- Heritage 101
- Advocacy
- Accessibility for Historic Places
- Climate & Sustainability
- Cultural Maps
- Heritage Place Conservation
- Heritage Policy & Legislation
- Homeowners
- Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Reconciliation
- Indigenous Cultural Heritage
- Setting the Bar: A Reconciliation Guide for Heritage
- 1. Heritage and Reconciliation Pledge
- 2. Acknowledging Land and People
- 3. Celebrating Days of Recognition and Commemoration
- 4. With a Commitment to Learn
- 5. Committing to Strategic Organizational Diversity
- 6. Mission-Making Room for Reconciliation
- 7. Possession, Interpretation, Repatriation and Cultural Care
- 8. Shared Decision Making
- 9. Statements of Significance and other heritage planning documents
- 10. Heritage Conservation Tools, Local Government Act
- Racism: Do Not Let the Forgetting Prevail
- Taking Action: resources for diversity and inclusion
- Webinars On-Demand
Webinars for Heritage Commissions, Committees and Local Governments
A selection of webinars for members of Heritage Commissions, Committees and Local Governments who want to gain skills and knowledge for your work in local heritage conservation and advocacy.
Advocacy and Politicians
Learn how to engage politicians in effective advocacy to engage them meaningfully with the goals and values in the cultural heritage sector in British Columbia.
Go to WebinarBringing the Power of Heritage to Climate Action
Learn about the power of embodied carbon, why cultural heritage should play a role in climate action and how heritage sector can address climate chaos through prevention, mitigation and adaptation.
go to webinarBuilding Communities with Social Purpose Real Estate
Learn about the role that Heritage could play in addressing affordability and Non-Profit access to space through partnerships in social purpose real estate.
go to webinarCommunity Engagement
Learn about the importance of community consultation and effective approaches and techniques to help you engage with your community in meaningful ways.
Go to WebinarExploring Incentives
Learn about the insights on the successes, challenges and best practices that two researches observed when reviewing incentive programs that promote heritage conservation.
go to webinarGoing Forward: Connections and Engagement in the Virtual World
Learn about how to best use digital tools to generate excellent visitors experiences, and hear reflections on the Future Perfect research project on how to create engaging virtual, and hybrid programs.
Go to WebinarGrant Writing for Success
Learn to spend your time writing grants wisely and maximize your chances of receiving funding, with information on grant resources and databases, and a walkthrough the full grant writing process.
go to webinarHeritage Conservation Areas in BC
Introduction to the concept of Heritage Conservation Areas (HCAs), including an overview of the legal framework, the features and benefits of developing one and examples from in BC.
go to webinarHeritage Legislation in British Columbia
A high-level overview of Part 15 of the Local Government Act and of Part 2 of the Heritage Conservation Act, and examples of how heritage legislation applies to panelists work on a daily basis.
go to webinarHeritage Real Estate: Principles and Practices
An overview of the considerations to take into account when dealing with heritage real estate, including property valuations, insurance, risk management, and more.
Go to WebinarHeritage Revitalization Agreements: Case Studies
Learn about what is an HRA, and the cases and scenarios where an HRA would benefit and be useful for a community or heritage property owner.
go to webinarIntangible Cultural Heritage: The Advocates
Learn what is and what is not intangible heritage, and what new developments should we be incorporating into the practice of intangible cultural heritage in BC.
go to webinarIntangible Cultural Heritage: The Innovators
Learn about new ground that heritage practitioners are breaking in Intangible Cultural Heritage work, and learn how community-based inventorying process can add value for communities.
go to webinarMaking the Case for Heritage & Culture
Learn about a framework that you can use to make your case using the value triangle, and tips for how to develop it and present it to your intended audience.
go to webinarMapping Heritage: Uncovering Community
Explore case studies of mapping projects across BC and how maps can be used to document heritage and share it with your community.
go to webinarMore Than Meets the Eye: Why Heritage Projects Have Such Diverse Outcomes
Discussion of the challenges and opportunities facing heritage conservation projects provides clarity on the different elements that professionals are navigating when executing these projects.
go to webinarThe Reality of Inclusion when Collaborating and Partnering with Indigenous Neighbours
Learn what about some actions that can make partnership with Indigenous groups successful, including the willingness to work in discomfort, using Indigenous tools, the importance of consensual language and more.
go to webinarUnique Cultures • Unique Communities • Unique Collaborations
Learn the Best Practices in Indigenous Engagement through a hands-on workshop based on a document co-published in 2019 with the Canadian Commission for UNESCO.
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