Ontario Heritage Conference Programmes
Dear Delegates
We have put together detailed descriptions of each session in our programme to help you select the ones which most suit your interests.
In the programme pages you will find a summary of each presentation. You will also find short biographies of each of the presenters. Once you have had a look at these details you may want to use our Short Programme Summary to make your own personal conference schedule.
On the contact page you will find email addresses and telephone numbers of committee members who will be happy to direct you to any further information you may need to make your stay in Chatham-Kent at the 2010 Ontario Heritage Conference as enjoyable as possible.
John S. Taylor - Chair
Programme – Long Form
Programme – Long Form
Ontario Heritage Conference 2010
FRIDAY 11TH JUNE
ACTIVE START TO THE DAY
7.00 am to 8.00 am – architectural tour by bicycle led by Councillor Bill Weaver
Departure from the University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus in front of the Rudy H. Brown Building – route will depend on weather and skills of riders.
A link to self-guided tours will be available on the web site.
8.00 am to 9.00 am – registration and coffee
Music by award-winning local guitarist, Tom Lockwood
PARTNERS’ PROGRAMME
9.00am – depart by bus from in front of Ridgetown Campus Rudy H. Brown Building accompanied by noted local historian Jim Gilbert.
Visit - St. Peter’s Church Tilbury 1896 religious centre for historic French-Canadian parish.
- Buxton National Historic Site & Museum – site of black Elgin Settlement, established 1849 – a terminus of the Underground Railroad.
- Smith & Wilson Estate Wines – tour of family owned winery and lunch
2.30pm – arrive back in Ridgetown
FOR EVERYONE
9:00 am to10:00 am
Welcome and Keynote Address:
Rural Roots • Rural Routes: Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. John Ikerd, agricultural economist
Ridgetown Campus, Rudy H. Brown Building
Dr. Ikerd asserts “people are no less dependent on the earth and each other today than in earlier agrarian communities. Thankfully, people are beginning to realise we must protect, conserve, and regenerate the things of the earth if we are to sustain the future of humanity.” In his talk he will explore ways in which we are putting down new social, cultural, and economic roots in “communities of place” as well as forming “communities of interest”.
Q & A from 10.00 am to 10.30 am
BREAK
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Marketplace
Farmz on Wheels
OFF CAMPUS EXCURSION SESSIONS*
11 am to 2.00 pm – Barns
Barns of Chatham-Kent
Mark Davidson
Howard Township
A workshop in an historic 1830’s barn on the Green-Cameron property, 13770 Talbot Road in Howard Township with Mark Davidson of Whippletree Barns. Mark is an expert in building, moving, refurbishing and adapting barns. Look with Mark at construction details and discuss what could be done to repair this important early rural structure. Bring your questions about barn construction and how to approach repairs.
Bus and boxed lunch included in this session
12.00 noon to 3.00 pm – Kent County Architecture
Carolinian Cottages – From Century Homes to Mid-Century Modern, A Tour of Rondeau Architecture
Alysson Storey
Rondeau Provincial Park
A guided tour of over 100 years of cottages in Rondeau Provincial Park including several designed by Chatham-Kent architect Joe Storey. The tour concludes with a visit to a “reclamation of wetlands” provincial research project on a nearby private farm. The owner welcomes delegates to visit his renowned lotus and native water plant gardens.
Round table discussion about sustainable living and architecture.
Bus and boxed lunch included in this session
12 noon to 3.00 pm – Youth Programme
Architectural Photographic Safari – maximum 20 participants
Dan Reaume
Area south of Ridgetown
Participants will get tips on effectively photographing interiors, exteriors and streetscapes as well as on how photography can supplement historical records. Your subjects will be an early barn with silo and corncrib, a restored 1855 timber-frame home and the 1854 Trinity Anglican Church with memorial cairn to poet Archibald Lampman.
Bring your own digital camera, lens, tripod and questions.
Although this is part of the Youth Programme this session is open to everyone.
