ICOMOS Common Dignity Rights-Based Approaches Working Group would like to announce the upcoming Heritage Thursdays webinar series that explores People-Centred Approaches to Cultural Heritage. People-Centred Approaches recognise communities at the heart of heritage management. They promote taking a wide consideration that relies not only on experts, but opens … Read More
ICOMOS Canada is proud to partner with HACSA-Canada to celebrate African World Heritage Day. We will celebrate African World Heritage Day on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 in North America and the Caribbean. The theme chosen this year by the African … Read More
As organizations committed to preserving Canada’s Historic Places, ICOMOS Canada, the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals and the National Historic Sites Alliance support several items in Budget 2021, but call on the Federal Government to place greater importance on the … Read More
From April 15 – 21, ICOMOS Canada, in partnership with Parks Canada and CCUNESCO, is coordinating a series of events for the 2021 edition of the International Day for Monuments Sites and World Heritage Day. The theme for this year … Read More
The ICOMOS Canada and the Indigenous Heritage Circle are coordinating the 2021 International Online Workshop on Indigenous Heritage to launch the ICOMOS Working Group on Indigenous Heritage. The three-day workshop will consist of keynote speakers, panel discussions, breakout discussions, and … Read More
There are many challenges in addressing Indigenous Heritage. Our first discussion, Place, Nature, Culture, and Environment, intends to focus on the challenges related to the separation of natural and cultural heritage. As Stefan Disko suggests “some of the strongest criticism … Read More
Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 3:30PM – 5:30PM EST Many challenges related to identification and presentation of Indigenous heritage arise from differences in understanding key World Heritage concepts, such as, “outstanding”, “exceptional”, “universal” and “authenticity”. Considering this, the webinar discussion, Authenticity … Read More
December 15, 2020 | 3:30PM – 5:30PM EST There are many challenges in approaching Indigenous heritage through the lens of established heritage discourse. The second webinar discussion in our series, organized with US ICOMOS, is focused on the themes of … Read More
Getty Graduate Internships are offered in the four programs of the J. Paul Getty Trust—the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Research Institute, the Getty Conservation Institute, and the Getty Foundation, as well as in Getty Publications and GettyDigital—to graduate … Read More
In 2007, the Parliament of Canada proclaimed October Canadian Islamic History Month. ICOMOS Canada would like to recognize the important contribution of Muslim-Canadians in Canada’s history for more than a century and highlight the tangible heritage that the communities have … Read More