Heritage conservation in Canada has never felt more critically important, whether it’s recognizing marginalized places, responding to the climate emergency, or helping sustain the sense of place, pride, and wellbeing of communities. And yet Canada’s heritage movement is under unprecedented pressures: from social disruption and calls to resolve inequities, to seismic economic or environmental shifts, to rapid intensification for housing. How to navigate this societal sea change? Where is heritage now, and where does it need to be? Now is a time for the full spectrum of the “heritage eco-system” – non-profits to professionals, government to educational institutions and industry – to come together, and rearticulate the value of sustaining and reinventing our heritage places. Now is the time for action. 

Architects will find rich opportunities for professional development with 4 tracks of concurrent sessions on the following themes:

• Heritage Practice in the Marketplace: Housing, Adaptive Reuse, and Systems Change
  
• The Power of Place and Story: Voices, Built Heritage, and the Land.
  
• Climate Adaptation, Decarbonization, and Material Value: Forging a Heritage Path
  
• Strengthening the Heritage Sector: Expanding the Heritage Workforce and Breaking Down Silos