Bus and boxed lunch included in this session
* All excursions will finish on time for participants to get back to campus for the panel discussion starting at 3.30 pm
ON CAMPUS MORNING BREAK-OUT SESSIONS*
11.00 am to 12.30 pm – Places of Worship
Ontario Heritage Trust: Places of Worship Inventory
Sean Fraser, Ontario Heritage Trust Manager, Acquisitions & Conservation Services
Ridgetown Campus, Rudy H. Brown Building
This practical interactive workshop will describe the origins of the Ontario Heritage Trust Places of Worship Inventory and how it can be used. Learn how to register places of worship, expanding detailed records of a building and share your research with a wider audience.
11.00 am to 12.00 noon – Green Programme
Heritage is Green
Lloyd Alter, President ACO
Ridgetown Campus, Rudy H. Brown Building
Old buildings are important not just because they are lovable, but also because they are durable, flexible and frugal. They provide not only lessons from the past but are a template for the future.
12.00 noon to 12.30 pm – Q & A
11.00 am to 12.00 noon – Kent County Architecture
Castles, Cottages and other Constructions: 19th Century Architecture in Chatham-Kent
Lisa Gilbert, local Historian
Ridgetown Campus, Rudy H. Brown Building
Lisa Gilbert will take you on a virtual tour of the rich store of nineteenth century architecture present in Chatham-Kent. She will begin with the earliest examples of buildings still extant here and continue by touring you through the various neo-classical styles, on to the Gothic, Italianate, Second Empire and other styles from the latter part of the nineteenth century. She will focus particularly on the myriad of Queen Anne structures in our municipality and whet your appetite for actual driving tours of your own in the future.
12.00 noon to 12.30 pm – Q & A
* each talk will finish on time to allow participants to join the excursions to Rondeau, to barns or to take the photographic safari. Q & A follows for those who choose not to take an excursion.
LUNCH BREAK
12.30 pm to 2.00 pm
Farmz on Wheels
Marketplace
Book Signing
ON CAMPUS AFTERNOON BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
2.00 pm to 3.00 pm – Places of Worship
Architectural Expressions of Denominational Differences in Chatham Churches
Professor Dr. Malcolm Thurlby, of York University
Ridgetown Campus, Rudy H. Brown Building
Dr. Thurlby investigates Christ Church Anglican (1861) and Holy Trinity Anglican (1877-78) against the background of the principles of the Ecclesiological Society established in the 1840s, and subsequent developments in High Victorian church architecture in England. We examine the adaptation of medieval Gothic models for the designs of Park Street Methodist (United) (1870), the Baptist Church (1874), and St Andrew’s Presbyterian (1869/1880). St Joseph’s Roman Catholic (1886) by Toronto-based architect, Joseph Connolly, is considered in relation to ultramontane principles of the Catholic Church and Irish neo-classical sources. We explore First Presbyterian Church (1892) against planning for non-conformist churches devised in England by James Cubitt (1870), and Romanesque churches designed by American architect Henry Hobson Richardson and his followers. In conclusion, it will be emphasised that the methodological principles used in this paper may be applied to the study of Ontario heritage churches in general.
3.00 pm to 3.30 pm – Q & A
2.00 pm to 3.00 pm – Barns
Barn Raisings: Preserving Ontario’s Rural Heritage
Dr. John Carter, Ministry of Tourism and Culture
Ridgetown Campus, Rudy H. Brown Building
Barns, as part of our built heritage, have often been neglected or overlooked, and, at best, remain a curiosity for many – yet farming has been an important part of Ontario’s history and barns are an integral part of our province’s agricultural heritage. John will show examples of barns he has photographed over a 20 year period and will speak about how barns disappear, how they were created, and investigate different types of barns, outbuildings and their uses.
3.30 pm to 3.30 pm – Q & A
2.00 pm to 3.30 pm – Green Programme
Perspectives on the Restoration of Canada Southern Railway Station, St. Thomas
Laurence Grant, Historian; Chris Harvey, Executive Director of North American Railway Hall of Fame; Edward Vandermaarel, heritage architect
Moderator Glenn Miller, Director of Canadian Urban Institute
Ridgetown Campus, Rudy H. Brown Building
A panel discussion: three perspectives on the restoration of Canada Southern Railway Station, St. Thomas – fund development, financial viability and people; architectural conservation and adaptation for new uses; historic interpretation and heritage reuse.
