Centennial Planetarium
Address: 701 11 ST SW
About the Lion Awards
The Lion Awards is an opportunity for Calgary communities to come together to celebrate, share, and maintain understanding the heritage of our shared home. Every second year we honor those who have made efforts to identify, preserve, and promote heritage in Calgary to help enrich communities today and for the future. Please note that the 2020 Lion Awards have been postponed. Subscribe to our newsletter to stay tuned for updates
Award Categories
• Resource Conservation
• Landscape
• Community Vitalization
• Advocacy and Awareness
2018 Winners
Advocacy and Awareness – Group: Legislating Love
Advocacy and Awareness – Individual: Marilyn Williams
Community Vitalization: Historic Signal Box Program
Landscape: Bowness Park
Resource Conservation – Residential: Anderson Residence
Resource Conservation – Commercial: Bank of Montreal
Resource Conservation – Public: Water Tower at St. Mary’s University
Everett Klippert was a Calgary bus driver and the last Canadian convicted with a life sentence for being a dangerous sexual offender because of his homosexuality. The judgment led to public outrage and the subsequent decriminalization of homosexuality in 1969.