$14.5 Million
The Heritage package totals $14.5Million. This total was arrived at by surveying and aggregating funding needs for the establishment and maintenance of important community heritage sites in BC.
$10 Million BC Heritage Sites Fund will include the further project planning of: Pitt Meadows/Maple Ridge; Surrey; Hastings Park; Miyazaki House; VJLS; Powell Street; Nanaimo; Cumberland; four Gulf Islands; Ucluelet; Prince Rupert; gardens & cemeteries. In addition to large projects, a second tier of smaller heritage sites projects will be considered for funding. Project guidelines and planning documents will be developed through February 2023.
$3.5 Million fund for the NNMCC’s Digital Database Hub and Heritage Portal, which will benefit Japanese Canadians across Canada, will be initiated in the next two months.
$1 Million fund to the Village of New Denver for maintenance and operations of the Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre will be initiated in the next two months.
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BC Heritage Sites • October 7, 2024
The City of Prince Rupert and our community partners are conducting historical research into the Japanese Canadian community of Prince Rupert before and after their forced uprooting from our region. With support from the Japanese Canadian Legacies Fund, we are developing a memorial project in Mariners Park to provide a contemplative space that gives residents […]
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BC Heritage Sites • September 4, 2024
Introduction The City of Richmond is seeking a consultant to conduct historical research into the Japanese boat builders of Steveston. Project Background Starting in the 1880s, many of BC’s finest fishing boats were built in Nikkei-run boat yards. Their style of construction was clean and workmanship legendary. Japanese Canadian boat builders supplied the boats that […]
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BC Heritage Sites • July 12, 2024
BC Heritage Sites is a key program of Japanese Canadian Legacies, developed to assist local communities in British Columbia in promoting public awareness of pre-war Japanese Canadian history through interpretive heritage projects at sites of ancestral communities and other places of historical significance including sites of wartime incarceration. Following years of planning and deep, collaborative […]
