The 2023 Nominees – ACO Heritage Awards

A.K. Sculthorpe Award for Advocacy

Ontario Place for All for their dedicated campaign over the past five years to protect the built heritage and landscapes of Ontario Place

Stephen A. Otto Award for Research and Documentation

Bill and Marnie Bickle; Two Blue Shirts; Ruth Redelmeier for the documentary The Bluestone, showcasing the history and restoration of Port Hope’s only provincially-designated home

Janet Li for her thesis Façadist Toronto: Heritage at Face Value

Adam Wynne for his outstanding contributions to the Toronto & East York Community Preservation Panel and TOBuilt database

ACO NextGen Award

Willow Key for her research project to illuminate the Black history of Windsor’s McDougall Street Corridor neighbourhood

James D. Strachan Award for Craft

Rod Stewart for his exceptional achievements over a long career in Port Hope, particularly in decorative plaster molding restoration

Peter Stokes Restoration Award: Large-Scale/Team/Corporate

Hon. W.C. Kennedy Collegiate Institute for the project to restore the historic facade and masonry of the Windsor school

Brennan Hall for restoring and reinvigorating the hub of student activity at the University of Toronto’s St. Michael’s College

Peter Stokes Restoration Award: Small-Scale/Individual/Small Business

Oakville Museum Coach House for restoring the picturesque coach house at the historic Erchless Estate

264 Dalhousie St. for the building’s beautiful masonry restoration in historic Amherstburg

Strathcona Building for the meticulous restoration of the only building of its type in Windsor’s Walkerville neighbourhood

Fugitive Slave Chapel for restoring one of London’s earliest and most significant structures connected to its historic Black community

Paul Oberman Award for Adaptive Reuse: Large-Scale/Team/Corporate

Gaslight District for revitalizing the 19th century industrial site in Cambridge into a mixed use community hub

Niagara Parks Power Station for turning the historic Niagara Falls powerplant into an educational and entertainment destination

Waterworks, 505 Richmond St. for adapting the former machine shop building and revitalizing the historic block in downtown Toronto

James L. Dunn Public School for the bold transformation of the neglected and abandoned heritage-designated factory into a school and daycare

John Muir Branch of the Windsor Public Library for the beautiful renovation and transformation of Windsor’s oldest Fire Hall

ACO Public Education and Engagement Award

Your Old Barn Study for the collaborative project to document and raise awareness about Ontario’s threatened old barns

Andrew Foot for his blog International Metropolis, highlighting the built heritage of Windsor & Essex County

Points of Pride for the virtual exhibition revealing and celebrating sites of LGBTQ2S+ heritage in Hamilton

Carol Priamo for her outstanding leadership of the community led Beasley Heritage Inventory in Hamilton

Margaret and Nicholas Hill Cultural Heritage Landscape Award

The Al Purdy A-Frame Association for their efforts to restore the historic property and writer’s retreat, an important part of Canadian cultural and literary heritage

Mary Millard Award for Special Contributions to ACO

Janet Graybiel for her exceptional and integral work with the Windsor-Essex Branch since its founding

Tammy Dewhirst for her outstanding leadership at the Windsor-Essex Branch, advocating for heritage throughout the region

Note: Nominations are submitted for particular awards, but at the discretion of the jury, nominations are sometimes moved to another category. Awards do not have to be given in every category.