OPENING WINDOWS TO TRANSIT HERITAGE – WE NEED YOUR HELP !

Our Board of Directors and volunteers are continually working to fulfill
our mission – To be the voice and resource for Canada’s transit heritage by
preserving and promoting transit history. We are dedicated to fostering
partnerships, delivering value and inspiring innovation.

To that end, we are now undertaking our most ambitious project to date, the
Opening Windows to Transit Heritage (OWTH) online archive, to further fulfill our
national mandate. Whether it be academic research, support to transit industry
participants or personal interest, the intent is that this website becomes the
primary resource for Canadian transit history.

The Foundation has amassed an extensive collection of historic material.
Additional material resides in the collections of individuals and company files.  To
date, most of this is currently unavailable to interested parties and the material is
at risk of disposal unless action is taken to preserve it.

In addition to preserving and digitizing the historic material CTHF now has,
the OWTH project will enable us to handle future archival donations and assist
other organizations to preserve their collections.

We have already made considerable progress on this project since inception in
2024, including ongoing culling, cataloguing and scanning our existing collection,
hiring a summer student in 2024, 2025 and this year, selection of a cloud-based
online digital archives platform and creating an online archives website to be
available to the public.

This project is an important strategic initiative of the Foundation and will be
ongoing. As such, it will require sustainable funding and volunteers to make it
happen.

During 2026 we are continuing our good progress to date, working towards a
public launch of our online archive website later in the year. We will happily notify
you when we cross this important threshold. Our planned activity on the OWTH
project will require $10,000 of additional external funding for 2026.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

We are a volunteer-based registered charity and not-for-profit charity
organization. We are asking you to assist us in two ways: financially, and as
a volunteer.

You can make a financial contribution at the CTHF website HERE, where there is
information about making either an online or offline donation. Upon receipt of
your donation, we will promptly issue an income tax receipt for all donations of
$25 or more.

As a volunteer, by offering your services to help document, scan and upload our
archival materials. Your involvement can be online in many cases, and we would
be delighted to have your support. If you are interested in participating with us as
a volunteer, please let us know by contacting us by email at
info@transitheritage.ca.

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We look forward to hearing from you!