FOR EVERYONE
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm – Green Programme
Green Energy: Options, the Act, and the Approval Process
Dr. Gordon Nelson, ecologist; Dr. James Young, environmentalist; Penny Young, Heritage Planner with Ministry of Tourism & Culture
Moderator: Paul King, President of CHO
Ridgetown Campus, Rudy H. Brown Building
A high level panel discussion on green energy – what are our future options for green energy? What is the Renewable Energy approval process of the Green Energy Act? And how will the Green Energy Act impact on rural heritage sites?
5.00 pm to 6.00 pm
Reception and Official Remarks
in Private View of “Celebrating Canadian Rural Living” Desmond Juried Art Exhibition and Sale
Ridgetown Campus, Alumni Lounge in the Agronomy Building
Official Remarks by
Chair John Taylor
Mayor Randy Hope
Director of Economic Development, Kathy Weiss
Wine by local estate winery Smith & Wilson
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Taste of Kent Banquet
Local food prepared by award-winning Chef Raymond
Keynote Speaker – award-winning author Katherine Ashenburg
Ridgetown Campus –
Music by guitarist Sarah Hiltz
9.00 pm to 10pm
Blues and jazz in Ridgetown Campus pub
Chatham Ghost Walk by Lantern light
Sheila Gibbs, local Historian
- Start from RetroSuites Hotel, Chatham – minimum 10 people
- $10 per person in advance – $15 booking on the day before noon.
A one hour walk through the oldest and most haunted sections of Chatham with your costumed guide who will share well-documented tales of Chatham of long ago.
Book directly through Sheila Gibbs at sgibbs@ciaccess.com
or 1.519.351.2958
SATURDAY 12TH JUNE
ACTIVE START TO THE DAY
7.00 am to 8.00 am – architectural tour by bicycle led by Councillor Bill Weaver
Departure from the University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus in front of the Rudy H. Brown Building – route will depend on weather and skills of riders.
A link to self-guided tours will be available on the web site.
PARTNERS’ PROGRAMME
9.00am – depart by bus from in front of Ridgetown Campus Rudy H. Brown Building accompanied by noted local historian Jim Gilbert.
Visit - Uncle Tom’s Cabin now owned by Ontario Heritage Trust – commemorates Rev. Josiah Henson,
- Fairfield Museum, 1792 settlement, one of oldest in south western Ontario. Shawnee Chief Tecumseh was killed within sight of the village during Battle of the Thames – decisive in War of 1812.
- Parks Blueberries and Country Store – family-owned award-winning centre. Agri tour and lunch
- Pass by Tecumseh Monument
2.30pm – arrive back in Ridgetown
FOR EVERYONE
9:00 am to 10.00 am
Welcome and Keynote – Green Programme
Back to the Future: Heritage-Based Rural Development in the USA
James Lindberg, American National Trust
Ridgetown Campus, Rudy H. Brown Building
Faced with job losses in agriculture, manufacturing, fishing and forestry, many rural leaders are seeking a new economic base. Starkly different choices are emerging, including some that ignore or even destroy historic rural communities and landscapes. How can we position heritage conservation as a key principle of successful rural development? Recent experience in the US suggests some possible approaches.
10.00 am to 10.30 am – Q & A
BREAK
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Farmz on Wheels
Marketplace
OFF CAMPUS EXCURSION SESSIONS
11.00 am to 3.00 pm – Places of Worship
Preservation through Transformation: Highgate United Church as a Case Study in adaptive reuse
Team organised by Ontario Heritage Trust: Mark Warrack, Heritage Planner; James Knight, Heritage Engineer; Peter Stewart, Heritage Architect; Mike Marcolongo, Economic Development Specialist; Barry Stephenson, researcher in religion & ritual
Facilitators: Beth Hanna and Sean Fraser from Ontario Heritage Trust
Highgate United Church, 87 Main Street West, Highgate
Highgate United Church will be deconsecrated in July 2010. A small committee is working to transform it into a multi-use cultural centre.
