The Applied Museum Studies program
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of Algonquin College launched its inaugural Speakers Series with presentations by Greg Hill, president of the Canadian Association of Professional Conservators (CAPC) and Silvia Kindl, president of the Canadian Association for the Conservation of Cultural Property (CAC).
Topics included the benefits of accreditation, affiliation with professional conservation organizations and making the transition to the workforce. Both presentations were very well received with over 40 heritage professionals in attendance and dozens more following online, via the live video stream. The Q & A session was very lively supplemented with questions via the #AMSConservation twitter account.
Following the presentations a social was hosted at the Algonquin College Observatory lounge with speaker attendees and numerous heritage professionals in attendance.
Both presentations can be viewed at the following site;
The AMS Speaker Series will continue in November with a focus on “Unique Conservation Projects”. These events are inclusive and ALL heritage professionals are welcome to attend in person our virturally, online via the live stream or twitter.
Is there a list of November/December speakers available? I would be interested in attending…
Graduated from Museum Tech in 1989! Have worked at CMC, LAC, The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, and am presently the Collections Manager at The Carleton Place and Beckwith Museum!
Jennifer, I apologize for not responding earlier. We did have a second set of speakers in December. Michael Eisen from Parks Canada spoke on the conservation of federal plaques and Diana Komejan on the conservation of Scott expedition huts in Antarctica.
I will post a link to these talks shortly.
We will be hosting additional talks in the New Year so stay tuned. If you would like to be added to our electronic mail out list please feel free to drop me a line at Terry.Quinlan@algonquincollege.com
Cheers
Terry