The goal of the 2024 Heritage Conservation Symposium is to share original research, case studies, performances, design projects, and other forms of creative production that examine the intersections of social justice and heritage studies. Presentations will explore how heritage can reconcile with challenging pasts of social injustice, cultural erasure and discrimination, and how an intersectional approach to heritage can lead […]

Join  guest speaker Paul Couvrette as he recounts the legacy of his friends and colleagues, the Karsh brothers who came to Ottawa as Armenian refugees and built careers as word-acclaimed photographers.

The exhibition Net-Work is a socially-engaged fibre art installation that has drawn widespread interest and participation across Canada and worldwide. Embodying the vast underground webs of mycorrhizal fungi and roots that enable symbiotic tree interaction, this collaborative project functions as a collective expression of care for our non- human kin.

Learn the basics of hand quilting and create your own colorful patchwork coaster (approximately 4”- 4.5” square) under the guidance of a textile artist from the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum. This workshop will focus on beginner-friendly hand quilting techniques but all skill levels are welcome.