2021 Heritage BC Conference
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Anyone involved in the heritage field knows that heritage is always in action. We bring the past into the present and guide it toward the future. We interpret and re-interpret. We tell stories over and over, adding nuances of learning and new understanding.
We memorialize, regenerate, develop, and represent. We conserve and protect. We forget and we remember.
Perhaps more than ever, we have seen the heritage field needs greater action and better results. The pandemic, climate change, and calls of racism have laid bare many archaic structures and systemic problems. We have seen the sector evolve and new priorities have come to the forefront.
The 2021 Heritage BC Conference is about action – the strategies of taking concrete steps and making measurable differences. This is about doing and achieving.
The Heritage BC Conference will be presented online over four weeks in May 2021.
AIBC CES Participants may self-report this learning activity for AIBC Learning Unit consideration.
All sessions are eligible for organized & structured CPL units for PIBC Members.
Building Back Better
Thursday, May 6 and Friday, May 7
Breaking Barriers: Why People with Interest Do Not Visit – And What to Do About It
Thursday, May 6, 10:00am – 11:00am
Presented with:
Colleen Dilenschneider, Know Your Own Bone and Chief Market Engagement Officer, IMPACTS Experience
Jim Hekkers, IMPACTS Experience
Maintaining Respectful Workplaces
Thursday, May 6, 1:00pm – 4:30pm
Presented with Grégoire Gagnon, Executive Director, Cultural Human Resources Council
Gaining Community and Political Buy-In
Friday, May 7, 10:00am – 11:00am
Presenter with Amanda Shatzko, Vice-Chair, Electoral Area “C”, Director, Regional District of the North Okanagan, BC
Going Forward: Connections and Engagement in the Virtual World
Friday, May 7, 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Presented with Inga Petri, CAIP, Strategic Moves
Reconciliation: It’s Time for Action
Thursday, May 13
By Working Together with Dr. Lorna Wanosts’a7 Williams
Unique Cultures • Unique Communities • Unique Collaborations
Setting the Bar: A Guide to Achieve New Standards for Reconciliation within the Heritage Sector
Open Forum Meetings
Friday, May 14, 10:00am
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- Not-for-profit organizations (register)
To open the conversation, we ask “Does Passion Pay?” Passion is the fuel that drives the not-for-profit sector, but we all know passion does not pay the bills and NFPs are notorious for poor compensation packages. If employers ask for too much (“Master’s degree with experience”) and they pay too little in return ($20/hour), are we not endangering the workforce?
- Local Government: staff and commissions (register)
To open the conversation, we ask “Is this the New Normal?” In the past year, there have been indicators that Local Governments are reducing their budgets and time spent on heritage programming and conservation. At the same time, demolitions seem to be on the increase. Is this a phase or is the appreciation of heritage values at its lowest ebb (as one planner suggested)?
- Heritage Consultants and Planners (register)
To open the conversation, we ask “Where does traditional “bricks and mortar” conservation fit into the evolving practice of heritage?” Heritage is no longer just about the restoration of an old building, as other priorities (reconciliation and intangible cultural heritage to name two) have moved to centre stage. For some, these changes offer exciting, new opportunities. For others, these changes offer incompatible challenges that threaten conservation as we have known it. Is it still possible to find a balance between “old-school” heritage with newer priorities? Do we need new reframe our understanding of conservation?
- Not-for-profit organizations (register)
We are thrilled to be able to again organize these three networking meetings for an open exchange of information. While these meetings are open to the issues you bring forward, this year we are suggesting challenging topics to open the conversations.
Everyone is welcome to attend the open forum meetings; conference registration is not a requirement. If you are interested in more than one meeting, register for two or three to receive the unique meeting links. You will then have the ability to switch between the meetings.
Climate Adaptation: It’s Time for Action
Thursday, May 20
Bringing the Power of Heritage to Climate Action
Presented with Mark Thompson Brandt, OAA, RAIC, CAHP, LEED AP, Principal, Senior Conservation Architect & Urbanist, MTBA Associates
First Nations Perspectives on Environmental conservation
Presented with:
Dr. Agnes Pawlowska-Mainville, BA, MA, PhD, Associate Professor, First Nations Studies, University of Northern BC
First Peoples’ Cultural Council
Climate Adaptation: A Framework for Action
Intangible Heritage in a Tangible World: Writing the Playbook
Thursday, May 27
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- Cody Groat: Indigenous Heritage Circle; Department of History, Simon Fraser University
- Don Luxton: Donald Luxton & Associates
- George P. Nicholas: Department of Archaeology Simon Fraser University
- Agnes Pawlowska-Mainville: University of Northern BC; Member International Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage ICOMOS
- Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra: South Asian Studies Institute, University of Fraser Valley
- Katharine Turvey: Canadian Commission for UNESCO
- David Schimpky, Director of Secretariat at Canadian Commission for UNESCO
- Bill Yuen, Executive Director, Heritage Vancouver
- Adrian Sinclair, Director of Engagement, Vancouver Mural Festival
- Krystal Paraboo, Curator, Vancouver Mural Festival
- Sherri Kajiwara, Director/Curator, Nikkei National Museum
- Imogene Lim, PhD, Department of Anthropology, Vancouver Island University
- Michael Schwartz, Director of Community Engagement, Jewish Museum and Archives of BC
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Annual General Meeting
Dogwood Heritage Society of BC, dba Heritage BC
Friday, May 28 at 1:00pm
Business will include a management report, presentation of financial statements, and nominations for the board of directors.
Conference registration is not required to attend the AGM. Members in good standing will be able to participate in the proceedings. Register here for the 2021 AGM. Become a Heritage BC member.
Heritage BC is proud to have the support of these leading businesses:
The schedule and program may change without notice. Conference information will be updated on a regular basis.