This workshop will examine issues, challenges and opportunities associated with this church in preparation for a change in use; outline a possible process for decision-making going forward; examine approaches which may be applied to other places of worship seeking successful adaptive reuse.
Buses from the Ridgetown campus and a luncheon with fresh-from-the-fields local produce are included in this session.
12.00 noon to 3.00 pm – Kent County Architecture
Chatham’s Historic Downtown Architecture
James Brown & Kim Storey, Principals of Brown & Storey, Toronto
Capitol Theatre, King Street, Chatham
James Brown and Kim Storey bring their cross-disciplinary expertise as architects and urban designers to focus on the integrated heritage aspects of Chatham-Kent. During the bus tour from Ridgetown to Chatham they will introduce concepts of landscape heritage and its potential to create stronger connections within the many communities of Chatham-Kent. This theme will be continued in more detail in their presentation at the Capitol Theatre – looking at the spatial interconnections between Chatham’s historic downtown with its landmarks of the Thames River and Tecumseh Park, and its interconnection through time looking at the legacy of both 19th century and the 20th century architecture of Kim’s father, Joseph Storey.
Bus and boxed lunch of local produce included in tour
12 noon to 2.30 pm – Youth Programme
Architectural Photographic Safari – maximum 20 participants
Dan Reaume
Area south of Ridgetown
Participants will get tips on effectively photographing interiors, exteriors and streetscapes as well as on how photography can supplement historical records. Your subjects will be an early barn with silo and corncrib, a restored 1855 timber-frame home and the 1854 Trinity Anglican Church with memorial cairn to poet Archibald Lampman.
Bring your own digital camera, lens, tripod and questions.
Although this is part of the Youth Programme this session is open to everyone.
Bus and boxed lunch included in this session
ON CAMPUS MORNING BREAK-OUT SESSIONS*
11.00 am to 12.00 noon – Youth Programme
Crowd-Sourcing Your Collections: Using Wikis in Small Museums
Tim Compeau, PhD Candidate, University of Western Ontario
Ridgetown Campus, Rudy H. Brown Building
A workshop examining the many uses of wikis in historical research and interpretation of artefacts in museums while considering the implications of wikis for heritage advocacy groups. Using his significant experience in digital history, Tim will describe some success stories and explore how wikis can inspire creativity, encourage cohesion and bring together historians from the public and academic spheres. He will give examples of various styles of wikis and methods for using them
12.00 noon to 12.30 pm – Q & A
11.00 am to 12.00 noon – Barns
Adaptive Reuse of Barns
Bill Beaton, Loyalist Timber Framing
Ridgetown Campus, Rudy H. Brown Building
Following a brief description of barn types Bill Beaton will examine common repairs required and implementation of repair techniques, focusing on the “square rule” method and its use in adapting barn frames for alternate uses. Conversions of barns into different uses will be illustrated highlighting some of the pitfalls encountered and solutions employed utilising traditional and modern techniques.
12.00 noon to 12.30 pm – Q & A
11.00 am to 12.00 noon – Kent County Architecture
From Provincial to Local Significance: Henry Langley and T.J. Rutley: Two Influential Architects in Chatham-Kent
Candace Iron
Ridgetown Campus, Rudy H. Brown Building
Architectural heritage has become a central point of contention for historians and localised communities in Canada, as historic buildings are slowly disappearing or being adapted for reuse. In Ontario these buildings were in many instances designed by provincially significant architects, such as Henry Langley (1836-1907), who designed well over 90 churches throughout Ontario, including the now demolished Erie Street Methodist (United) Church, Ridgetown. While architects like Langley garner a great degree of attention as they produced a large number of important buildings, architects with smaller, localised practices are often largely overlooked amongst architectural historians. This has been the case with T.J. Rutley (1847-1910), a local architect out of Chatham who designed more than 35 buildings in Chatham-Kent.
