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HTFC Planning & Design has assisted more than 20 First Nations located in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Northwestern Ontario with their Land Capability, Use and Selection Studies. HTFC worked with each First Nation to identify suitable provincial Crown land to be acquired as new Reserves under various settlement/implementation agreements between ...

Described as “a place to gather and celebrate our common heritage…” Oodena was inspired by the myths and sacred places of the many peoples drawn to The Forks over its 7,000-year history. The client’s need for a spiritual and ceremonial ‘heart’ for The Forks development at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers was interpreted ...

The Helen Betty Osborne Ininew Resource Centre is a comprehensive school for kindergarten to grade 12 students in Norway House, Manitoba. Its opening in September 2004 culminated an extensive process of planning, design and construction of one of the largest First Nation Schools in Canada. HTFC was engaged by Gaboury Préfontaine Perry Architects ...

Sioux Lookout is the third largest community in Northwestern Ontario. As the northernmost outpost for essential services, the community serves as a gathering point and southern gateway for 30,000 people living in 29 remote First Nations communities north of the settlement. As a result of shifting economic drivers Sioux Lookout has been transitio...

HTFC worked with staff, students and administrators at the Louis Riel School Division, the City of Winnipeg planning department, the Bishop Grandin Greenway Coalition, and Football Manitoba to develop a comprehensive secondary school redevelopment plan focused on state-of-the-art field amenities for Dakota Collegiate. The Master Plan includes a ...

HTFC and other members of the project team, SPAR and Historyworks, were retained by the City of Winnipeg in 2014 to undertake the investigation of a Heritage Conservation District (HCD) Study for Winnipeg. The intent of the study was to provide the basis for Winnipeg’s Public Service Department to develop policies and procedures for the design...

HTFC Planning & Design worked with the community of Rainy River First Nations (RRFN) in the fifteen-year development of the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre. The Manitou Mounds are the largest concentration of burial mounds in Canada and Rainy River First Nations are the owners/operators of this site. HTFC worked closely with the ...

HTFC played a major role in the staging of this celebration of Manitoba’s rich musical heritage — developing the interpretive plan, designing the exhibit, coordinating the manufacture of the exhibit components and installing the exhibit. Using large, curved fabric enclosures, image-wrapped display cases, audiodomes, and hanging banners, ...

The successful transformation of Kenora from industry town to tourism hub required years of conscientious consultation, and an appreciation of the central role the local landscape plays in the "Wilderness City’s" identity. The downtown redevelopments were realized through meticulously conceived planning and design stages, each bolder than the ...

Upper Fort Garry Provincial Park establishes a completely new model for the interpretation of historic landscapes in cities. Working closely with The Friends of Upper Fort Garry, the design team composed of HTFC and Cohlmeyer Architecture envisioned a heritage site that looks forward as well as back, using cutting-edge technology and art to ...

HTFC was entrusted with all site development planning for the ambitious relocation of the clubhouse and grounds for the Southwood Golf and Country Club. The new facility was carefully integrated with the neighbouring historic Trappist Monastary Ruins to the east. Together with LM Architectural Group, the design for the new clubhouse and grounds ...

The University of Winnipeg (U of W) Campus and Community Development Plan was created as a living document for the U of W Community Renewal Corporation in 2006 (HTFC with Prairie Architects). This sustainable development guide is the result of an extensive community consultation process, driven by a desire to fully engage in the social, cultural, ...

HTFC works closely with the University of Manitoba to shape the urban fabric of the Fort Garry Campus into a connected, sustainable, walkable and supportive northern environment that supports student life, community development, and world class research. For over two decades, HTFC has developed multi-faceted projects ranging from campus precinct ...

HTFC worked with LM Architectural Group and Number Ten Architects on their joint venture for this high profile project. HTFC's aim was to create a comfortable, engaging, and durable multi-seasonal urban space which showcases the brilliance of Winnipeg and the beauty of the Manitoba Prairie through a simple design palette with high impact. Con...

In collaboration with civil engineering team members, HTFC helped the Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation to plan a new community site on the shores of Lac des Milles Lacs in Northwestern Ontario. The site was the historic home of the First Nation until the remaining members left in the 1950s due to pressures resulting from repeated flooding. The ...

Starting in 2011, HTFC assisted YFFN in negotiating a multi-stakeholder agreement between Manitoba Hydro and four other First Nations, which resulted in the establishment of the Kischi Sipi Namao Committee. This Committee is committed to implementing measures to protect and enhance sturgeon populations in the Lower Nelson River from Kelsey ...

HTFC worked with PFS Studio on this multi-award-winning office tower in downtown Winnipeg. Providing site design for one of the ‘greenest’ office buildings in the world demanded research, customization and innovation in all aspects of the work. Administratively, the project required coordinating with an international design team composed of ...

HTFC has worked with Pimicikamak and the Cross Lake Band on a wide variety of projects since 1979, This work includes community planning, land selection and analysis, social and environmental impact assessments, resource management, and recreation planning initiatives. HTFC provided technical advice to the Cross Lake Band and their legal ...

Over the last three decades, HTFC has worked on various projects with Sagkeeng First Nation related to community land use and indigenous knowledge, remedial works, and hydro-electric development in its traditional territory. In 2012, HTFC collaborated with Sagkeeng First Nation to undertake an indigenous knowledge study designed to support the ...

HTFC along with Prairie Architects, MMM Group and MNP, led an intensive consultation process to develop a long term plan for the Kilcona Park landfill site. The Kilcona Park plan will secure greater financial sustainability and create an amenity more reflective of Winnipeg’s current and projected recreational needs. In order to make better use ...

