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The Heritage Canada Foundation publishes a quarterly magazine. This bilingual publication is delivered to our members as part of their membership benefits. Héritage features stories, reports and commentaries on the country's historic buildings and places. It explores ways to preserve the best from the past and improve the livability of Canadian communities. To ensure that members are fully informed on Heritage Canada, the magazine publishes articles on the organization's principles and policies, as well as on its future directions. Through the production and distribution of Héritage magazine, the Heritage Canada Foundation emphasizes the importance of Canada's built heritage to our quality of life. Sharing Insights From Our Recent Strategic Planning Experience: In the fall of 2004, the Heritage Canada Foundation completed its own strategic planning exercise. As a service to our colleagues in the broader heritage community, the Foundation has developed this brief case study that strives to capture the essential elements, the key insights and what we have learned from our experience. Although this is not intended to be a comprehensive guide to strategic planning, we hope that this case study will provide you and your organization with a basic understanding of the key steps in a strategic planning process. We also hope that it will have a positive impact on your own planning efforts. Key concepts covered include planning, environmental scanning, plan development and implementation (including monitoring and review.) Copies of Sharing Insights From Our Recent Strategic Planning Experience are available in hard copy and as a CD from the Heritage Canada Foundation 5 Blackburn Avenue Telephone: (613) 237-1066; Fax: (613) 237-5987 or heritagecanada@heritagecanada.org
Copies of these reports are available from the Heritage Canada Foundation
Copies of these reports are available from the Heritage Canada Foundation The news, gathered from a press clipping service as well as a radio and television monitoring service, is a popular resource for information relating to built heritage. These reviews are available by E-mail, or on our Web site. The Annual Report is distributed in the magazine to Heritage Canada's members and is also available on line. The Heritage Directory contains a comprehensive list of over 1,000 contacts including more than 600 entries for heritage agencies and departments. It is ideal for librarians, heritage professionals and volunteers, government officials, museum staff and consultants. The Heritage Directory is published biennially by the Heritage Canada Foundation. It is available in print form by clicking on the directory order form button. The information is also available on the Internet through the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN), Department of Canadian Heritage. The database allows users of the Directory to search for general or specific information depending on their individual needs. |
Strategic planning is one of the most important – and often overlooked – responsibilities of not-for-profit organizations. It is through strategic planning that organizations define what they do, why they do it and how they get it done. 
