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4.1.1 Communities are well positioned to advance social development
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Designate and commemorate places, persons and events of national historic significance, particularly in under-represented priority areas.
Designate other heritage places (Historic Places Initiative; programs related to federal heritage buildings, heritage rivers, railway stations, prime minister’s gravesites and World Heritage Sites).
For those park communities that it administers, Parks Canada will produce State of the Community Reports that include among other things, discussion related to the social health of the community.
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Designate, on average, 24 new places, persons and events per year, of which, on average, 33 % relate to at least one of the under-represented priority areas- Aboriginal history, ethno-cultural communities history and women’s history.
Submit 100 % of federal records regarding heritage designations to the Canadian Register on Historic Places by March 2008.
List 10,000 designated historic places on the Register by March 2009, and 17,500 by 2014.
Advise on the preparation of one World Heritage Site nomination per year.
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4.2.1 Communities are well- positioned to adapt and to maintain or generate sustainable economic activities
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Parks Canada is the federal government agent for the administration of the Heritage Buildings Policy component of the Treasury Board Policy on the Management of Real Property and the custodian of the largest number of federal heritage buildings. Parks Canada will confirm and monitor the physical condition of all federal buildings in national parks and invest to bring the physical condition of those assets rated “poor” up to at least “fair “condition.
Parks Canada will update the program terms and conditions of the National Historic Sites Cost Sharing Program and make use of the program to address specific conservation issues at threatened national historic sites.
Parks Canada will work with local and Aboriginal communities to develop experience opportunities for current and potential visitors.
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Percentage of federal buildings in national parks rated poor whose condition is improved to at least fair.
The National Historic Sites Cost Share Program terms and conditions will be updated by March 2007.
Develop indicators, expectations and protocols to assess visitor satisfaction and connections with Canadian heritage places.
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4.3.1 Canadian communities are actively engaged in sound environmental and natural resource management practices, stewardship initiatives, and biodiversity conservation.
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Parks Canada will continue to work in collaboration with provinces and territories to further develop and implement the Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada. This includes the adaptive use of heritage resources in ways that contribute to intelligent growth in communities and reduced pressures on landfill sites.
Parks Canada will develop learning opportunities that help bring about a culture of conservation through partnerships, increased understanding of key audiences, and the use of best practices in the areas of environmental education, place-based education and social marketing.
Parks Canada will continue its successful television broadcast partnership with Canadian Geographic magazine through “CG Kids” and to reach children with messages related to the stories of heritage places, ecological and commemorative integrity.
Parks Canada will enhance its efforts to reach school audiences by working with members of the formal education community who influence curriculum and resources development and by providing web-based curriculum-linked learning materials.
Through a collaborative arrangement with Nature Canada, provide learning activities for urban youth at national parks and other venues.
Provide opportunities for storytelling by Aboriginal people at protected heritage areas.
In collaboration with ethno-cultural organizations and stakeholders, provide learning experiences for these new audiences.
Parks Canada-administered communities will have in place inventories of their heritage assets, together with condition ratings, performance targets and priorities; and plans to conserve priority heritage buildings.
In the Parks Canada administered communities of Field and Lake Louise, require leaseholders to develop environmental strategies as part of all redevelopment proposals.
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Provide advice, recommendations or certification of interventions to built cultural heritage consistent with the Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada as opportunity permits.
Encourage the support and involvement of Canadians and stakeholders, and their knowledge and appreciation of Canada’s heritage places.
Develop indicators, expectations and protocols for measuring public appreciation and understanding of Canadians and stakeholders by March 2007.
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4.3.2 Risks to human and ecosystem health from harmful substances are reduced (including cleanup of federal contaminated sites)
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In the National Park communities, provide responsible environmental stewardship, heritage conservation, and efficient and affordable administration.
Develop and implement a contaminated site remediation or risk management plan for all sites.
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Meet targets for sewage effluent quality, water conservation, solid waste diversion, management of contaminated sites, and legislated limits to growth in Park communities.
All 24 remaining suspected contaminated sites assessed.
Remediation or risk management action plans prepared for all sites by March 2009.
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