Heritage Lunch and Learn | Spring 2022

VHF’s Heritage Lunch and Learn series will continue in virtual format this spring on select Thursdays from 12pm to 1pm. Learn about the state of heritage and conservation projects in Vancouver today with experts in architecture and design, conservation, city planning and other related fields.

Thursday, April 21st | Expanding Relevance through Decolonizing Heritage

Join Rena Soutar, Manager of Decolonization, Arts & Culture at the Vancouver Park Board and Julia Hulbert, Arts & Culture Planner at the Vancouver Park Board for a conversation on the expanding relevance of heritage. This lunch-time conversation will introduce how the field of heritage planning can begin to decolonize and reckon with difficult histories.

Thursday, May 12th | The Uncomfortable Reality of Inclusion, Collaboration and Partnership with Indigenous Neighbours

Janice Alpine, Ktunaxa Nation Business Development Officer/Tourism Engagement, and Elana Zysblat, BCAHP - Heritage Consultant, Ance Building Services, first collaborated through the Fernie Heritage Strategy  project. This working relationship was unprecedented on both sides. Although there were uncomfortable exchanges of views and language, it resulted in shared lessons and conclusions about how Indigenous and non-indigenous professionals can work together effectively. After anecdotal recounting of the collaboration in their own networks, they each began to receive requests to talk about their work together that could potentially support others in building working relationships with their Indigenous neighbours.

Join Janice and Elana for this illustrated presentation on how the Ktunaxa finally became the tellers of their own story in the Fernie Heritage Strategy, the speakers' ongoing work together today, and a list of their shared understandings on this type of collaboration, both for Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants. They will also share some tips, including: “Truth” comes first in TRC; Willingness to Work in Discomfort; How Beginnings Matter; Consensual Language; Taking the Time and Valuing Difficult Perspectives.

This event is presented virtually through Zoom. Please ensure you enter a valid email address when registering. Details on how to join the Zoom webinar will be sent to registered participants in the confirmation receipt and reminder emails. If you have not received the Zoom webinar link before the event day, please check your spam folder or contact us at mail@vancouverheritagefoundation.org.

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