Heritage BC announced the recipients of $10 million in provincial grant aimed to support cultural heritage infrastructure, awareness and community planning projects across the province.
As part of the 150 Time Immemorial Grant Program (150 TIGP), the funding will support 92 projects across 54 communities across the province, out of which 15 of these projects fall within Nechako, North Coast, North East and Cariboo regions.
“Heritage BC is excited to connect with many organizations and local governments who might not have considered themselves aligned with heritage. Yet their projects are responding to the values of reconciliation, diversity and resiliency – values very important to the modern context of heritage,” Kristin Clausen, executive director of Heritage BC said in a statement.
On the North Coast, seven projects will receive just over a million dollars for infrastructure, planning, and awareness programs.
Old Massett Village Council is set to receive $500,000 for iit’l gudaad (We Remember Haida Heritage Plaza) and Gitxaala Nation will see $395,000 coming in for Da’ax Gitxaała (Gitxaała Longhouse and Cultural Centre).
Bulkley Valley Historical & Museum Society will receive $26,100 towards a community heritage register for Smithers.
The District of Stewart will see $ 80,000 go towards repair and rehabilitation of the 1938 Government building (703 Brightwell Street) and the Kitimat Museum & Archives will get $40,000 for a feasibility study for a Museum and Haisla Nation shared facility.
The Linagaay Waadluxan Gud Ad Is Creative Hub Society received $30,000 for planning for K’adjuu Kaljuu Naay (The Little Big House).
The Takla Nation’s $40,000 will go towards a documentary initiative for the First Nation located north of Prince George.
The 150 TIGP had a total of 196 applications when intake closed by the end of Dec. 2021. Heritage B.C. said the projects were selected by five culturally diverse peer review juries made up of 28 arts, cultural, or heritage professionals.
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