Throne Speach 2008 PEI

"Culture and Heritage

A society which has a strong sense of its collective past and values is better prepared for its future. My Government strongly believes that by strengthening our cultural knowledge and pride in our Island that our identity will be even further enhanced.

That sense of Island identity is extremely important in a rapidly changing world. It will help moor us to our past while permitting us to embark on an inspired new future.

To this end, my Government will:

* begin implementation of the current Provincial Heritage Review;
* begin the development of an Island studies course for inclusion in our school system;
* increase our knowledge of the Island’s past through increased support to archaeological research in the province;
* strengthen our cultural industries by supporting the artisans and artists who lend so much to the evolving Island identity; and
* recognize the vital contribution of Island seniors to our cultural landscape by calling upon many to contribute their experience to the visual arts, story-telling, oral history, performance, literary arts and other areas. To that end, discussions have already been held with a seniors’ organization to begin the co-ordination of this cultural engagement project – which will provide lasting benefits to future generations."

CSC: Connected World: Liquid Time and Place

CSC: Connected World: Liquid Time and Place: "New technology also tracks the physical location of people. A radio-frequency ID badge used by CSC client BP helps it track employees in case of an emergency. It can also warn them when they enter a dangerous area where protective equipment is required. Location-based tracking, frequently using global positioning systems, helps other companies track their fleets and field service personnel.

For consumers, location-based systems can deliver advertising tailored to them when they enter an area. Less obtrusively, GPS systems in a car can feed them information about what they’re looking at, when they’re looking at it.

Better presence and location technology will help us remain available to others even as we become more mobile. 'Virtual presence may not be as good as physical presence,' the report says, 'but it is the next best thing.'


Note: The term “liquid time and place” is adapted from Stancombe Research and Planning, a marketing and social research firm based in Paddington, Australia."

© Intelectual Property

© Respecting property of the the cultural worker is fundamental in any creation process.

Respecting this fundamental process will nurture partnerships.

Disrespecting this fundamental right is a breakdown in common trust.

No provincial government has the right to overshadow our property rights in Canada.

The Future Generation project contains IP.

The Stories Of The Railway is part of this IP.

Charlottetown, The Guardian: Local News | State of Island heritage draws interested public out to last in a series of meetings

Charlottetown, The Guardian: Local News | State of Island heritage draws interested public out to last in a series of meetings: "State of Island heritage draws interested public out to last in a series of meetings print this article"

No mention regarding amending the Prince Edward Island planning act to require a cultural charter.

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Robert Trainer , Island Heritage Study

My name is Robert Trainer I am representing the CN Pensioners
Association.

I am the Vice president of the Atlantic Regional Council .
I began working for the Railway here on Prince Edward Island on Steam
Locomotives and I was than trained as a machinist to work in Charlottetown.
Did you know, Charlottetown was the fist testing ground for the diesel
locomotive in Canada. When I finished my work in 1985 I was a supervisor
in the locomotive diesel shop here in Charlottetown .

Tonight I am representing the railway pensioners association and the Future
Generation project.
Our project Future Generations is working to preserve this very important
part of Prince Edward Island s heritage.

I welcome the opportunity to address the Island Heritage Study to provide
you with our many challenges we have encountered in trying to have our
history recorded for Future Generations.

I am disturbed that there is no cultural charter here on Prince Edward Island
that protects and preserves our historical legacies.
When the railway properties was purchased by Prince Edward Islanders,
Great care went into insuring the transfer of this property, A committee
known as the Abandoned Rail Rights Of Way was created to assure the
people of Prince Edward Island, that this historical property would be
preserved for future generations.
However twenty years later we see their was no clear provisions made to
secure railway history on the Confederation Trail.
No cultural strategy exists or policy to insure us that the railway history will
survive within our lifetimes.
The CN pensioners Association would like the land that once carried the
trains and the people of Prince Edward Island to preserve the legacies of
people who are connected to it’s history. We feel this is important to all
islanders.

We are requesting that the Prince Edward Island planning act to be amended
to include a cultural charter for the Confederation Trail as soon as posible.
The Prince Edward Island Planning Act needs to include a cultural legacy
charter for heritage.
This amendment would insure community projects that are funded by the
province and financed with tax payer dollars would include a cultural
planning process in the projects design and proposal in keeping with the
heritage of the land or the building being developed with public monies .
The same way an environmental impact study works only this is a historical
impact study.


This would have avoided the current problem we face today with the
Confederation Trail today where there is no cultural charter and there is no
cultural planning for it’s history along it right of ways.
We have discovered that the unthinkable has happened.
The railway is being erased from the Confederation Trail history and simply
forgotten.
The memories and the legacies of a railway century are vanishing.


Our story will not be told by the people who lived and worked on railway
life.

We could point fingers and blame this group or that group but what good
dose this do.
We require a change in government policy that insures the people of Prince
Edward Island that our people are as important as bricks and mortar and that
the stories and artifacts of our fore fathers and co-workers and their history
will be presented to the Future Generations.

