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Great Law Cases Heritage Link Launch VolumeVolume 4, Issue 3 Summer 2005 Newsletter of the Heritage Community Foundation

May 2005 – The Donor Recognition Reception Inside this issue: Heritage Community Foundation would April 2005 - The Heritage Community “We are creating knowledge for the ages” ...... 2 like to thank Bruce Foundation held its fi rst Annual Donor Recognition Reception at the Hotel Selkirk on Alger and Alger & “Foundation presents to Associates for their April 22, 2005. This event is an opportunity teachers and parents”...... 2 generous sponsorship for the Heritage Community Foundation of the Great Alberta to thank and acknowledge past, present “Recognizing Our Partners” Law Cases, phase II and future donors who have contributed to ...... 3 Heritage Community Foundation Trustee Mark Ferguson launch which was held the Heritage Community Foundation. The and guests enjoying refreshments at the Launch. evening was an overwhelming success “Doing the good work is not at the historic Lougheed enough” ...... 4 House in . This thanks to special guest speakers, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, His Honour Norman event celebrated and raised awareness of the legal, banking and “Launch of Alberta’s Italian L. Kwong; Mary Kieftenbeld, Alberta Song accounting communities. Guests stepped back in time to celebrate Community Travelling Exhibit” composer; Chief Wayne Roan, Chief of the the civil, criminal and constitutional cases featured on the website ...... 4 Mountain ; Jerry Gunn, Campaign Chair; with actors portraying Sir James Lougheed and his law partner Mayor Morris Flewwelling, President/Chair “Youth Heritage Ambassador Richard B. Bennett. The evening was a great success thanks to Trustees; and 2004 March Global Woman of Aysha Wills”...... 5 our guest speakers Mayor Morris Flewwelling, Jerry Gunn and Joe Vision Aysha Wills. Aysha showed all of us Lieutenant Governor Norman L. Kwong Lougheed. her visionary abilities about the importance of speaks at the Donor Recognition Reception. “Outreach”...... 6 heritage in our lives and how it came to the aid and rescue of 1,000 lives at risk from the “The generosity of ” ...... 7 Asian tsunami. “Great Alberta Law Cases Actors Phil Fulton and Joel Smith made history come alive Launch”...... 8 as they represented Senator Lougheed and R.B. Bennett in their battle over the assets of their fi rm. Their law case is featured in the Great Alberta Law Cases website, which was made possible through the generous support of the Alberta Law Foundation. The Heritage Community Foundation would like to thank everyone for their time, dedication and contributions in the accomplishment of this important public legal education project.

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Web Feedback Executive Directors Message Philanthropic Trends Trustees Morris Flewwelling, As you can see from the content of this issue, we have been getting our message out in In looking to the future of the Heritage Community Foundation, the ability to ensure the President/Chair continued growth and sustainability of both current and future projects is key. This focus a variety of ways. I want to acknowledge all of our offi cial and unoffi cial ambassadors Satya Brata Das, who are representing us every day. Our Chief Honourary Patron, the Hon. Norman L. on our long-term development will ensure that the Foundation will continue to be top of Vice-President/Vice-Chair Kwong, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta gave a moving address at our Donor’s Reception mind for all users of the World Wide Web as the main source for complete and reliable digitized content about Alberta’s rich and diverse history and resources. Kristina Milke, noting that we must work together to build “the next Alberta.” Of the Alberta Online Treasurer Encyclopedia, he stated: “It is a vast and ambitious project that will help shape the next Alberta via today’s most advanced technology and the skills and creativity of our very Indeed, as our foundation grows, the creation of true partnerships with philanthropically- Mark Ferguson, best educators, artists, writers and historians.” minded individuals and businesses becomes more and more central to our ability to Secretary Mining achieve our vision and goals in developing a readable, accessible and comprehensive Doug Leonard, I am proud to announce that the Foundation has its fi rst Youth Heritage Ambassador – “e-history” of Alberta delivered via the Internet. Trustee I really enjoyed looking through Aysha