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Mapping Historic “Silences”: Bowstrings Heritage Foundation’s Upcoming Indigenous Map of Banff

Now one of Canada’s most famous National Parks, the Banff townsite and park area has been an important location for…

Meet Patricia Kell, new Executive Director at the National Trust for Canada

Meet Patricia Kell, the new Executive Director at the National Trust for Canada since November 2023.   1. I care…

Carly Farmer – Activating Heritage as Climate Action

In 2012, Carly Farmer, then a 3rd year architecture student at Carleton University, got drawn into heritage conservation when she…

Shifting from Decolonization to Indigenization: Insights from Museums Activist Armando Perla

“When people say they want to ‘decolonize’ their museum, that’s a red flag for me,” says Armando Perla, a Toronto-based…

12 women leaders in heritage

Every year on March 8, International Women’s Day is observed all over the world to shine a light on the…

Dr. Nicholas Lynch: Tracking Change at Canada’s Places of Faith

Dr. Nicholas Lynch is an associate professor in the Department of Geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His research focuses…

Laura Saimoto: Building Partnerships and Awareness for Japanese Canadian Heritage

It was while volunteering at the Vancouver Japanese Language School – Japanese Hall, a National Historic Site – that Laura…

Meet David Siebert, National Trust member and Herb Stovel Scholar

  David Siebert has been involved with the National Trust since 2019, when he received the Herb Stovel Scholarship to…

A Leader in the Effort to Preserve Indigenous Place Names

A member of the Swan River First Nation in Treaty 8 territory, Robert Houle is the First Nations Indigenous Advisor…

Don Loucks: Elevating modest places and stories of hope

For Don Loucks, a walk through Toronto neighbourhoods like Leslieville, Corktown or Bathurst and Bloor is an experience steeped in…

Meet Lorisa Williams

We are pleased to introduce Lorisa Williams of Abbotsford, BC, who is working as an Indigenous Heritage Places intern hosted…

Structural Change: Tom Morrison is Changing Attitudes Toward Climate Change

You may not think of conservation engineers as a radical group, but Tom Morrison is taking action to attract attention…

Meet Laura Golebiowski, Herb Stovel Scholar

We caught up with Laura Golebiowski, Herb Stovel Scholar from Calgary, AB in Treaty 7 territory. Laura is currently working…

Meet Odile Rompré-Brodeur, National Trust Conference volunteer since 2016

Meet Odile Rompré-Brodeur, National Trust Conference volunteer since 2016. Odile lives in Montreal and is currently an administrative assistant at…

Mayor John Norman leads a homegrown vision for Bonavista

When the Town of Bonavista received the National Trust’s Prince of Wales Prize in the fall of 2014, who knew…

Stephanie Clovechok – Beyond the authentic: proving that tourism can be transformative

At a moment when the global tourism industry is being rocked by the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are innovating towards…

Trust Questionnaire: Clint Robertson

Clint Robertson is an urban heritage planner and part-time organic farmer from Calgary, AB. He is a longtime National Trust…

Natalie Voland – Heritage Property Development with a Triple Bottom Line

For the past 20 years, Natalie Voland has been working to reinvent the process of heritage-led real estate development in…

Shawn McCarthy Enacts His Site’s Story

Shawn McCarthy never imagined he would be working for 20 years with Friends of Beaubears Island, a non-profit historical organization in Miramichi, New…

Meet Sampoorna Bhattacharya, Herb Stovel Scholar

Sampoorna Bhattacharya, from Guelph ON, is a full-time student and MSc. candidate at the University of Guelph in the collaborative Rural…

10 Heritage Leaders Who Just Happen to be Women

Every year on March 8, International Women’s Day is observed all over the world to shine a light on the…

Meet Jill Taylor, National Trust Donor and Member

Jill Taylor is an architect and restoration professional from Toronto, Ontario, and co-founder of Taylor Hazell Architechts Ltd., a firm founded…

Dale Jarvis uses storytelling and folklore to capture intangible cultural heritage

Working with communities around Newfoundland and Labrador, Dale Jarvis uses folklore to capture the spirit of places. Dale has been…

NCTR Director Reflects on Residential School and Cemetery Preservation

It’s been four years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) released its final report into the history…

Meet Georges Coulombe, National Trust Member

George Coulombe has been a member of the National Trust since 2016. Originally from Saguenay, he resides in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec,…

Samantha Cutrara Vouches for Emotional Connections to History Via Technological Lens

Why should young people learn about history? Ask Samantha Cutrara. Her approach is simple: Because youth want it. “It’s such…

Edee Klee – Historic Hayes Farm Becomes Tool for Local Food Security

  Now in its second year of operation on Fredericton’s historic Hayes Farm, the Urban Teaching Farm Project has trained…

Trust Questionnaire: Loryssa Quattrociocchi

Loryssa Quattrociocchi is a D.Phil. student, Heritage Conservation Assistant, and Heritage Consultant from Toronto, ON. She became involved with the…

Matt Somerville - Saving the family barn

Historic barns are an important part of our collective mental image of the Canadian rural landscape. And yet they are…

Edmonton millennial leverages social media to engage an audience beyond conservationists

Growing up in Mill Woods, an Edmonton suburb that began to develop in the 1970s, Dan Rose wasn’t regularly exposed…

Kerri Strotmann

Trust Questionnaire: Kerri Strotmann

Made famous by writer Marcel Proust, the Proust Questionnaire is said to reveal one’s true nature. We asked a National…

Trust Questionnaire: Marion Cumming

Made famous by writer Marcel Proust, the Proust Questionnaire is said to reveal one’s true nature. We asked a National…

Trust Questionnaire: Graeme Duffus

Made famous by writer Marcel Proust, the Proust Questionnaire is said to reveal one’s true nature. We asked a National…

Karen Aird: On a Mission to Change the Game for Indigenous Heritage Places in Canada

Karen Aird is a member of Saulteau First Nations, Karen is the founding president of the Indigenous Heritage Circle, an emerging national…

Trust Questionnaire: Ali Piwowar

Made famous by writer Marcel Proust, the Proust Questionnaire is said to reveal one’s true nature. We asked a National…

Bringing Humour to Canada’s Hardest-Hit Communities

Canada is full of historic small towns that are pushing through tough economic times – and comedian Jonny Harris and…

Making History Accessible for Today and the Future

Almost 30 years ago today, I was wheeling through the Prairies on the last leg of my Man In Motion…