The Blackfoot name for Writing-on-Stone in southern Alberta is Áísínai’pi (pronounced A SIN ay bee). Martin Heavy Head, an Elder…
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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…
Jul 4 2022
Oil Springs, Ontario – A Small Community with Big International Significance
Many may presume that Alberta is the birthplace of Canada’s oil and petroleum industry. However, that title belongs to the…
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 16 2020
Get out your virtual passport and celebrate World Heritage Day
April 18 is World Heritage Day – a perfect moment to discover wonderful heritage places that the world has to…
Jul 9 2019
Cultural UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Canada
As of July 2019, Canada is celebrating a new cultural UNESCO World Heritage sites in Canada – Writing-on-Stone/Áísínai’pi, located in…
Aug 30 2018
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…
Apr 16 2018
Cliffside Stories: How Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Feeds Today’s Generations
To Conrad Little Leaf of the Piikani Nation, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump near Fort Macleod, AB and its neighbouring foothills and…
