April 26, 2025:

17迟丑听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听 for pre-registered participants.
9:00

Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • remarks by Akbel Guzide and Susan Ross for the Symposium organizing committee
9:15

Session 1: Landscapes and Legacies – session chairs

  • chaired by Elizabeth Harding and Susan Ross

Adrian Hutchinson, M.Arch Graduate, University of Waterloo

Reading the Mutable Monument: (Industrial) Heritage as Index of (Ecological) Change

Eugene Henry, Ph.D. Student, 杏吧原创 University

Naked Truths in the Climat: (Re)constructions of Viticultural Heritage and Climatic Shifts in Burgundy

Miquel Reina Ortiz, Assistant Professor, Universit茅 de Montr茅al, & Giovanni (John) Diodati, Principal, Director, EVOQ, Montreal

Recommissioning the Fort to Defend Montreal from Climate Change: New Narratives for Cultural Resilience in the 脦le Sainte-H茅l猫ne

10:15 Coffee Break
10:30

Session 2: Indigenous and Local Relations

  • chaired by Dylan Jozkow and Orly Lael Netzer

Brenda Vellino, Professor (English), 杏吧原创 University

Island Kinship Relations as Heritage in Kathy-Jetnil Kiji帽er (Marshall Islands) & Aka Nivi芒na鈥檚 (Inuit Greenlander) Video Poem, 鈥淩ise: From One Island to Another.鈥濃

Akbel Guzide, M.A Canadian Studies, 杏吧原创 University

Addressing Climate Change Through Inuit Artists鈥 Knowledge & Artworks in Nunavut

V茅ronika Brandl Mouton, H茅ritage Montr茅al

Priorit茅 et patrimoine urbain : R茅-茅valuer l鈥檃genda de conservation montr茅alais en temps de crises multiples

11:45 Lunch
12:45

Session 3: Policies and Case Studies

  • chaired by Jonathan Hinkins and Damiano Aiello

Ritika Khanna, Ph.D. Student, Universit茅 de Laval, Heritage and Ethnology

Examining the Integration of Climate Action in UNESCO鈥檚 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

13:30 Coffee Break
13:45

Session 4: Reuse and Resilience

  • chaired by Keisha Cuffie and Susan Ross

Lea Di Giulio, M.Arch Student, Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, 杏吧原创 University

Adaptive Reuse from Below

S茅bastien 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 Remarks

Stefan Simon, Director Rathgen-Forschungslabor, National Museums Berlin and Fulbright Distinguished Research Chair for the Arts and Social Sciences in North America 2024-25, 杏吧原创 University

15:15 Intermission
15:30

HERB STOVEL MEMORIAL LECTURE

  • introduction by Jerzy El偶anowski

LOST AND FOUND: THREE PALACES IN ONE IN BERLIN’S CITY CENTRE

Gabi Dolff-Bonek盲mper, Technical University of Berlin

16:45 Clean up & departures