Community Heritage Ontario Questionnaire: Finding out from Members of Municipal Heritage Committees What Training Do
You Need?

What training do you need in order to fully carry out your municipal heritage committee role? We want to do what we can to ensure that municipal heritage committees are functioning to their full potential.

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* 1. Are you any of the following:

New Municipal Heritage Committee member

Veteran MHC member

A municipal employee responsible for heritage

A heritage advocate

Heritage property owner

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Do you have any formal training/education related to heritage?

Yes

If yes, what?

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* 3. What experience do you have in the heritage field?

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* 4. If it were available would you take advantage of some form of heritage training/ education?

Yes

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* 5. If yes, what topics would be of most interest to you? (You can choose more than one.)

The role of municipal heritage committees

Heritage property evaluation (including listing, researching and evaluating cultural heritage properties)

Designating heritage properties (including the designation process and drafting designation statements and bylaws)

Heritage conservation districts (including the process of identifying and establishing them, and the management of them once they are established)

Cultural heritage landscapes (including the concept, identification, listing, evaluation, and protection)

Understanding the planning system and process (including the provisions of the Ontario Heritage Act, the Planning Act and the Provincial Policy Statement 2014)

Community organizing

Public relations

Public education

Activism/lobbying

Other (please specify)

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* 6. If they were available what would be the most convenient mode for you (one or more)?

Weekend session

Evening session

Workday session

Webinar

Podcast

Session at the annual provincial heritage conference

Other (please specify)

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* 7. If they were available, would you be interested in a series of sessions (a course) leading to a heritage certificate?

Yes

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* 8. Would you be willing to pay out of your pocket for heritage training/education (say $250 for a weekend workshop)?

Yes

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* 9. Would your committee, municipality, employer, volunteer organization or other be likely to pay for your training/education?

Yes

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* 10. In your view who would be best suited to deliver heritage training/education?

The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sports

Ontario Heritage Trust

Universities

Your municipal staff

Non-governmental organizations (such as Community Heritage Ontario or Architectural Conservancy Ontario)