“I became involved with the LACF because of my ongoing role since 2014 in evaluating submissions to the annual grants program. With this experience and now, in 'retirement' from the federal civil service, I imagine my range of experience can continue to benefit the work of the Council and ultimately the CSLA.”
- John Zvonar
Now in retirement, John’s many achievements as a 'former' member of the federal government’s Centre of Excellence in Heritage Conservation included: Parliament Hill and the Supreme Court of Canada as well as many National Historic Sites across the country and abroad (incl. the Canadian National Vimy and Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorials). Locally, he is an avid and active volunteer at Maplelawn Garden and now connected to the Advocacy Committee of Heritage Ottawa.
Affiliations include: Jury member of LACF submissions to LACF (2014 – present); voting member for Canada of the ICOMOS-IFLA Cultural Landscapes Scientific Committee (2015 – present); and past-president, Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation (2009-2013).