On Saturday, November 5th, from 9:00am – 4:30pm in room #308 of Metro Hall (55 John Street) the Community Preservation Panels of the City of Toronto are hosting a discussion about how Cultural Heritage Landscapes (CHL’s) should be approached as part of city building and heritage conservation processes.
Cultural Heritage Landscapes are defined by the province as “a defined geographical area of cultural heritage significance that has been modified by human activities and is valued by a community”
The subject is timely as recent updates to Toronto’s Official Plan create stronger direction for the protection of CHL’s in the city.
The Forum is being organized to raise an awareness of the issues surrounding the topic and to inspire the development of what could become a Toronto Cultural Heritage Landscape Guideline. Members of the public are welcome to attend and are encouraged to actively participate in the sessions and discussions, which are focused around the questions:
What are they and why are they important?
What is our experience? and
How do we protect them?
Forum Speakers:
Carolyn King, Former Chief of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation
Julian Smith, Architect and Director, Willowbank Centre for Cultural Landscape
Brendan Stewart, Landscape Architect and Urban Designer, ERA Architects
Wendy Shearer, landscape Architect, Cultural Heritage Specialist
Stephen Robinson, Senior Heritage Planner, City of Guelph
Mark Warrack, Manager of Culture and Planning, City of Mississauga
Catherine Nasmith, Architect and President, ACO
Madeleine McDowell, Educator and Heritage Advocate
Micahel McClelland, Founding Principal, ERA Architects and Member, Advisory Council of the Cultural Landscape Foundation
Mary MacDonald, Senior manager, Heritage Preservation Services, City of Toronto
Commentator:
Paul Bedford, Urban Mentor, Former Chief Planner, City of Toronto
Moderator:
Alex Bozikovic, Architecture Critic, The Globe and Mail