This paper will examine a sampling of buildings from both of these important architects while paying particular attention to their provenance and highlighting the architects’ roles in the architectural heritage of Ontario.
12.00 noon to 12.30 pm – Q & A
* each talk will finish in time to join the excursion to Chatham or the architectural safari. Delegates choosing not to go on an excursion may participate in Q & A after on campus presentations.
LUNCH BREAK
12.30 pm to 2.00 pm
Farmz on Wheels
Marketplace
Book Signing
ON CAMPUS AFTERNOON BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
2.00 pm to 3.00 pm – Barns
Giving a Barn a Job: the BARN AGAIN! programme
James Lindberg – American National Trust
Ridgetown Campus, Rudy H. Brown Building
Historic barns are evocative symbols of our rural past. Many barns are beautiful and architecturally significant. But how functional are these structures in today’s agricultural practice? Has modern agriculture left the traditional barn behind? Perhaps, but hopeful trends are emerging that may allow many historic barns to remain productively “employed.” This session will provide an overview of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s BARN AGAIN! Program, as well as other initiatives to save historic barns in the US.
3.00 pm to 3.30 pm – Q & A
2.00 pm to 3.00 pm – Kent County Architecture
A Shadow On the Household: one enslaved Family’s incredible struggle for Freedom
Bryan and Shannon Prince – local historians of black history
Ridgetown Campus, Rudy H. Brown Building
Bryan & Shannon Prince will share the true story of the enslaved Weems family who were cruelly sold and separated across the south. However, thanks in large part to British sympathisers who adopted their cause, funds were raised to purchase the individual family members allowing them to be reunited and eventually begin a new life in Chatham Kent.
3.00 pm to 3.30 pm – Q & A
2.30 pm to 3.30 pm – Youth Programme
Digital Tools and Media to Protect and Publicise Historic Buildings
Devon Elliott – PhD Candidate
Ridgetown Campus, Rudy H. Brown Building
An exploration of how digital tools can help museums, historical societies and other institutions utilise digital media to exhibit heritage buildings to larger audiences while minimising the risk of damage to the buildings.
FOR EVERYONE
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm- Keynote Address
Organic Farming & the Preservation of Rural Communities
Dr. Jennifer Sumner,
Rural communities are an integral component in the web of Canadian life – a link to the past and a hope for the future – but they are becoming ‘endangered habitats’ – casualties of an economic system that favours urban populations and global trade.
One approach to preserving rural communities is through organic farming. A study of organic farmers in southwestern Ontario revealed that organic farmers directly engage with their rural communities and promote rural development by making a wide range of economic, social and environmental contributions. Supporting local organic farmers does more than promote food security. It helps to preserve our rural and small-town heritage for generations to come.
4.30 pm to 5.00pm – Q & A
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Barbeque
University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus
including Cobourg Presentation on Ontario Heritage Conference 2011
7:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Barn Dance
SUNDAY 13TH JUNE
Pines Chapel, 64 Ursuline Avenue, Chatham
(newly designate building, Joe Storey modernist architect, built 1961)
9.30 am to 10.30 am
Annual General Meeting for Architectural Conservancy of Ontario
10.30 am to 11.30 am
Short non-denominational service with gospel singers – Dale Butler Quartet – EVERYONE WELCOME even if not attending an AGM
11.30 am to 12.30 pm
Annual General Meeting for Community Heritage Ontario
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Chatham Rotary Sunrise Ride Round the River
JOIN THE LOCALS: Delegates, their friends and family are invited to join a Rotary Charity Cycle Ride
When: Saturday, June 12, 2010,
Registration: 8:30 a.m.
Start Time: 9:30 a.m.
What: Chatham Rotary Sunrise Ride Round the River, 21 and 45 km bicycle ride along the historic Tecumseh Parkway Where: Union Gas parking lot (South side of lot), Keil Drive North Chatham
Why: This a free, historically enhanced tour of a waterway that was a strategic and vital transportation route during the War of 1812.
