PEI Museum Heritage Awards

Congratulations 2025 Heritage Awards Winners!

On March 23, Lieutenant Governor Dr. Wassim Salamoun presented the 2025 Heritage Awards at Beaconsfield Carriage House. We are honoured to recognize the amazing work of so many dedicated individuals and organizations who strive to preserve and share our Island’s heritage. See photos of the event here

Heritage Recognition Awards

• Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative
• Jennifer Stenhouse
• Hanny Wylie
• Confederation Centre of the Arts & Parks Canada
• Benevolent Irish Society of PEI
• Town of Stratford Heritage Subcommittee
• Sylvia MacPhail & Larry Gaudet
• Jacques & Jane Cyr
• Kara Griffin, K. Shawn Larson & Island Nature Trust
• Carter Jeffery & Arnold Smith
• Dr. Allan MacRae
• Denis Gallant

Volunteer of the Year

• Claude Henry Arsenault

Natural Heritage Activity Award

• Julie-Lynn Zahavich

Academic Publication of the Year

• Dr. Alan MacEachern

Creative Publication of the Year

• Barbara Palmer Rousseau

Wendell Boyle Performance Award

• Heritage Players

Boyde Beck Memorial Award

• Caeley Currie

Catherine Hennessey Heritage Activism Award

• MacKenzie Cutcliffe

Mary Cornfoot Brehaut Genealogy Award

• Jenny McQuaid

Architectural Conservation Project of the Year

• Under the Spire

Award of Honour

• Doug Sobey

Heritage Award Categories

• Heritage Recognition Awards: To individuals and groups who have made outstanding contributions to the knowledge and understanding of any aspect of the heritage of Prince Edward Island. Heritage includes human and natural history. It encompasses architectural preservation, folklore, culture, archives, archaeology, genealogy, and history in all forms. These awards will recognize original and important contributions to the preservation and/or interpretation of significant aspects of the heritage of Prince Edward Island.

• Award of Honour: To an individual or institution for outstanding contributions and demonstration of a high level of achievement in the areas of research, education, or preservation as they relate to the human or natural history of Prince Edward Island. The Award of Honour recognizes an individual's lifetime or career achievements, or an institution's consistently high level of contributions over long periods of time.

• Architectural Conservation Project of the Year: To an individual or group responsible for an architectural conservation project on Prince Edward Island that demonstrates a strong awareness of heritage values.

• Boyde Beck Memorial Award: Awarded to a group or individual for outstanding contributions through the sharing of oral history and storytelling of Prince Edward Island.

• Catherine Hennessey Heritage Activism Awards (2): One awarded to a member of the public age 26 and older, and one to a young adult 25 and younger, who have demonstrated impactful community activism around heritage, in tangible projects including digital initiatives.

• Irene Rogers Architectural Award: To an individual or group for outstanding, long-time contribution to the architectural heritage of Prince Edward Island.

• Mary Cornfoot Brehaut Genealogy Award: To an individual or group for outstanding contribution to genealogy and family history on Prince Edward Island.

• Natural Heritage Activity Award: To a volunteer who has made a significant contribution to the preservation or promotion of the natural heritage of Prince Edward Island.

• Publications of the Year (2): Each award is given to an individual or group that has authored a publication in the past year. One award is for a research publication that has made a significant contribution to the understanding of any aspect of the heritage of Prince Edward Island. The second award is for a creative publication that contributes to the awareness and understanding of any aspect of heritage on Prince Edward Island.

• Volunteer of the Year: To a volunteer who has made a significant contribution to the preservation or promotion of the heritage of Prince Edward Island.

• Wendell Boyle Performance Award: To a group or individual for outstanding contribution in a performance medium such as music or theatre that highlights or interprets the history of Prince Edward Island.

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