Awards Nomination Form

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The Prince of Wales Prize recognizes communities and their local governments for the successful heritage stewardship of a town, city, Indigenous community, rural region, or district.

The Ecclesiastical Insurance Cornerstone Awards bring national attention to exemplary projects and places that contribute to quality of life and sense of place, and illustrate the viability of heritage buildings and sites for traditional or new uses. The awards are presented in two categories:

A. Transformative Projects
Projects completed between 2017 and 2020 that have creatively renewed or transformed historic places or landscapes for new or traditional uses; and

B. Resilient Places
Historic places or landscapes that illustrate extraordinary resilience, significance, and benefit to a community over a sustained period of time, with a successful track record of 10 years or more.
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Ecclesiastical Insurance Cornerstone Awards - A: Transformative Projects
Historic Place Name*
Name of Site Owner or Operator*
In the case of an organization, please specify the name of the primary contact.
Project Name
Brief Project Description*
Briefly describe the project in one to two sentences (you can elaborate more in the written description section).
Year Project Completed*
Project Location*
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Project Website (if available)
Ecclesiastical Insurance Cornerstone Awards - B: Resilient Places
Historic Place Name*
Brief Place Description*
Briefly describe the place in one to two sentences (you can elaborate more in the written description section).
Name of Site Owner or Operator*
In the case of an organization, please specify the name of the primary contact.
Location*
City Province
Organization Website
Prince of Wales Prize
Community Name*
Province / Territory*
Population*
Name of Designated Official*
Such as the mayor, head of an association, band chief, councilor, or designated representative.
Brief Community Description*
Briefly describe the community in one to two sentences (you can elaborate more in the written description section).
Community Website

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Written Description
Please tell us why this project deserves to be recognized with a national award.*
Please describe how the project has creatively renewed or transformed a historic place or landscape for new or traditional uses.

Special consideration will be given to places and projects that reflect one or more of the following principles:
- The involvement of youth;
- Social innovation or enterprise;
- Environmental benefits; and/or
- Cultural diversity.
Please tell us why the place you are nominating deserves to be recognized with a national award.*
Please describe how the owner(s) and/or organization(s) are using the historic place or landscape in ways that illustrate extraordinary resilience, significance, and benefit to a community over a sustained period of time. The place must have a successful track record of 10 years or more.

Special consideration will be given to places and projects that reflect one or more of the following principles:
- The involvement of youth;
- Social innovation or enterprise;
- Environmental benefits; and/or
- Cultural diversity.
Special consideration will also be given to places that are demonstrating innovation and resilience in responding to the impacts of COVID-19.
Please tell us why this community deserves to be recognized with a national award.*
Please describe how the community has demonstrated successful heritage stewardship. Special consideration will be given to places with a long track record and demonstrated results in bringing heritage to life through a combination of political will, good policy-making and effective citizen engagement.

The written description should elaborate upon the community’s approach to:
- Heritage conservation.
- Keeping heritage relevant today through activating heritage areas and finding new uses for heritage assets.
- Sensitively integrating new construction into historic areas, reflecting continuity and context over time.
- The economic, environmental sustainability, social and quality of life benefits resulting from the community’s investment and commitment to the conservation of its heritage assets should be emphasized.

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Key Players
Please add up to ten (10) key players associated with the project.
Such as the owner, architect(s), principal designer, partners, etc.
Name Title Organization Phone Email Role on project
Please add up to ten (10) key players associated with the place.
Such as board members, volunteers, partners, etc.
Name Title Organization Phone Email Role (relevant to the historic place)
Please add up to ten (10) key players associated with the community.
Such as the designated official, local heritage organization, community staff and volunteers, etc.
Name Title Organization Phone Email Role in Community

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Supporting Material
Please upload up to ten (10) relevant photos.
If you would like to include a list of photos with descriptions and photo credits, please upload it here. If you are having trouble submitting your photos here, please send them via email to eboulet@nationaltrustcanada.ca (either as an attachment or download link) after submitting your nomination. Please note: The National Trust for Canada reserves the right to use submission materials for promotion of the National Trust Awards. This may include the use of images, video and text. The National Trust assumes that submitters own or have permission from the appropriate party or parties to submit the work. The National Trust is not liable for any copyright infringement on the part of nominators or submitters.
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Name	Title	Organization	Phone	Email	Role (relevant to the historic place)

Nominator Contact Details

Ecclesiastical Insurance Cornerstone Awards - A: Transformative Projects

Ecclesiastical Insurance Cornerstone Awards - B: Resilient Places

Prince of Wales Prize

Written Description

Key Players

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