This will only happen if a cultural charter is attached to publicly funded
projects that are approved for public financing.

For example, If a cultural charter was included and implemented on the
Confederation Trail in 1988. The railway pensioners would not be here
tonight advocating for their legacy to be honoured. . Today we fear that
without a cultural charter no history is safe from being erased from the
community memory chest and unavailable for the Future Generations to learn
and appreciate this important part of Canada’s history such as the Prince
Edward Island Railway and it workers from across the province.

When the trail was proposed to Prince Edward Islanders in 1988. It was
purchased for the people of Prince Edward Island and the land was divided
up to the cities and rural areas to develop.


How is it? That there is no cultural charter that would insure the preservation
of railway workers and the railway buildings along the Confederation trail.

What wrong with this picture?

This is what happens, when, there is no cultural charter or heritage policies in
place on projects that use tax payers dollars to finance and recondition these
properties. Prince Edward Islanders need a cultural charter.
A cultural charter would let people know that their historic sites and their
historic legacies are safe for the future generations,

The trail is an example of what not to do.
Do not forget the people who worked and toiled along side the trains and in
the buildings along the railway right of ways.

My job here tonight is to represent the people who once worked on the
railway here on Prince Edward Island. There are lass than 360 of us left. I am
one of the youngest and i am the last of a group of people who have worked
the railway since 1871.
I am very concerned that the Confederation trail history will not be reflected
on the old railroad beds.
This is sad not just for me, but for you to.
This historical workforce was and still is the longest and largest employer in
Prince Edward Islands history.
Yet we are an invisible presents on the Confederation Trail and in railway
wharfs and city ports of Prince Edward Island.

We are being excluded and we are being covered over.

Heritage and cultural charters do not exist here on Prince Edward Island and
this means history is often lost and forgotten in the planning and building
stages of projects.

I ask myself how?, such a large group of people, who contributed so much to
the our island economy, and culture in every community of along our railway
lines, can be forgotten in history so quickly!

We will not stop working until our legacy is preserved.
The Prince Edward Island Railway workforce have already done their work
through out Prince Edward Island history.
I did not expect I would spend my retirement protecting a legacy I would
have believed secure in Canada’s history.
On Prince Edward Island we need a heritage and cultural charter that insures
our people’s history for future generation.

Therefore I request on behalf of the CN Pensioners council #9 and along with
the CN Pensioners throughout the Maritimes, to this Island Heritage Study
group, to include the following recommendation to the Minister of Cultural
Affairs,Tourism, Education, Development, Technology, Public Works and
Transportation,
• To amend the Prince Edward Island Planning Act to include a cultural
charter for historical legacies and buildings.

A cultural charter designed to protect and preserve the heritage and the
legacies attached to the history and the people within the community.

On behalf of my fellow pensioner from across Prince Edward Island I thank
you and look forward to see the results and action taken from this study.

Robert Trainor
Vice president CNPA Atlantic Canada

Provincial Museum of Prince Edward Island: Artifactory relocation without business plan irresponsible: Liberal MLA

Provincial Museum of Prince Edward Island: Artifactory relocation without business plan irresponsible: Liberal MLA: "Bertram was highly critical of the Conservative government's efforts to run the project through the Northumberland Community Development Corporation to make it appear as if this is a community-driven initiative.

'Pat Binns can try all he wants to make this initiative look like it is a project run by the Northumberland Community Development Corporation."

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island: "PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

PARVA SUB INGENTI
(the small under the protection of the great)
Motto of Prince Edward Island"

Prince Edward Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Prince Edward Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "In 1871, the colony began construction of a railway and frustrated by Great Britain's Colonial Office, began negotiations with the United States. In 1873, Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald, anxious to thwart American expansionism and facing the distraction of the Pacific Scandal, negotiated for Prince Edward Island to join Canada. The Federal Government of Canada assumed the colony's extensive railway debts and agreed to finance a buy-out of the last of the colony's absentee landlords to free the island of leasehold tenure and from any new migrants entering the island. Prince Edward Island entered Confederation on July 1, 1873."

The railroad was the largest, single employer of PEI – a steady source of well paying jobs.

The trains got through in all but the worst weather, and life in many communities revolved around the railway station and the bustle that surrounded arrival and departure times. The railroad was the largest, single employer of PEI – a steady source of well paying jobs. Communities prospered or faded, depending on how close they were to the main line. Reciting the stations along the line – in order – became a favourite memory exercise for Island schoolteachers.

Prince Edward Island: News Release (Island Heritage Study Uses Unique Approach to Involve Islanders)

Prince Edward Island: News Release (Island Heritage Study Uses Unique Approach to Involve Islanders)

Provincial Museum of Prince Edward Island: Murray River

Provincial Museum of Prince Edward Island: Murray River: "The Ghiz government must resolve the dispute over the artifactory and a centrally located provincial museum.

When they won the May 28 election, the provincial Liberals inherited some complex and delicate dilemmas. The future of the provincial artifactory and the call for a centrally located provincial museum were two of them. It's their job now to find a solution that will put these issues to rest."

