Manitoba Sports Hall 

of Fame  

Exhibit Development & Design Bridging Content & Form

The official opening of the

 Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame took place on October 24, 2012 in its new permanent home in the Sport For Life Centre, 145 Pacific Avenue. HTFC worked with Sport Manitoba and its curators, helping them along the path from concept and design development through to exhibit fabrication and installation. The Hall of Fame 'Decades Galleries' feature accomplished sports heros and sports builders from the 1890s to 2000s. The HTFC team provided design and oversight for overall vision, exhibit spatial layout, graphic panel design, signage, interactive exhibit components, along with millwork and lighting to create an enlightening and immersive visitor experience. Memories of Manitoba's sporting accomplishments and the star athletes are rekindled and their remarkable stories captured in each gallery. We invite you to share in this legacy and visit the Sports Hall of Fame.

Winnipeg's East Exchange 

Heritage Interpretation Strategy

HTFC recently worked with the City of Winnipeg and CentreVenture Development Corporation, to identify and undertake a process that will help guide future place- sensitive development in Winnipeg's East Exchange district. And as HTFC has called the East Exchange home for over three decades, the resulting heritage interpretation plan was infused with intimate knowledge of this unique place. The East Exchange National Historic Site holds a significant inventory of warehouses, rail lines and immigrant stories that underpin a rich cultural landscape. Largely for this reason, arts groups, entertainment, restaurant and retail businesses as well as new residential development continue to be attracted to the area, creating a heightened need for a broad community heritage interpretation plan. HTFC collaborated with historians and heritage organizations to map and assess the physical heritage resources and the stories connected to each piece of land that may or may no longer be apparent in the East Exchange landscape. Interviews were conducted with stakeholders and a large community charrette brought together developers, businesses, cultural organizations and residents to involve them in a hands-on mapping exercise and round-table discussions to find common ground and determine the most compelling stories and the most important areas to retain and interpret. HTFC synthesized this body of research and the resulting implementation plan presents balancing heritage concerns with exciting new ideas in urban design, physical, social and virtual interpretation strategies and technologies and public engagement.

Upper Fort Garry Heritage Park 

Interpretive Planning

Planning the interpretive framework for a landmark project such as the Upper Fort Garry Heritage Park is a role of significant distinction and one that HTFC has led since 2009. With so many important and engaging stories to tell about Upper Fort Garry and its relation to our nation building, and with audiences that will range from school children to international tourists, it takes a robust team of content advisors and a rigorous distillation process combined with up to the moment knowledge of contemporary communication techniques to relay the essential messages in a captivating manner. HTFC has drawn from over 200 individuals, groups and organizations through a series of four workshops to generate the data now being used to finalize the interpretive plan and design the creative medium for building interpretive features for visitors to begin experiencing in 2013. 

Northern Planning & Traditional Knowledge 

Sturgeon Traditional Knowledge Study  

Traditional knowledge interview in Churchill, MB

Name'o (na-meh-oh) means 'sturgeon' in Cree

HTFC recently travelled to Churchill MB to interview York Factory First Nation members and relatives about lake sturgeon in the Nelson, Hayes and Churchill Rivers. This work on the Sturgeon Traditional Knowledge Study is just one part of HTFC's on-going work with York Factory First Nation. Since 2001, HTFC and YFFN have worked together to understand, assess, and respond to hydro electric development in York Factory's traditional lands. To date, this work has involved community consultations, community based research, negotiations and participation in environmental assessment of new projects. To learn more about YFFN's involvement with hydro-electric development, visit www.yffd.ca