Islanders receive 2025 Heritage Awards

Several Islanders and local organizations have been recognized for their efforts in preserving and promoting Prince Edward Island’s heritage.

The PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation, along with Lieutenant Governor Dr. Wassim Salamoun, presented the 2025 Heritage Awards to 20 individuals and eight groups in a variety of categories at Beaconsfield Carriage House in Charlottetown recently.

“I would like to offer my heartfelt congratulations to this year’s award recipients,” said Minister of Fisheries, Tourism, Sport and Culture, Zack Bell. “Their commitment to honouring our Island’s heritage shows the vital role it plays in shaping our culture and ensuring our history is preserved for future generations.”

The winners included:
 
Heritage Recognition Awards

• Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative
• Jennifer Stenhouse
• Hanna Wylie
• Confederation Centre of the Arts
• Parks Canada
• Benevolent Irish Society of PEI
• Town of Stratford Subcommittee
• Sylvia MacPhail and Larry Gaudet
• Jacques and Janet Cyr
• Kara Griffin
• Island Nature Trust
• Shawn Larson
• Carter Jeffery and 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

“These award winners are proof that heritage is not just about the past,” said PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation executive director, Matthew McRae. “It’s a living legacy and all of us benefit from it, right here in the present. Our communities are better when we actively cherish and preserve our heritage, as these inspiring people do every day.”

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PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation, along with Lieutenant Governor Dr. Wassim Salamoun, presented the 2025 Heritage Awards to individuals and groups in several categories at Beaconsfield Carriage House in Charlottetown.