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Article: Commemorating ethnocultural communities in Manitoba.
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- Manitoba History
- Article date:
- October 1, 2005
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On December 11, 2004 the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada and Parks Canada convened a workshop in Winnipeg to discuss ideas and approaches to the commemoration of the history of Canada's--and Manitoba's--diverse population. (1) This workshop, which included participants from the academic and heritage communities, (2) represents one part of a larger set of initiatives undertaken across Canada to increase recognition of the role of ethnocultural communities in the history of Canada. (3)
Since its establishment in 1919, the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada has designated roughly 1800 persons, places and events across Canada as having national ...