Wills – and would like to express my sincere thanks to her and her parents Shane Catherine Twinn, your site. Would you happen and Betty Wills for their support. While the Foundation is building the “Virtual Alberta,” it In this vein, I would like to share with you a recent article from the Toronto Star on Trustee to know, how I might get some is living individuals, young and old, who are working with us to create the Alberta Online philanthropic trends, and the generosity of Canadians: Jerry Gunn, information of photos of the Encyclopedia. We are creating knowledge for the ages that will help to develop strong Canadian generosity is growing when it comes to charitable organizations. Historically, large Trustee mines or any information on my individuals and strong communities. charitable donations were given quietly by the ultra-rich, but now more people are giving Campaign Cabinet great grandfather. signifi cant sums to invest in the community and country that has allowed them to prosper. On Adriana A. Davies, Ph.D. the whole, Canadians gave $5.8 billion to charity in 2003, up from $4.9 billion in 2000. Jerry Gunn, Chair The increasing munifi cence of the baby boomers accounts in large part for the upsurge in Foundation Presents to Teachers Mark Ferguson, giving. They’re in the highest income bracket of their lives and they’re looking to the future, Co-Chair and Parents for themselves and their children. Philanthropy is not only the domain of the rich, however; immigrants are more likely than other Canadians to make donations and to give larger than Morris Flewwelling Teachers, parents and home-schoolers average contributions. Bruce Alger are endlessly searching for relevant and Both corporations and individuals want to be more targeted in their giving, to see their generosity multimedia materials to enrich and develop the make a difference to the world. In these performance-driven times people want to know that the Friends of the Heritage skills and themes of the Alberta Program of charity they’ve chosen is delivering. Other trends in the charitable sector include people seeking Community (FHC) Studies for schools. This past year, Heritage deeper relationships with charities, not simply handing over money; non-profi ts becoming more Foundation Community Foundation staff have presented and met those teachers face to face in sophisticated and aggressive due to government cuts; tax incentives stimulating giving; and Doug Leonard, seminars, conferences and convention assemblies around Alberta. These include the large corporations becoming more concerned with their public image and social responsibility, President which encourages more signifi cant charitable involvement. Famous 5 Social Studies Council (ATA) conference in Banff in October 2004, the Alberta Online Jerry Gunn, Consortium Conference in Edmonton November 2004, a Social Studies K-3 Summer Vice-President The Heritage Community Foundation’s goal is to bring an array of articles touching on Institute in Edmonton in 2004, the Alberta Schooling at Home Conferences in Edmonton I think it’s wonderful that you guys every key aspect of Alberta’s heritage to you through the Alberta Online Encyclopedia Kristina Milke, are sharing information on the and Okotoks in January-February 2005 and the South Central East Teachers’ Convention – AlbertaSource.ca. Your support and gifts will make the Alberta Online Encyclopedia Treasurer in March 2005. famous fi ve .Without this website and other projects a reality for not only the short-term but also the future. Mark Ferguson, they may not be recognized even Secretary More and more are fi nding Foundation Edukits fi ll a need for current student and teacher half as much. They did a great Norma McElhone, Director of Development Morris Flewwelling, thing for this country and people multi-media online. Edukits are developed in-house with the support of expert advisors Board Member should know about it and researchers. The Edukits are assembled with the Alberta curriculum as a guide to the content and process. Each contains images, maps, timelines, explanatory text and reference, interactive and self-scoring activities and audio and/or video excerpts. I want to help build Please designate my/our donation to: The unifying structure is a custom-crafted collection of instructional plans to enable Yes! the Alberta Online Encyclopedia A - Z Campaign Sustainability Fund teachers to guide learners through the materials. The plans have been constructed by Endowment Edukits Name ______experienced and certifi ed teachers for use in classrooms, I/we would like to receive information on making a bequest, a gift of life small groups or in the home school setting. Edukits Address ______insurance, securities, annuities, RRSP/RRIFs or other form of planned gift. have been developed to develop Billing Information City/Town ______Prov. ______understanding of Alberta history, My cheque, payable to the Heritage Community Foundation, is enclosed. geography and social experience. Please charge my credit card Many of them link closely to the Postal Code ______Visa powerful web research Tel. 