The Manitoba Historical Society is accepting nominations for the Lieutenant Governor’s Award. The Society’s Gordon Goldsborough says nominations are open to anyone interested in the history of the province. He explains the idea is to recognize people who have made a prolonged contribution to their community in any number of ways relating to the history of the community. He adds it might be through writing a book, through operating a museum, through projects in the community, there’s any number of things and they really don’t want to constrain it to say it’s one particular thing but it’s usually not a single project over a couple of years, it’s usually something that extends over a number of years.
Previous recipients have included Flin Flonners Don Peake and Gerry Clark who received this award in 2018 for their work in preserving and promoting the history of Flin Flon.
Nomination forms and more information are available on the websites of the Manitoba Historical Society www.mhs.mb.ca or the Lieutenant Governor at www.manitobalg.ca. The deadline is April 1st and the application must include documentation and letters of support for the nomination.
