Awards of Excellence

The Awards of Excellence, inaugurated in 1983, are intended to recognise outstanding contributions by individuals, institutions and organisations to heritage preservation in Waterloo Region, in such areas as archaeology, archives, culture, education, genealogy, history, literature, media, natural history and others.

Previous Winners:

1984 Walper Terace Hotel
Cambridge Little Theatre
F.W.R. Dickson
1985 No awards presented
1986 No awards presented
1987 No awards presented
1988 No awards presented
1989 Gore Park Bandstand
Old City Hall, Cambridge
Victoria Park Bandstand
31 Tilt Drive, Kitchener
H.B. Smith/Grierson House
Howell Residence, 126 Blair Road, Cambridge
Horsman Residence "The Castle"
The David Weber House
The Red Lion Inn
The Galt Woolen Mill
Old Public Utilities building, 191-195 King Street W., Kitchener
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 1 King Street East, Kitchener
1990 No awards presented
1991 Grace Schmidt
Dr. Ken McLaughlin
Joanne Smart
Bristow Inn, Elmira
1992 Ernst F. Ritz
Roy Walker Roth
Peter Etril Snyder
C.A. Ventin Architects Ltd.
1993 Jean Haalbloom
Mortice Kerns Systems
1994 L. Rowan (Kitchener Housing, bronze plaque)
Grand River Conservation Authority
Kathryn Lamb
Hilda Mueller
Lynn Myers
Ken Sylvester
1995 Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital
Ellis Little
Jim & Mark Murray (Murray Clothing & Footwear, New Hamburg)
Dorothy Russell
Margaret Dickson
Mary Johnston
Helen Koepke
1996 Dr. Elizabeth Bloomfield
Susan Hoffman
Gary Beach
Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society
Alfred J. Schenk
Citizens of Kitchener
1997 Warren Stauch
Rych Mills
Dr. Peter Wyshynski
1998 Jan Gayman
Margaret Reid
Stephanie Marie Barber
Andrew W. Taylor (1907-1986)
Gretchen McCulloch
Eddie Koch
1999 F.W.R. Dickson
Gerald Noonan
Willie Kellner
2000 Detweiler Meetinghouse Inc.
Bill & Marian Weber
Nicholas Hill
Public Works Dept. City of Kitchener & Steve Gyorffy, General Manager
Archbishop P. Goodrich & congregation of St. Matthew's-on-the-Hill
Lorna Bergey
2001 Betty Lou Cull
Preston Lawn Bowling Club Restoration Committee
Katherine Jacob
Laurie Thatcher
Waterloo Historical Society
2002 Alison Jackson
Miriam Snyder Sokvitne
The Executive Committee of the Friends of the Governor's House and Gaol Millennium Garden Project
2003 Rosemary Ambrose, Kitchener
A.R. Kaufman Public School, Kitchener
Edward R. Good Funeral Home Ltd., Waterloo
Restoration Team of the Freeport Bridge
Diane Strickler, Breslau
Susan Struthers, Cambridge
Patricia Wagner, Kitchener
2004 Marg Rowell, Waterloo
Bob Rowell, Waterloo
Jeff Lederer, General Manager, for University of Waterloo School of Architecture, Cambridge
Caitlin Jo Reusser, Wilmot Township
Pat Rosebrugh, Cambridge
2005 Betty Schneider
Ruth Gutpell
Bertha Thompson
Brent Davis
Fran McIntosh
Veteran's Green Project Committee
2006 Maryanne Weiler
Ross Anderson
The Company of Neighbours
Joe and Stephanie Mancini
Frances Hoffman
Homer Watson House and Gallery
2007 Dona Madill
Lynn Osbourne-Way
Peter DeGroot
Herb Ratz
Gordon Ambrose
Ken McLaughlin
2008 John Arndt
Ron Hackett
Nancy Maitland
Bradley Paddock
Marion Roes
Dr. Frances L. Stewart and Dr. Gail Pool
Donna Wall

Nomination Procedure:

Information concerning nomination applications and deadlines can be obtained from:

Mike Grivicic
gmike@region.waterloo.on.ca
Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation
Regional Administration Building
150 Frederick Street, 2nd Floor
Kitchener, Ontario
N2G 4J3
Phone: (519) 575-4493
Fax: (519) 575-4481

Eligibility:

Award winners may be acknowledged posthumously. No serving member of the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation is eligible.

Documentation:

Please ensure that the application notes the specific award and describes the outstanding achievement in enough detail to inform members of the Heritage Foundation who may not know the work of the nominee. Include supporting documentation such as photographs, drawings, written descriptions, reference letters, and a brief biography/background to the individual/organization. This material will be returned on request.

The nomination may simply be a letter signed by the nominator(s) that clearly details why the nominee is worthy of a heritage recognition award, and under which of the acceptable categories. The nominator(s) may also use the Foundation nomination form. Additional letters of support, and/or supporting documentation such as newspaper articles describing the individual or the project, photographs, books or articles written by the nominee, conference proceedings, works of art, websites, reports or testimonials are encouraged. A list of the individual's contributions may also be appropriate.

For nominations for the Sally Thorsen award, which recognizes the long-term achievements of individuals in the course of their professional work, at least four letters of support are generally required, in addition to the supporting documentation.

Deadlines

Please forward completed nominations by the fourth Tuesday in April, to the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation.

All nominations will be received in confidence and supporting documentation will be returned if requested.