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Alberta Moments Foundation Announces First Youth Heritage Ambassador Doing the good work is not enough—it needs to be in the public eye. That is why the Heritage Community Foundation The Foundation is proud to introduce its fi rst Youth is currently in production on a series of Alberta Moments. Heritage Ambassador—Aysha Wills. After the horrifi c These are fi fteen one-minute, public service announcements events of the 2004 tsunami in South-East Asia, Aysha (PSAs) made for television broadcast, that celebrate Alberta’s decided that she wanted to do something to help rich heritage. those who had survived the devastation. As a talented musician herself, she decided to approach her fl ute Volunteerism in We plan to create PSAs in all heritage subject areas, including teacher with the idea of organizing a small benefi t recital. Alberta: 100 Years the core areas of Aboriginal, arts and culture, ethnic cultures, Aysha’s passion and dedication to the cause inspired of Celebrating education, history, nature, science and technology. Our fi rst all those around her. Aysha’s dream of a “small recital” Community Website PSA is about the political beginnings of the province—the was transformed into the “Higher Ground” concert, which Project Inauguration of the Province—and includes stills from brought together the talents of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Senator Tommy Banks and other musicians inauguration day, 1 September, 1905. and the fi rst legislative The Heritage Community and artists to raise over $600,000 for Tsunami relief. sittings at McKay Avenue School in spring 1906. Copies of Foundation is proud to present the PSA were sent to all television stations in Alberta. You can In her role as the Foundation’s fi rst Youth Heritage its newest entry into the Alberta view the PSA online at our gateway site, Online Encyclopedia: the www.AlbertaSource.ca. Ambassador, Aysha will bring the Foundation’s vision of heritage to youth across Alberta. Articulate and Volunteerism in Alberta – 100 Years of Celebrating Community In post-production right now are three more, including two created by our Aboriginal IT passionate, Aysha’s commitment to heritage will website! Animation interns on “Alex Decoteau” and “Nature’s Laws.” Watch for these and others inspire all those around her. In her fi rst address at the coming soon to the small screen! Foundation’s recent Donor Recognition Reception, Aysha Aysha Wills, Youth To celebrate our province’s 100th reminded all of us about the vital importance of knowing Heritage Ambassador our own heritage: birthday, the Volunteerism in Web Feedback Launch of Alberta’s Italian Community Traveling Exhibit Alberta website is a multimedia There was an island off the coast of Sumatra, which was right in the path of the tsunami, where exploration of those individuals it was feared that everyone had died because it was hit by the full force of the wave. When and organizations that have The Heritage Community Foundation in rescue teams fi nally arrived, they were amazed to fi nd that no one on the island had been killed. partnership with the National Congress Upon talking to the villagers, they discovered that they had known that the wave was coming donated their time and resources of Italian Canadians, Edmonton District well in advance, and had immediately fl ed to higher ground. to the betterment of Alberta (NCIC) and the support of the Consulate communities. More than that, the of Italy are creating an exciting exhibit that How did they know? They knew because the knowledge of how to recognize the approach of a website is quite literally an online tsunami had been handed down through generations since a previous tsunami over a hundred will travel to various communities in Alberta. community in itself – a free venue years ago. Their parents had told them, “When the sea disappears, you must run to the hills.” It is a multi-phased project that will see This knowledge saved over 1,000 lives that day where organizations