The implementation of United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in the heritage sector first requires institutional…
A Year of Learning
National Trust Winner’s Circle (2023)
Don’t miss the National Trust’s Award Winner’s Circle session, where the individuals and organizations behind this year’s award-winning projects and…
Rethinking Material Values: Reuse, Deconstruction, Embodied Carbon, and Social Justice
For about two decades, the heritage conservation sector has been trying to define, assert, and leverage the relationship between conservation…
Cultural Landscapes, Spatial Equity & Telling a Fuller Story
“A cultural landscape is a set of ideas and practices embedded in a place,” begins the NCC’s Working with Cultural…
Cracking the (Construction) Code Barriers for Existing Buildings
The Building Code is “sometimes” viewed as a major barrier when it comes to building reuse. This session provides an…
Anishinabe Algonquin Elders’ Circle (Part 1)
Leaders: Elders from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg and Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation communities. Possible topics to be explored at these…
Heritage and Housing: Resolving the Designation and Density Tension
Propelled by a growing housing crisis, Canada’s urban areas rapidly need more density and old buildings are said to be…
Diagnostics and Retrofits as Climate Action
The race to net zero is heating up and heritage buildings are being pressed to prove their worth. This in-depth…
Transforming Heritage: How Far Will We Go?
Launched by words of welcome from the Anishinabe Algonquin Nation and other dignitaries, this rapid-fire opening plenary will inspire and…
Challenging Existing Narratives and Conventional Heritage Practice
Heritage places have often served to preserve and protect cultural assets that contribute to official narratives of national and civic…
“Changing the Narrative”: Commemorating Canada’s diverse and complex history
Parks Canada’s efforts to commemorate and interpret history are guided by The Framework for History and Commemoration. This Framework outlines…
Ownership and Sustainability Models – Planning for the Future
This session is for you if you are interested in keeping heritage places supported, financially sustainable and ready for the…
Cultural Tourism: Regenerating Tourism, Post-Pandemic
Cultural tourism has been hard hit during the pandemic. Walk away from this session with a better understanding of regenerative…
Heritage and Getting Homes Built: Affordable Housing, Intensification, and Visualizing Change
Housing affordability and supply is at the top of the public agenda, managing change in mature neighbourhoods has become a…
The Heritage Reset: Where Do We Go from Here?
Join a group of heritage leaders who will unpack what they’ve heard about the Heritage Reset, reflect on the critical…
Stone, Tree, River, Path: Re-Thinking an Inclusive Heritage
What do we designate as heritage? What should bear the weight of memory, preserved as memorial? Buildings, monuments, landmarks, ruins,…
Toronto Indigenous Heritage Forum (Part 3)
Tkaronto, also known as Toronto, is the traditional territory of many Nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg,…
The Next Generation: Transforming the Heritage Industry and Workforce
At National Trust Conference 2021 (with CAHP), ACO NextGen led an incisive conversation around what the heritage sector looks like…
Measuring Impact and Asserting Value: Triple-Bottom-Line Tools, Deconstruction, and a Heritage Approach to Ordinary Buildings
Building reuse and retrofit as an alternative to new construction is recognized as the single most effective tool to meet…
Ahead of the Curve: City-Wide Surveys as a Response to Proactive Heritage Planning
An emerging best practice in cities around the globe, city-wide heritage surveys are fast-emerging as a key a part of…
Indigenous Heritage Circle – UNDRIP & Heritage Looking Forward: A Facilitated Circle Work Process
The Indigenous Heritage Circle (IHC) explored the meaning of the term ‘Indigenous heritage’ in workshops across Canada and arriving at…
Parks Canada Session – Pathways to Diversity & Inclusion
Canadians are diverse and so are their histories. Inclusiveness means presenting different voices, perspectives and experiences. This session will present…
A New Model of Stewardship for Historic Places: Four Local Case Studies
What happens when historic places we take for granted suddenly come at risk? Often this is due to development pressures…
Making Critical Choices (Part 2): Finding Common Cause with the Climate Movement
According to the recent Heritage Reset project survey of the heritage sector, failure to position heritage conservation as a player…
Anishinabe Odjibikan – Retelling Anishinabe History through an Anishinabe Algonquin lens: Early Beginnings
Session presented in partnership with Public Service and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation, and…
Panel Discussion – The Heritage Reset in Action
Seismic societal shifts exacerbated by a global pandemic have drawn into question many values, structures, and public policies in Canada,…
Toronto Indigenous Forum – Moving Forward in a Good Way: Co-Development of Municipal Heritage with Indigenous Communities
The recognition of the need for meaningful Indigenous engagement in the heritage sector has been on the rise across the…
Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals Award Winner’s Circle (2022)
2022 Conference Session Each year CAHP presents our annual awards to celebrate outstanding achievement in the heritage field across Canada….
