Grant approval process delayed until June

The District of Oak Bay recently completed a Best Practices Review of Heritage Policy and Procedures, and also identified a number of heritage-related Council Priorities. The Foundation has submitted a comprehensive response to Council.  We are unsure of whether or how the Review may affect the Foundation’s policies and funding.  Due to the uncertainty, our grant […]

Our New Logo

Please note our new logo.  It will be used on stationery, signs and wherever we want to be recognized. We would like to thank Ken Heit and his team at Ken Heit Creative for their generosity, patience and expertise in leading us through a complicated design process which resulted in such a distinctive and recognizable […]

Two Documentary Films by Geoff Bird

Our speaker was Dr. Geoff Bird , professor at Royal Roads and producer of Two Documentary Films: “Trees of Remembrance” and “War Memorials and Their Makers: Messengers of Meaning”  Geoff is the Project Lead of the War Heritage Research Initiative that has involved the production of over 30 short documentaries including Abkhazi Garden: Sanctuary from […]

Heritage lecture Oak Bay Mayhem in 20s and 30s

Mayhem in Oak Bay 1920s through the 1930s .  This lecture was given by Frances Thorsen, who ran Chronicles of Crime bookshop for many years downtown. This Oak Bay Heritage Foundation lecture was held on September 25, 2024 at the Windsor Park Pavilion 

BC Register of Historic Places (updated July 2024)

Follow this link: BC Register of Historic Places (updated July 2024) to view the register of historic places for BC that have been officially recognized by provincial, federal or local/regional governments for their heritage value .