April 26, 2025:
17th Annual Heritage Conservation Symposium & Herb Stovel Memorial Lecture
On The Edge of Collapse:
Changing Heritage for a Climate in Crisis
Library and Archives Canada, Alfred Pellan Room, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa
8:30 | Doors open for pre-registered participants. |
9:00 |
Welcome and Opening RemarksSymposium organizing committee |
9:15 |
Session 1: Landscapes and LegaciesAdrian Hutchinson, M.Arch Graduate, University of Waterloo Reading the Mutable Monument: (Industrial) Heritage as Index of (Ecological) Change Eugene Henry, Ph.D. Student, Carleton University Naked Truths in the Climat: (Re)constructions of Viticultural Heritage and Climatic Shifts in Burgundy Miquel Reina Ortiz, Assistant Professor, Université de Montréal Recommissioning the Fort to Defend Montreal from Climate Change: New Narratives for Cultural Resilience in the Île Sainte-Hélène |
10:15 | Coffee Break |
10:30 |
Session 2: Indigenous and Local RelationsBrenda Vellino, Professor (English), Carleton University Island Kinship Relations as Heritage in (Marshall Islands) & (Inuit Greenlander) Video Poem Akbel Guzide, M.A Canadian Studies, Carleton University Addressing Climate Change Through Inuit Artists’ Knowledge & Artworks in Nunavut Erika Brandl Mouton & Véronika Brandl Mouton, Héritage Montréal & Ph.D.candidate, Bergen University Priorité et patrimoine urbain : Ré-évaluer l’agenda de conservation montréalais en temps de crises multiples |
11:45 | Lunch |
12:30 |
Session 3: Policies, Tools and Case StudiesRitika Khanna, Ph.D. Student, Université de Laval, Heritage and Ethnology Examining the Integration of Climate Action in UNESCO’s World Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage Conventions Fergus Maclaren, ICOMOS International Cultural Tourism Committee The Loss and Damage Conundrum: The Challenge of Preserving African UNESCO World Heritage Sites as Destinations in the Face of Climate Change Gabriel Bell-Gam, Project Silent Heritage, Winnipeg Silent Heritage: Digitizing Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Face of Climate Change |
13:30 | Coffee Break |
13:45 |
Session 4: Reuse and ResilienceLea Di Giulio, M.Arch Student, Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, Carleton University Adaptive Reuse from Below Sébastien Beauregard, Director, SURCY Social enterprise as a vector for reuse: the case study of Quebec Carly Connor, P.Eng. CAHP, Green Salvaged Materials, Inc. Building Resilience: Bridging Heritage and Sustainability in Practice |
15:00 |
Reflective Discussion / Closing RemarksStefan Simon, Director, National Museums Berlin, Ludwig Maximilian University |
15:15 | Intermission |
15:30 |
HERB STOVEL MEMORIAL LECTURELOST AND FOUND: THREE PALACES IN ONE IN BERLIN’S CITY CENTREGabi Dolff-Bonekämper, Technical University of Berlin |
16:45 | Clean up & departures |