can profi le the development of exhibit panels around themselves and their outstanding a range of immigration and community It is so vital that [our] history and knowledge is not lost forever, because as we should learn from volunteers. themes. the tragedy that devastated the people of South Asia, if we don’t learn from our past, it is only a matter of time before we too are washed away. The Volunteerism in Alberta Women of Aspenland The fi rst two modules—Immigration and website project is a unique Alberta’s Italian Communities—were and invaluable online resource I am writing to you because i launched on June 2nd at the Italian not only for those in Alberta’s would like to stay with some Republic Day Celebration at the Santa The Heritage Community From left to right: Dr. Arnaldo Minuti, Consul of Italy, volunteer community, but also people on a farm whether they Maria Goretti Centre, Edmonton. Consul Foundation is pleased to Dr. Adriana Davies, Executive Director of the Heritage for the public at large. Volunteer do rodeo or farm work for about Community Foundation, Alberta Minister Infrastructure of Italy Dr. Arnaldo Minuti noted in his be a partner in Alberta’s organizations from across Alberta a month. I am from Australia off and Transportation, the Honourable. , remarks that this was a gift to the Province Promise- a legislated initiative Alberta Minister of International and Intergovernmental that encourages all sectors are invited to sign on and take a station… I am willing to Affairs, the Honourable of Alberta for its centenary. More than 350 of the community to direct part in this special centennial help out with chorse also. representatives of the consular corps, the more resources to benefi t three levels of government and Italian community organizations attended the event. our children and youth. project. Premier and Dr. The traveling exhibit complements the Celebrating Alberta’s Italian Community website Colleen Klein, along with Heather Forsythe, Minister of and will be available to travel to museums and community centres throughout Alberta in Children’s Services, recently 2007. The project partners are seeking funding support from public-spirited businesses, presented the symbolic “Red organizations and individuals. The Consulate of Italy, the NCIC, the Italian Appennini Wagon” to Satya Das, Vice- Dancers, Teresa Spinelli, Abbey Homes and the Calgary Italian Centre are already President and Vice-Chair of the contributing fi nancially. Foundation’s Trustees at an Edmonton recognition event.

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Patrons Council Recognizing Our Partners Web Feedback

J. Sherrold Moore, Chair, Calgary The Heritage Community Foundation staff has been Prem P. Singhmar, Vice Chair, able to develop a diversity of website projects due to Sherwood Park valuable contributions made by Alberta’s museums, Carlo Amodio, Edmonton heritage and community organizations, numerous Dr. Dale Auger, Calgary funding agencies and our donors. Without these The Hon. Tommy Banks, O.C., partners and their knowledge, experience, expertise Edmonton and fi nancial assistance, our projects, and the Dr. Larry Booi, Edmonton Foundation’s vision of bringing heritage to the The Hon. Peter Caffaro, Alberta Online mainstream, would not be possible. Edmonton Encyclopedia Douglas Cardinal, Ottawa The Hon. Thelma Chalifoux, The Foundation is proud to work with our partners to Hi! We are from New Brunswick. produce dynamic websites, online and searchable Ottawa Ernie Ingles, Vice President Learning My son is in Grade 5 and has databases, Edukit learning resources for K-12 Ken Chapman, Edmonton Kansas City is proud of its heritage as is evident from the Lewis and Clark mural on the wall of a building in its Services, signs the Partnership chosen Alberta for a school historic riverside district. students and teachers, video productions and more. Agreement Eveline Charles, Edmonton project. I am attempting to obtain Dr. Patricia Clements, Edmonton These partners include individuals and organizations as much information as I can , Winfi eld from various ethnocultural communities, individual museums and regional museum Outreach as it is due at the end of May. If Dr. Chester Cunningham, Nestow networks, religious communities, volunteer organizations, the media and educational you have any information or can John Dahl, Whitecourt The Heritage Community Foundation’s Executive Director Adriana Davies institutions. Marc de La Bruyère, Edmonton A recent addition to the list of partners is Learning Services. The direct us