We call this 21/45 km ride a ‘free-with pledges’ event. Tax receipts will be given for amounts above $20. The charity is Rotary causes such as special bicycles for paraplegics in India.
Complimentary healthy snacks and beverages provided.
Who: Any capable cyclist may join in on this educational ride. The terrain is FLAT; we even have bicycle rentals on site! Please call in advance to size up your rental. Call 519-401-1511 for rental info.
Programme – Short Form
Programme – Short Form
PROGRAMME – Short Version
FRIDAY 11th JUNE
ACTIVE START TO THE DAY
7.00 am – 8.00 am – architectural tour by bicycle led by Councillor Bill Weaver – departure from University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus. Additional self-guided tours will be available on the web site.
FOR EVERYONE
9.00 am – 10.00 am – Keynote Address – Dr. John Ikerd, Rural Roots • Rural Routes: Challenges and Opportunities with Q & A from 10.00 am to 10.30 am
OFF CAMPUS EXCURSION SESSIONS*
12.00 noon – 3.00 pm– Alysson Storey, Historic and Modern Cottages of Rondeau Provincial Park including visit to “reclamation of wetlands” provincial research project.
12.00 noon – 3.00 pm – Architectural Photographic Safari led by architectural photographer Dan Reaume – maximum 20 participants
11.00 am – 2.00 pm –Mark Davidson of Whippletree Barns, Barns of Chatham-Kent – returning on time for talk by Dr. John Carter
* excursions will finish on time for participants to get back to campus for panel discussion at 3.30pm
ON CAMPUS MORNING BREAK-OUT SESSIONS*
11.00 am – 12.00 noon – Sean Fraser, Ontario Heritage Trust Places of Worship Inventory with Q & A from 12.00 – 12.30 pm
11.00 am – 12:00 noon – Lloyd Alter, President ACO – Heritage is Green
11.00 am – 12.00 noon – Lisa Gilbert – Castles, Cottages and other Constructions: 19th Century Architecture in Chatham-Kent with Q & A from 12.00 – 12.30 pm
* each talk will finish on time to allow participants to join the excursions to Rondeau, to barns or to take the photographic safari. Q & A follows for those who choose not to take an excursion.
LUNCH BREAK
12.30 pm – 2.00 pm – Farmz on Wheels, Marketplace, Book signings
ON CAMPUS AFTERNOON BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
2.00 pm – 3.00pm – Dr. Malcolm Thurlby – Places of Worship in the Rural Social Landscape with Q & A from 3.00 pm to 3.30 pm
2.00 pm – 3.30 pm – Panel Discussion – Perspectives on the restoration of Canada Southern Railway Station, St. Thomas with Chris Harvey, Edward Vandermaarel, Laurence Grant and moderator Glenn Miller
2.00 pm – 3.00 pm – Dr. John Carter (MCL) Barn Raisings: Preserving Ontario’s Rural Heritage with Q & A from 3.00 pm – 3.30 pm
FOR EVERYONE
3.30 – 4.30pm – Panel Discussion – Green Energy: Options, the Act, the Approval Process. Dr. James Young, Dr. Gord Nelson, Penny Young (MCL) with moderator CHO President Paul King
FOR EVERYONE – social
5.00 pm – 6.00 pm – reception and official remarks
6.00 pm – 8.00 pm – banquet featuring local food and wine plus keynote speaker, award-winning author Katherine Ashenburg
8.00 pm to whenever
- jazz & blues in Ridgetown Campus pub,
- Chatham Ghost Walk by Lantern light (Start from RetroSuites Hotel – minimum 10 people. Costs $10 per person in advance – $15 booking on the day)
SATURDAY 12TH JUNE
ACTIVE START TO THE DAY
7.00 am – 8.00 am – architectural tour by bicycle led by Councillor Bill Weaver – departure from University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus.
Additional self-guided tours will be available on the web site.
