National Trust Joint Conference 2021 (in association with CAHP)
Heritage and the Global Reset: Seizing the Moment
The National Trust for Canada, in association with the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals, are collaborating once again to present Heritage and the Global Reset. Architects, engineers, planners, craftspeople, policy makers, preservationists and heritage volunteers will come together to share the best in design, planning, policy and techniques for conserving and renewing heritage buildings, districts, and cultural landscapes.
As the world hits the reset button, invites you to be part of a cross-Canada conversation about the responsibility and the opportunity heritage conservation practitioners have at this critical moment. More than ever, heritage places have extraordinary potential to meet the challenges of a post-COVID world, through reflecting the cultural diversity of Canada in the quest for reconciliation and equity, in reducing resource consumption and GHG emissions, and by providing the building blocks for a sustainable economic recovery. Architects will find rich opportunities for professional development with 3 tracks of concurrent sessions on the following themes:
Environmental Reset – Asserting Conservation as Climate and Consumption Solution
Social and Cultural Reset – Changing the Narrative and Expanding the Relevance
Economic Reset – Practice, Planning, and Transforming the Marketplace
Participate in international expert sessions, discussions, and workshops on carbon reduction and heritage conservation, adaptive reuse, Indigenous cultural heritage, anti-racism in the heritage sector, and the education and integration of the next generation of heritage workers.
Plenary Speakers (Selected):
Carl Elefante (Principal Emeritus, Quinn Evans, Washington D.C.)
Melody Lepine (Director, Govt. and Industrial Relations, Mikisew Cree First Nation & Director, Indigenous Heritage Circle, Fort McMurray, AB)
Adala Leeson (Head, Socio-Economic Analysis and Evaluation, Historic England, London, UK)
J.B. MacKinnon (Author, The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves (2021)
Shane Moffatt (Head, Nature and Food Campaign, Greenpeace Canada, Vancouver, BC)
Dr. Charmaine Nelson ((Canada Research Chair in Transatlantic Black Diasporic Art and Community Engagement, NSCAD, Halifax, NS)
The National Trust for Canada is a national charity created in 1973 that inspires and leads action to save heritage places, and promotes the care and wise use of our historic environment. The Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals (CAHP) is a Canadian professional organization that serves qualified heritage professionals in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.
Contact:
Chris Wiebe, Conference Coordinator, National Trust for Canada
cwiebe@nationaltrustcanada.ca