Provincial Museum of Prince Edward Island: museum policy

Provincial Museum of Prince Edward Island: museum policy: "I will also work to ensure that our inner city kids make the very important connections with their history and their culture and the natural world around them. This is their right and I want to see our society invest in them."

Provincial Museum of Prince Edward Island: museum policy

Provincial Museum of Prince Edward Island: museum policy: "4. Process Expectations
The consultant is expected to undertake, at a minimum, the following:

• An initial meeting with the Heritage Study steering committee to obtain information and additional direction, as required.

• A comprehensive public consultation process which will afford the opportunity for Islanders to provide input, ideas and discussion related to heritage issues. This will normally include public meetings across the province, opportunities to present briefs or reports by groups or individuals, focus groups, and other participation opportunities. In accordance with provincial policy, an appropriate mechanism or mechanisms must be provided to allow for participation in the process by those whose primary language is French.

• A strategy to notify the public of opportunities to participate in the process.

• A review of recent relevant documentation and legislation concerning heritage in Prince Edward Island and adjacent provinces.

• Meetings with organizations, institutions, heritage professionals and interest groups in the heritage area.

• Identification of the strengths and weaknesses of the current system of heritage institutions, organizations and programs.

• Identification of gaps in the current system of heritage institutions, organizations and programs.

• Deve"

Provincial Museum of Prince Edward Island: museum policy

Provincial Museum of Prince Edward Island: museum policy: "Project Management

A Heritage Study Steering Committee consisting of representatives from a number of province-wide organizations with heritage interests has been appointed to oversee the study. This committee should be considered a resource by the consultant. The groups include:

* Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society
* Community Museums Association of Prince Edward Island
* Prince Edward Island Natural History Society Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation
* Archives Council of Prince Edward Island
* Mi’kmaq Confederacy of P.E.I.
* Acadian Museum Association of P.E.I.
* University of Prince Edward Island History Department"

Provincial Museum of Prince Edward Island

Provincial Museum of Prince Edward Island: "n short, if we must build more museums, let's build museums that won't bore the socks off my six-year-old."

Provincial Museum of Prince Edward Island

Provincial Museum of Prince Edward Island: "No need then to build an over-arching Island museum, costing millions, to duplicate chapters that already exist. Nor do we need another white elephant such as we see pastured at Founders' Hall."

Provincial Museum of Prince Edward Island

Provincial Museum of Prince Edward Island: "the museum experience at Beaconsfield is limited. In addition to restricted hours during the school year, its period rooms are static. They do not present much opportunity for the diverse educational activities that are key to the mandates of provincial museum sites in off-Island urban centers."

Provincial Museum of Prince Edward Island

Provincial Museum of Prince Edward Island: "most museum professionals can only hope for controversy - at least it gets public attention. In Prince Edward Island, that happened last year when the then-government announced that the main collection of provincial museum artifacts kept in the 'artifactory' in West Royalty would be moved to a new building in Murray River."

Provincial Museum of Prince Edward Island

Provincial Museum of Prince Edward Island: "THE FUTURE OF OUR PAST"

A New Heritage Vision Based Upon People

Key Consultation Questions/Issues « Island Heritage Study

Key Consultation Questions/Issues « Island Heritage Study: "Key Questions/Issues:

1) Is heritage important to PEI? Why or why not?

2) What do you consider to be the main strengths and assets of the Island’s heritage resources, institutions, organizations and programs?

3) What do you consider to be the major gaps or weaknesses in the Island’s heritage resources institutions, organizations and programs?

4) What should PEI be doing to build on its heritage assets and address any existing weaknesses/gaps?

5) What is your vision for a healthy and dynamic future for the heritage in PEI?

6) What role do you think the Government of PEI should play in helping to achieve this vision?



Submitting a Written Response

If you wish to provide your feedback on these key questions/issues in writing, please send your comments, along with your name, the name of the organization you represent if applicable, and your contact information to:

Island Heritage Study, c/o The IRIS Group

P.O. Box 21150,

Charlottetown, PE

C1A 9H6

or by e-mail to yvette@theIRISgroup.ca"

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ISLA"

Island Heritage Study

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Arts News Canada: Visual Arts News

Arts News Canada: Visual Arts News: "PEI's heritage project shelved
A one-acre piece of Charlottetown property that was to become home to Prince Edward Island's artifactory will face an empty future. Communities and Cultural Affairs Minister Carolyn Bertram announced the project cancellation Thursday and said the province - with the P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation - would seek a comprehensive plan for Island heritage. Government will also stabilize the current storage facility to reduce any danger to the more than 80,000 artifacts housed in a leaking building at the West Royalty Industrial Park. The artifactory project in Murray River was endorsed by the P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation, but drew criticism from other heritage advocates in the province who suggested a provincial museum was important and would best suit the needs in the Charlottetown area.
The Guardian Posted on Friday, June 29, 2007"