Ideas Worth Sharing Webinar Series – January – June 2026
Join the “Ideas Worth Sharing” webinar series, showcasing inspiring presentations from National Trust Conference 2025 Halifax (with CAHP & IHC) This five part series features insightful presentations from experts in Canadian heritage conservation, followed by live Q&A sessions.
Thursday, January 29 (12:00 – 1:00pm ET) Register Now
Housing Creation through Adaptation and Relocation
Joe Nickerson (Vice President & Partner, Sidewalk Real Estate Development, Dartmouth, NS) – Reshaping Neighbourhoods While Respecting the Past
Justine Bowles (Principal, ZZAP Architecture + Planning, Halifax, NS) – Relocating, Restoring, and Expanding the Historic Elmwood Hotel
February Webinar – Date TBA
March Webinar – Date TBA
April 23 (12: 00 – 1:00pm ET)
Collaborative Action for Coastal Erosion and Disaster Response
Manon Savard (Professor, Human Geography of the Environment, Archaeology and Heritage Laboratory, Université du Québec à Rimouski, QC) – Citizen Science for Monitoring Eroding Coastal Archaeological Sites
Andrea Richardson (Climate Change Coordinator, Nova Scotia Archaeology Sector, Cape Sable Historical Society, Dartmouth, NS) – It’s More than Just Coastal Erosion: Collaborative Action and the Nova Scotia Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (SPARK Presentation)
Dana Murray (PhD Candidate, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto) – Disaster Working Group: Collaboration and Collectivism in Crisis (SPARK Presentation)
Thursday, May 21 (12:00 – 1:00pm ET)
Re-storying Our Past: Queer Heritage & Toronto’s Chinatown West
Kristen Balogh (Structural Engineer, WSP Canada, Ottawa, ON) – Queering Heritage: From Erasure to Embrace
Sharon Hong (Senior Associate, ERA Architects, Toronto, ON) – Community Value is Heritage Value: Toronto’s Chinatown West
June (DATE TBA)
Indigenous Consultation in Urban Planning Projects
Lyndsay Francis (Independent Consultant, Kjipuktuk, NS) – Storytelling with the Mi-kmaw and Urban Indigenous Community in Kjipuktuk
Gwen Lane (Indigenous Program Coordinator, SpruceLab, Toronto, ON), Sheila Boudreau (Principal Landscape Architect and Planner, SpruceLab, Toronto, ON) & Kurt Kraler (Architect& Project Manager, ERA Architects, Toronto, ON) – Dawes Road Case Study: Redefining Indigenous Engagement Initiatives for Development Proposals.
