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Sep 18 2024
Staff Adventures Over the Summer 2024
This summer our staff travelled to historic places near and far. Check out their travel logs below! The Ukrainian Greek-Orthodox…
Aug 22 2024
Explore the World of Jane Austen and The Bridgertons with Passport Places
Dearest Gentle Reader, As we embark upon the early decades of the 21st century, with cars instead of carriages, dating…
Aug 6 2024
Next Great Save: Sparking Heritage Excitement Nationwide
Launched on World Heritage Day, April 18, 2024, the Next Great Save competition, now in its second year, offered heritage…
Aug 6 2024
Milk Bottles and Metro Signs: A Selection of Place-Based Histories in Montreal
Building Bridges, the National Trust-APT Joint Conference will be taking place in the city of Montréal, November 12-16, 2024. Settled…
Feb 8 2024
Outstanding Heritage Initiatives at 2023 Governors’ Awards
At our national conference this past October in Ottawa, the National Trust for Canada’s board of Governors recognized nine exemplary…
Jan 17 2024
Culinary Adventures across Passport Places
Looking for an activity to escape the winter chill? Try something new while expanding your culinary knowledge at these four…
Mar 20 2023
It’s Time for a Heritage Tourism Reset
Heritage Tourism has experienced a seismic shift during the pandemic, and now, in the post-pandemic era, there is a rare…
Mar 17 2023
Uncovering the Multifaceted History of Quebec City’s Morrin Centre
Today, the Morrin Centre is a distinguished English-language cultural centre and library in predominantly French-speaking Quebec City. Yet the history…
Mar 8 2023
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…
Jul 4 2022
National Trust Worst Losses List 2021 – Part 2
With arson and wildfires, rising land values, industrial development and housing pressures taking their toll, it is a dangerous time…
Jul 4 2022
World Heritage at 50: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Half a century after the adoption of UNESCO’s World Heritage Convention, our planet faces multiple crises that threaten the very…
Apr 13 2022
National Trust Worst Losses List 2021 – Part 1
With arson and wildfires, rising land values, industrial development and housing pressures taking their toll, it is a dangerous time…
Jun 15 2021
Making Obsolescence History: Confronting Barriers to Accelerate Building Reuse in Canada
When Natalie Voland, President of Quo Vadis- Gestion Immobilière in Montréal (a Certified B Corporation) approached mainstream banks about financing…
Jun 15 2021
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…
Oct 15 2020
Staff Picks: 8 Historic Homes We Love
Every home has a story to tell. Besides telling Canada’s collective story, historic homes serve as settings where our individual…
May 14 2020
Heritage in Bloom – A spring tour of Canada’s historic gardens
Spring has finally arrived, and spirit-lifting flowers are back in bloom in most Canadian communities. It is a great time…
May 1 2020
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…
Apr 2 2020
5 examples exhibiting the vitality of the French language in Canada
Every year, on March 20th, the world celebrates International Francophonie Day. Following the celebrations that took place last month, we…
Mar 5 2020
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…
Aug 6 2019
Survivor: A new chapter for Montreal’s Maison Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine
Until a few months ago, it would have been easy to mistake the gunshot marks for recent damage. Hidden between…
Aug 6 2019
8 Historically Significant Spots for Picnics This Summer
Urban heat island getting you down? Take a break from the concrete jungle at one of these historically significant picnicking…
Mar 8 2019
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…
Feb 1 2019
How the arts thrive in Montreal faith buildings
The Faith & the Common Good’s Leading and Learning team (this time with the sub-in of the amazing Erika Hennebury)…
Nov 28 2018
5 Places of Faith Revitalized for Today and Tomorrow
The challenges facing historic places of faith are daunting, yet across the country congregations and communities are finding creative new…
