated in an advisory capacity.
The following people participated in the panels:
Panel to Review Applications for the Toronto Preservation Board and LACAC Panels:
Earl Jarvis, Etobicoke Historical Board
Eric Shapero, North York Heritage Committee
John Carter, East York LACAC
Mary Louise Ashbourne, York LACAC
Rick Schofield, Scarborough LACAC
Jon Harstone, Heritage Toronto
Terry Russell, Toronto Historical Association
Edna Hudson, Toronto Region Architectural Conservancy
Dorothy Duncan, The Ontario Historical Society
Panel to Review Applications for the Community Museum Management Boards:
Carole Stimmell, Heritage Toronto
Rick Schofield, Scarborough Historical Museum
Earl Jarvis, Etobicoke Historical Board
Colin Vollick, Todmorden Mills Museum Board
Bernard Thompson, York Museum
Lorraine O'Byrne, North York Heritage Committee
Joe Gill, Friends of Fort York
George Beal, Heritage Toronto
Philip Goldsmith, The Ontario Historical Society
Sarah Holland, The Ontario Museums Association
Marty Brent, Black Creek Pioneer Village
Panel to Review Applications for Heritage Toronto:
Marion Joppe, New Heritage Toronto Working Group
George Beal, representing Museums Review Panel
Carole Stimmell, representing Museums Review Panel
Earl Jarvis, representing Preservation Review Panel
Terry Russell, representing Preservation Review Panel
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