National Trust Award Winner’s Circle (2022)
Don’t miss the National Trust’s Award Winner’s Circle session, where the individuals and organizations behind this year’s award-winning projects and…
Spark Session
Hold on to your seats! This fast and furious “Spark” session brings you enlightening presentations in a compact session format….
New Financial Solutions and Business Models for Heritage Development
Risk, return on investment, construction costs, tax treatment, ease of property development… Property owners plotting the future for heritage places…
Climate Action: Embodied Carbon Calculation and Adaptation Strategies
The Canadian heritage conservation sector is simultaneously working to help decarbonize the economy through building reuse/retrofitting and helping heritage places…
UNDRIP & Indigenous Heritage: In Practice
Large governmental approaches involving legislation and planning are only part of the story of the United Nations declaration on the…
Heritage for Whom? Conserving Community Spaces
While the relationship between architecture and community are intrinsically intertwined, the built form of “community spaces” is not easily defined…
IHC Session – UNDRIP & Indigenous Heritage: Pathways to Implementation
In May 2022 Indigenous Heritage Circle (IHC) released a report in May 2022 exploring how Canada’s implementation of the United…
Rethinking Revenue Development: Innovative Ways to Save, Sustain and Grow Your Historic Site
This session features three unique approaches to sustaining and growing revenue to evolve and save historic places. The speakers will…
Accelerating Building Reuse, Retrofits, and Adaptation for Challenging Buildings
This session explores creative approaches at four uniquely challenging properties related to conservation and protection, accessibility and inclusion, business modelling,…
Telling a Fuller Story: Transforming Heritage Places and Processes
While heritage conservation practices have successfully empowered people to protect heritage places, many communities and perspectives have been marginalized or…
Toronto Indigenous Heritage Forum (Part 1)
Tkaronto, also known as Toronto, is the traditional territory of many Nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg,…
Making Critical Choices (Part 1): Resetting Heritage Practice
In 2012, the National Trust’s Heritage Summit in Montreal resulted in a manifesto that attempted to re-frame heritage conservation. Ten…
Fixing Broken Systems: The Growth Machine, Environmental Plunder, & Expanding the Heritage Conservation Vision
This session seeks to unpack and disrupt key narratives propelling the take-make-waste mind set in Western societies. From the examining…
Reconsidering Museums
What do Canadians see as the value of museums for them, their communities, and for Canada? Reconsidering Museums, a three-year…
Resetting Our Heritage Purpose
Seismic societal shifts exacerbated by a global pandemic have drawn into question many values, structures, and public policies in Canada,…
ZERO is a Positive Number: Building Reuse, Climate Justice, and the Pathway to a Bright Future
Presented by National Trust for Canada Conference 2022 and hosted by the City of Toronto. Climate change is not occurring…
Virtual Tour of Craigdarroch Castle
Join the staff of Craigdarroch Castle in Victoria, British Columbia, as they take you on a tour of this bonanza…
Engaging Indigenous Partners in Cultural Heritage Management
Parks Canada is seeking to tell broader and more inclusive stories that represent the diversity and complexity of Canadian history….
Getting to Zero: Energy Retrofits, Mitigation, and LCA at Heritage Places
The race to net zero is heating up and heritage buildings are being pressed to prove their worth. This in-depth…
Getting to Yes! Building our Heritage Through Accessibility
How do ‘Accessibility’ and ‘Heritage’ work together? What opportunities exist for making our heritage buildings more welcoming and inclusive of…
Resilient and Sustainable Historic Sites
‘Resetting’ historic sites requires breaking out of traditional models and adapting to ever-changing contexts. Whether through their innovative programming, communications…
Discover the McAdam Railway Station – McAdam, New Brunswick
Enjoy this tour of a beautifully restored railway station from the time when riding the rail was the only way…
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