[Bcma-l] [Fwd: News Release: Nicola Valley Museum VP winner of 2008 BC Heritage Award]

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2008-02-16   Nicola Valley Museum VP winner of 2008 BC Heritage Award

 

For Immediate Release...

 

The Nicola Valley Museum Archives Association has just learned that 
Association Vice-president Murphy Shewchuk is the winner of the 2008 
British Columbia Heritage Award.

 

The British Columbia Heritage Award is conferred annually by the 
Minister responsible for heritage in the province of British Columbia. 
The award recognizes an individual whose long term leadership and 
contributions to the conservation and presentation of British Columbia's 
heritage have been exemplary.

 

The Award consists of a mounted plaque and a ministry gift of $10,000 to 
a non-profit heritage-related organization or project, designated by the 
award recipient. The recipient is announced in February during Heritage 
Week, and the award is presented by the Minister (or representative) at 
the Heritage Society's of B.C.'s annual award ceremony, usually the 
first week of June.

 

Heritage Branch Director Patrick Frey made the announcement to the 
heritage community at a public lecture at SFU Harbour Centre in 
Vancouver on February 14, 2008.  Mr. Frey indicated that the award would 
be presented at the Heritage BC Conference in Langley on June 6th, 2008.

 

"I was completely surprised when Patrick Frey contacted me," said Murphy 
Shewchuk.  "I know I have been involved with various aspects of BC 
Heritage since the early 1970s when I served on the board of the 
Kamloops Museum, but I didn't know that anyone had nominated me for the 
award."

 

Previous award winners have mainly come from the Lower Mainland and 
Vancouver Island.  They include:

2004 - Sue Morhun, Langley - The Land Conservancy of BC

2005 - Mary Elizabeth Bayer, Victoria - The Victoria Foundation

2006 - Harold Kalman, Vancouver - University of Victoria, Cultural 
Resource Management Program

2007 - Samuel & Nicholas Bawlf, Salt Spring Island and Victoria - Sir 
Francis Drake Historical Society

 

"I look forward to receiving the award certificate," said Murphy 
Shewchuk.  "It will be welcome recognition for the work that we do in 
the BC Interior.  The $10,000 award will also be a welcome addition to 
the Nicola Valley Museum's rebuilding fund.  It will allow us to 
continue the modernizing work we started three years ago.

 

In addition to his work with the museum, Murphy is the Author of several 
hundred magazine articles and a dozen books, most with a heritage 
component.  He has also served as President of Trails, BC, the group 
responsible for The Trans Canada Trail in British Columbia.

 

 

•••

 

For additional information, contact the Nicola Valley Museum Archives at 
250 378-4145 or Murphy Shewchuk at 250 378-5930.

 

 

 

//Jo Atkinson//

//Nicola//// Valley Museum//// Archives//

//2201 Coldwater Ave. Box 1262//

//Merritt, B.C.  V1K 1B8   Canada   //

//Ph/Fax 250-378-4145//

//email: ////nvma@uniserve.com// <mailto:nvma@uniserve.com>

//www.nicolavalleymuseum.org//

 


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