The Variety Heritage Adventure Park (VHAP) is a groundbreaking multigenerational play-place located at The Forks in Winnipeg. A wondrous adventure in every season, the park interweaves the rich natural, Aboriginal, trade, immigration, transportation, and agricultural history of Manitoba into a fun place for all cultures. Ideas, information and ...

HTFC led this $3M renovation project to update and refresh a landmark urban courtyard in downtown Winnipeg, adding life, improving accessibility, and reducing the maintenance burden. A number of challenges had to be overcome, including unreliable underground structures records, extensive deep shade, building envelope and geotechnical issues, ...

Kipekiskwaywinan (rurog;aladD), or “Our Voices”, is the culmination of a decade-long collaborative process between York Factory First Nation (YFFN) and HTFC Planning & Design. Kipekiskwaywinan is YFFN’s environmental assessment of the Keeyask hydroelectric generation project and represents an unprecedented, candid, and emotional project ...

The Park at Winnipeg's Millennium Library is an intensely-used green roof and a vibrant extension of Manitoba’s busiest library. The park acts as an urban oasis, a public commons and a neverland, bringing the rich literary history of Manitoba into the landscape for visitors of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. Infused with an urban wetland, ...

HTFC was retained to assist the Peguis First Nation Negotiation Team in the negotiation, assessment and detailed valuation of the First Nation’s St. Peter’s Surrender Claim and Treaty Land Entitlement claim. HTFC provided expert technical advice and critical review of economic loss assessments and land appraisals and conducted detailed ...

Over a three-year period, HTFC worked with the Municipality of Greenstone in Northern Ontario on a community-based approach to determine land use and planning priorities in preparation for the Ring of Fire mining development and other resource development opportunities in the region. In 2012, HTFC led a community planning charrette process to ...

Working closely with the Fisher River Cree Nation, HTFC undertook a comprehensive planning process to develop a Community Plan for the Cree Nation’s reserve lands. The planning process was driven by the community’s vision, land management objectives, and short and long-term needs of community members. The process involved extensive input ...

The Riley Family Duck Pond, in the heart of Winnipeg’s largest public park. HTFC's design expanded the duck pond to over twice its original size in an organic form that sweeps around new change buildings and the Qualico Family Centre & Park Café. The design features a new aeration system, hard and soft edges, small islands, a pedestrian ...

The Victoria General Hospital (VGH) healing garden is conceived as a place of refuge, relaxation and recovery. Growing out of VGH's Buhler Oncology addition and Emergency Department Expansions completed by LM Architectural Group and HTFC over the past five years, the miracle garden provides an outdoor healing landscape for the 500+ patients, staff ...

From 2009 to 2013, HTFC worked with the Rainy River First Nations to formulate land use and resource management policies for approximately 15,000 acres of land received as part of the First Nations’ 2005 Surrender Claim Settlement. HTFC conducted background research and analysis associated with the land parcels, including access, existing ...

Pimachiowin Aki, the land that gives life, is the ancestral home of the Anishinaabeg, covering 33,400 square kilometres of land and water on the east side of Lake Winnipeg. In 2010, HTFC was retained by the Pimachiowin Aki Corporation to prepare the management plan for the proposed Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage Site. Pimachiowin Aki is ...

With Manitoba Hydro’s proposed Bipole III transmission line passing through Swan Lake First Nation’s traditional territory, HTFC was engaged by the First Nation to review the project’s Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and the effects of the Project on cultural, traditional, and ecological resource land and water use. This technical ...

HTFC developed a unique learning ground in Steinbach, Manitoba using responsive architecture and contextually grounded site design to ensure optimum circulation, human comfort, and learning opportunities. Integrated site features at this LEED Gold commission include bike parking for over 100 cyclists, landform-based water management, a dedicated ...

In 1992, HTFC was involved in the initial Lake Minnewasta Environmental Assessment/Recreation Development Capacity Study to assess the development potential and carrying capacity of Lake Minnewasta. In 2012, HTFC collaborated with TetraTech and Trek Geotechnical Consultants to re-examine Lake Minnewasta’s carrying capacity. HTFC was respons...

HTFC Planning & Design has extensive experience in the assessment and planning of river heritage and recreation resources. For more than 25 years, the firm has undertaken various Canadian Heritage Rivers System (CHRS) planning projects, including developing background reports, nomination documents, and management plans for Parks Canada and ...

In 2012, Winnipeg Folk Festival retained HTFC to complete the phased implementation of their award-winning master plan, which was completed by HTFC in 2006. The work included sustainable transportation facilities, reforestation, sculptural wayfinding elements, gathering spaces, landmarks and venues.  Over 95% of the materials used in the project ...

Over the years, HTFC has worked with the community of Saint-Norbert on a variety of projects and plans, developing solutions that pay tribute to the strong sense of heritage and community in this ‘small town’ within the city limits of Winnipeg. HTFC’s relationship with the community began in 1994 with the conceptualization and architect...

The City of Portage la Prairie hired HTFC and MMM Group Ltd. to generate a conceptual urban design strategy for the downtown core, along Saskatchewan Avenue from 4th Street West to 5th Street East. Public engagement was a priority throughout the process. The goal of this project was to create a vibrant destination accommodating pedestrian, ...

Following lobbying efforts by advocate groups, including HTFC, the Manitoba Floodway Authority (MFA) acknowledged the need to think beyond the Red River Floodway's use as a limited access stormwater utility.  In 2008, as part of the the expansion of this 2400 hectare landscape, the MFA hired HTFC to develop a plan that outlines realistic, ...