Educators

National Roundtable on Heritage Education

The National Roundtable on Heritage Education was founded in 2004 with a mandate to:
• understand the current state of heritage education in Canada;
• strengthen the heritage education field by better understanding the market demand for heritage skills;
• establish a means for exchange between heritage educators that fosters inter-institutional co-operation.

The Roundtable meets annually to discuss topics of importance and to set priorities for the upcoming year. Since 2007, a Roundtable Steering Committee has been charged with advancing the aims of the Roundtable and to guide the subcommittees responsible for work on its priority areas. Current subcommittees: (1) Ethics and Professional Competencies; (2) Resources and Training; (3) Research and Publishing.

The next Roundtable meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 30, 2010 in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Annual Roundtable Meeting Notes [hotlinks to pdfs]:
• 2004
• 2007
• 2008
• 2009

Roundtable contact: Chris Wiebe, Roundtable Coordinator, Heritage Canada Foundation cwiebe@heritagecanada.org Tel: 613-237-1066 x227

Roundtable Steering Committee:
Chair, Claudine Déom (School of Architecture, Université de Montréal)
Vice-Chair, Shelley Huson (Willowbank School of Restoration Arts)
Past-Chair, Robert Shipley (School of Planning, University of Waterloo)
Lyse Blanchet (Heritage Conservation Directorate, PWGSC)
Helen Edwards (Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals)
Stephen Fai (School of Architecture, Carleton University)
Mehdi Ghafouri (Humanities Department, Vanier College)
Yew-Thong Leong (Dept. of Architectural Science, Ryerson University)
Andrew MacAdam (Heritage Carpentry, Nova Scotia Community College)
Robert Pajot (Heritage Conservation Directorate, PWGSC)
Rod Stutt (Architectural Heritage and Building Renovation, Saskatchewan Institute of Science and Technology)
Brenda Weatherston (Heritage Conservation Planning, University of Victoria)
Donald Wetherell (Historical Resources Management Centre for Integrated Studies, Athabasca University)

Roundtable Participants:
Victoria Angel (Federal Heritage Buildings Review Office, PWGSC)
Ronald Bean (Conestoga College)
Ian Brodie (Heritage and Culture, Cape Breton University)
Christina Cameron (Canada Research Chair on Built Heritage, Université de Montréal)
Masha Etkind (Dept. of Architectural Science, Ryerson University)
Julia Gersovitz (School of Architecture, McGill University)
Andrew Jeanes (Ontario Ministry of Culture)
Tania Martin (School of Architecture, Université Laval)
Gregory Monks (Anthropology, University of Manitoba)
David Osborne (Heritage Institute, Algonquin College)
Michael Ripmeester (Brock University)
Christophe Rivet (Parks Canada)
Susan Ross (Heritage Conservation Directorate, PWGSC)
Julian Smith (Willowbank School of Restoration Arts)
Tom Urbaniak (Political Science, Cape Breton University)
François Varin (Fondation Rue Principales)