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ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONS





The Association for Preservation Technology International (APT) is a multi-disciplinary, membership organization dedicated to promoting the best technology for protecting historic structures and their settings. Membership in APT provides exceptional opportunities for networking and the exchange of ideas.

APT’s mission is to advance appropriate traditional and new technologies to care for, protect, and promote the longevity of the built environment and to cultivate the exchange of knowledge throughout the international community.

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The National Trust is an independent national charity that empowers communities to save and renew heritage places.

We empower local heritage sites with game-changing coaching and expertise, we inspire travellers with beautiful historic places to visit and discover, and we challenge the status quo to keep useful older and heritage buildings out of landfill.

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The Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals (CAHP) is a national membership-based organization that serves qualified heritage professionals in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. CAHP establishes standards of practice, shares knowledge about heritage conservation, and supports the involvement of heritage professionals whenever places of heritage value are being identified, preserved, restored and rehabilitated.

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The IHC is an Indigenous-designed and Indigenous-led organization founded in 2016. We are dedicated to the advancement of cultural heritage priorities that are of importance to Métis, Inuit, and First Nations Peoples in Canada.

The IHC aims to respond to the needs of Indigenous communities in support of a systemic shift in approaches to Indigenous cultural heritage in Canada. The IHC sees its role as providing sustainable and long-term sources of support, advocacy, and education about Indigenous cultural heritage.

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