is seeking qualified individuals to serve on the Toronto Preservation Board
and the Community Preservation Panels. Skills and experience in heritage
research, architecture, planning and engineering are especially useful.
The role of the 14-member Toronto Preservation Board is to advise City Council
on issues relating to the Ontario Heritage Act and city-wide heritage policy.
The act gives municipalities the power to conserve Toronto’s significant
heritage properties.
The four district-based Community Preservation Panels make recommendations to
the Preservation Board on heritage matters in their communities and panel
members serve as advocates providing valuable input into the identification
and conservation of heritage sites.
Volunteering for the Toronto Preservation Board or a Community Preservation
Panel provides an opportunity to help shape the future of the city by
preserving the past. These positions also offer an opportunity to enhance and
gain leadership skills. Appointments to the panels or the board are for a term
of four years. The term is from January 2011 to November 30, 2014.
Eligibility
To be eligible for an appointment to a Community Preservation
Panel or the Toronto Preservation Board, applicants must be:
- a Canadian
citizen,
- at least 18 years old, and
- a resident of the City of
Toronto or an owner or tenant of land in Toronto or the spouse or same sex
partner of such owner or tenant.
Employees of the City of Toronto or any of its agencies, boards or commissions
are not eligible to apply. People currently serving on another of the City’s
agencies, boards, commissions or special-purpose bodies whose appointments are
continuing, a judge of any court, and members of the Legislative Assembly, the
Senate or House of Commons of Canada, are also not eligible. To reflect the
diverse nature of Toronto’s population, women, people with disabilities,
native people, and racial and ethnic minorities are especially encouraged to
apply.
Applications are available on the Heritage Preservation Services website -
http://www.toronto.ca/heritage-preservation
or by contacting Barbara Holt at 416-338-1076 or
[email protected]. The deadline for
submitting applications is 4 p.m. on Monday, November 15, 2010.
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