Track 4/Volet 4

CS4.4: Taking Action on Heritage and Social Justice

Saturday, November 16, 2024

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST

CE: 1.5

Session Chair(s)

Susan Ross, OAQ, FAPT (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
Carleton University

Speaker(s)

Graham Cubitt

Director of Projects & Development, Indwell & President, Flourish
Indwell, Canada
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Naomi Kent

Program Coordinator
Africville Museum, Canada
Emma Lang, MA (she/her/hers)

Executive Director
Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia, Canada
Melissa Lee, Ph.D

Chief Executive Officer
Chinese Canadian Museum, Canada
David Siebert

Researcher
Heritage Saskatchewan, Canada

This session has qualified for 1.5 LU Credits

This session will explore roles for heritage activities in addressing social justice as demonstrated by small organizations and governments working with communities across Canada. This will include questions of diverse community representation, addressing historic racism, countering ongoing erasure, the roles of youth groups and cross-cultural work, methodology for community work and partnership with Indigenous communities for reconciliation. Specific contexts include heritage museums, built heritage, affordable housing and living heritage in Vancouver, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan and Ontario.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion participants will be able to : Explain the importance and value of heritage-based learning sites and communities telling their own histories.
Upon completion participants will be able to : Identify practical ways to counter erasure and underrepresentation of formal or informally recognized built heritage sites.
Upon completion participants will be able to : Summarize some of the key metrics for assessing heritage buildings as housing conversion projects.
Upon completion participants will be able to : Describe the dynamics of reconciliation in action such as flexibility and being responsive to the pace of the community.

Presentations:

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM EST

(CS4.4) Our Voices, Our Stories: The first Chinese Canadian Museum in Canada
Speaker: Melissa K. Lee, Ph.D – Chinese Canadian Museum
Session Chair: Susan Ross, OAQ, FAPT (she/her/hers) – Carleton University
11:20 AM – 11:40 AM EST

(CS4.4) 1 by 1, 2 by 2: How Small Organizations Can Improve Representation in Built Heritage Preservation
Speaker: Emma Lang, MA (she/her/hers) – Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia
Speaker: Naomi Kent – Africville Museum
Session Chair: Susan Ross, OAQ, FAPT (she/her/hers) – Carleton University
11:40 AM – 12:00 PM EST

(CS4.4) Adapting Heritage Buildings into Supportive Housing to Meet Canada's Homelessness Crisis
Speaker: Graham Cubitt – Indwell
Session Chair: Susan Ross, OAQ, FAPT (she/her/hers) – Carleton University
12:00 PM – 12:20 PM EST

(CS4.4) Relationship Building and Reconciliation through Living Heritage
Speaker: David T. Siebert – Heritage Saskatchewan
Session Chair: Susan Ross, OAQ, FAPT (she/her/hers) – Carleton University