National Conference

The annual National Trust Conference is Canada’s largest heritage learning and networking event. Held every year since 1974, the National Trust Conference brings together a wide-range of people working to keep Canada’s heritage alive: from grassroots activists and elected officials, to professionals, planners, policy makers, and property owners.


Building on joint conferences in Ottawa 2017 and Edmonton 2020, the Association for Preservation Technology (APT), National Trust for Canada, Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals (CAHP), and Indigenous Heritage Circle (IHC) have joined forces once again to present this major international heritage conservation conference.

Building Bridges: Connecting Places, Cultures, and Practices will bring together 900+ participants from a diverse range of backgrounds from across North America and beyond: from professionals (emerging and established), craftspeople, and advocates, to developers, planners, heritage site operators, volunteers, academics, and students. 

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Conference Website: Coming Soon 

Conference Location: Le Centre Sheraton Montréal (1201 René-Lévesque Blvd W, Montreal). Reservation Link Coming Soon.  

CONFERENCE TRACKS

  • Track 1: From the Drawing Board to the Worksite: Techniques, Materials and Practitioners
  • Track 2: Historic Structures Meeting Contemporary Requirements
  • Track 3: Climate Imperative and Historic Buildings and Places
  • Track 4: Heritage and Social Justice: Reconciliation, Diversity, and Inclusion
  • Track 5: Removing Systemic Barriers to Heritage-Led Reuse

PAST CONFERENCES

Take a look at some of the highlights from our 50th anniversary conference, held in Ottawa ON in October 2023


Be Part of the Heritage Reset – Raise your voice in “reset” working sessions as we reinvigorate the Canadian heritage vision, and get inspired by reboot efforts underway in the United States and Australia. Review the Heritage Reset Framework here. And the bilingual version here


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