further could you please get in touch with us as soon as , Calgary Presented: Learning Services comprises interdependent academic service units, each of which Cora Fedyk, Red Deer • a workshop entitled “Creating Public History Content for the Web” at the National enrich the academic experience for students, and strengthen the ability of faculty and possible. Dr. Max and Heather Foran Council on Public History, Kansas City, Missouri, April 14. staff in the discovery, dissemination and application of knowledge through teaching and (MacEwan), Priddis research. Thank you for your time. Fil Fraser, C.M., Edmonton Participated: The Hon. Dan Hays, Calgary • in UNESCO’s World Summit on the Information Society, Winnipeg, May 13 –15 The Foundation and the University of Alberta Learning Services, together with the Linda Hughes, Edmonton • as a member of the EPCOR Rossdale Flats Planning Committee, Edmonton, May 31. Historical Society of Alberta, have recently designed a project that will create an online The Hon. , O.C., database where visitors will be able to search for and view all content of over 50 years of Rocky Mountain House. Attended: the Alberta History Journal. This journal has been published by the HSA since 1952 and Tom Jackson, O.C., LL.D., • Edmonton’s Royal Celebration at the , May 23, as a is an invaluable record of the Alberta experience and it is a resource whose importance is Calgary member of the Aboriginal Centennial Advisory Committee, led by The Honourable even more apparent in 2005, Alberta’s centennial year. Brian Keating, Calgary , Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Allan Kerr, Edmonton • the offi cial renaming ceremony for the , Edmonton, May 24 I invite you all to contact the Heritage Community Foundation to fi nd out more about John Kosolowski, Edmonton • the Prime Minister’s dinner in honour of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, Edmonton, Donna Livingstone, Calgary these partnerships and how you and your community might work with the Foundation to May 24 build awareness and excitement about this great province. Tom Maccagno, Lac La Biche • the Italian National Republic Day celebrations organized by Dr. Arnaldo Minuti, James A. N. Mackie, Q.C., Consul of Italy, at the Santa Maria Goretti, Community Centre, Edmonton, June 2 Joel Christianson, Director of Projects and Partnerships Calgary • the dinner in honour of Harold Cardinal, LL.D., Aboriginal rights activist, expert on the Alberta, Naturally M. Frank Phillett, Edmonton Treaties and a strong champion of Aboriginal education in Edmonton, June 4 Murray Rasmusson, Calgary • the City of Edmonton Salute to Excellence Awards as a member of the Salute to From left to right: I really enjoyed visiting your Ken Regan, Edmonton Excellence board, June 8. Back row: Ernie Ingles site. It was very informative The Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C., FRSC, Vice-Provost and I loved the pictures. Can Ottawa (Learning Services), University of Alberta you tell me if The Rattle George A. Rogers, Leduc The Heritage Community Foundation was represented at the following events: Learning Services, Joel Snake can be found in Sundre, Dr. Horst A. Schmid, Edmonton Christianson, Director of , Edmonton Doors Open Alberta workshops: Projects and Partnerships, AB? Has it ever? What other Dr. Curtis Shell, Edmonton Heritage Community types of snake can be found in • Fort Saskatchewan Foundation, Merrill Distad, The Hon. Nicholas Taylor, • Smoky Lake Associate Director of and around Sudnre? I know they Chestermere • Longview Libraries (Bibliographical have a popular hiking trail called Bob Vergidis, Edmonton Servcies), University of • Vegreville Alberta Learning Services. Snake Hill and I am curious to Bruce Watson, Calgary Front row: Dr. Adriana know how it got its name. I plan Dr. Robert Westbury, Edmonton Conferences and Trade Shows: Davies, Executive Director to visit this summer and I am not David Will, Red Deer • The Lily and the Rose, Lloydminster – a joint centennial conference of the Historical of the Heritage Community crazy about snakes, especially Faye Williamson, Madden Society of Alberta and the Saskatchewan Folklore and History Society Foundation, Karen Adams, Director of Library Services venomous ones! Thanks for your Tom Willock, • Vitalize 2005, celebrating 100 years of volunteers in Calgary and Information Resources, time. • Seniors Day at Trinity Lodge in Calgary University of Alberta • National Aboriginal Day, Ramada Inn and Place in Edmonton Learning Services.

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