FOR EVERYONE
9.00 am – 10.00 am – Keynote Address – James Lindberg – Heritage-based Rural Development with Q & A from 10.00 am – 10.30 am
OFF CAMPUS EXCURSION SESSIONS
11.00 am – 3.00 pm – Ontario Heritage Trust workshop – Highgate United Church as a case study for adaptive re-use – facilitated by:
- Beth Hanna and Sean Fraser
- heritage planner Mark Warrack
- heritage engineer James Knight
- architect Peter Stewart
- planner Mike Marcolongo
- OHT rep Erin Semande.
Session includes lunch of local produce.
12.00 – 3.00pm – architects Kim Storey and James Brown lead bus excursion to Chatham, lecture on Historic Downtown Chatham in renovated Chatham Capitol Theatre which opens to the public in September.
12.00 – 2.30pm – Architectural Photographic Safari led by architectural photographer Dan Reaume – maximum 20 participants
ON CAMPUS MORNING BREAK-OUT SESSIONS*
11.00 am – 12.00 pm – Tim Compeau, PhD Candidate – workshop on Wikis as digital tools for historical research with Q & A from 12.00 – 12.30pm. Part of the special Youth Programme.
11.00 am – 12.00 pm – Bill Beaton, Loyalist Timber Framing – Adaptive Re-use of barns with Q & A from 12.00 – 12.30 pm
11.00 am – 12.00 – PRESENTER TO BE CONFIRMED historic architect Henry Langley 1836 – 1907, RCA, with Q & A from 12.00 – 12.30pm
* each talk will finish in time to join the excursion to Chatham or the architectural safari
LUNCH BREAK
12.30 pm – 2.00 pm – Farmz on Wheels, Marketplace, Book signings
ON CAMPUS AFTERNOON BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
2.30 pm – 3.30 pm – Devon Elliott PhD Candidate – Digital tools and media to protect and publicise historic buildings. Part of the special Youth Programme.
2.00 pm – 3.00 pm – James Lindberg – BARN AGAIN!: Giving a Barn a Job with Q & A from 3.00 pm to 3.30 pm
2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Session – black history and architecture – with Q & A from 3.00 pm – 3.30 pm – DETAILS TO BE CONFIRMED
FOR EVERYONE
3.30 pm – 4.30 pm – Keynote Address – Dr. Jennifer Sumner – Organic Farming & the Preservation of Rural Communities
FOR EVERYONE – social
5.30 pm – 7.00 pm – barbeque at University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus – short presentation by Cobourg on next year’s conference.
7.30 pm – 10.00 pm – barn dance
SUNDAY 13TH JUNE
Pines Chapel, 64 Ursuline Avenue, Chatham
(newly designate building, Joe Storey modernist architect, built 1961)
9.30 am – 10.30 am – Annual General Meeting for ACO
10.30 am – 11.30 am – short non-denominational service with gospel singers – everyone welcome
11.30 am – 12.30 pm – Annual General Meeting for CHO
12.30 pm – 2.00pm – tours of Pines Chapel
PARTNERS’ PROGRAMME
Guided bus tours led by award-winning historian Jim Gilbert
Friday 11TH JUNE
9.00am – depart Ridgetown
Featuring:
- St. Peter’s Church Tilbury 1896 religious centre for historic French-Canadian parish.
- Buxton National Historic Site & Museum – site of black Elgin Settlement, established 1849 – a terminus of the Underground Railroad.
- Smith & Wilson Estate Wines – tour of family owned winery and lunch
2.30pm – arrive back in Ridgetown
Saturday 12TH JUNE
9.00am – depart Ridgetown
Featuring:
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin now owned by Ontario Heritage Trust – commemorates Rev. Josiah Henson,
- Fairfield Museum, 1792 settlement, one of oldest in south western Ontario. Shawnee Chief Tecumseh was killed within sight of the village during Battle of the Thames – decisive in War of 1812.
- Parks Blueberries and Country Store – family-owned award-winning centre. Agri tour and lunch
- pass by Tecumseh Monument
2.30pm – arrive back in Ridgetown