A
press release has been released by the Historica-Dominion Institute of Toronto, in part it says -
TORONTO,
July 2, 2013 - Stephen Smith, Chairman of the Board of The
Historica-Dominion Institute, announced today that effective September 3, 2013
, the organization will change its name to Historica Canada.
'The
new bilingual name will clearly and concisely reflect our focus on building
awareness of our history and the values of Canadian citizenship, " said
Mr. Smith. "These continuing priorities have formed our mandate since our
two founding organizations, The Historica Foundation of Canada and The Dominion
Institute, merged in 2009, and will continue to do so."
Based
in Toronto with activities across the country, the organization's programs
include the making of the popular Heritage Minutes - 60-second vignettes on
Canadian History; The Memory Project, which provides audio, video and live
platforms for the country's war veterans to relate their experiences; Passages
to Canada, which gives newcomers to Canada a similar platform; the annual
Aboriginal Writing and Arts Challenge; and Encounters with Canada, which brings
more than 1,000 high school students from across Canada into Ottawa each year
for a week of learning about their country. The organization is also presently
building new interactive enhancements to its widely-used Canadian Encyclopedia,
with those features slated to be unveiled this fall.
The
new name will not take formal effect until the fall in order to allow for legal
and logistical steps to be completed. In the run-up to the change and beyond,
the present phone numbers, e-mail addresses, website and overall contact points
for the organization will remain the same.
