Small (ERA Architects Inc.)
As Canada shifts from a resource-based economy to a knowledge-based economy, small communities that were established to service the primary sector are faced with a complex and unique set of challenges. They are communities built on a culture of hard work, resourcefulness, and creativity; their residents are now tasked with developing strategies to deal with a lack of employment, depopulation and resettlement.
Small is premised on the notion that leveraging the rich cultural heritage of these places is crucial to the transition from resource-based to creative economies. The program began in 2010 by focusing on Newfoundland’s historic outports, and has since helped communities across Canada identify and use their cultural heritage resources - tangible and intangible - to explore place-based opportunities for renewal.
The experience of working with these small communities has generated a picture of what sustainable rural economies might be: tied to the landscape as a natural and cultural resource; reliant on traditional cultural practices to generate new investment and entrepreneurial activity; and attractive to new residents who resist conventional urban and suburban development.
Our hope is that small communities, as they transition from natural to cultural resources, will play a pivotal role in redefining Canada’s national cultural identity, as well as its future economic success.
Who's Attending
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Nataliya Bezborodova
Research Assistant, University of Alberta -
Özgün Özçakır
METU -
t s Beall
Artist and Collaborative Doctoral Award recipient, University of Glasgow and The Riverside Museum, Glasgow Museums -
Yaryna Yuryk
Lviv Polytechnic National University -
Dominique Schoeni
Anthropologue et muséographe, Laboratório de Etnografia Metropolitana (LeMetro) IFCS - UFRJ (Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro) -
Huimei Liu
Zhejiang University, Institute of Cross-cultural and Regional Studies; Asian Pacific Centre for the Education and Study of Leisure -
Marianne Charland
Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage -
Sandra COULLENOT
CMW, Université Jean Monnet, Saint-Étienne -
Corinna Moebius
Doctoral Candidate/Graduate Teaching Assistant, Florida International University -
Maud Nys
Doctorante en architecture / PhD Student, Laboratoire LéaV - Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Versailles & Université Paris Saclay -
Maurice Forget
Avocat-conseil et ancien président, Fasken Martineau -
Marie-Paule Macdonald
university of waterloo -
Alina SANTIAGO
Cheurcheur CNPq, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - BRAZIL -
Samantha Irvine
ERA Architects Inc. -
Victoria Dickenson
Independent scholar and consultant -
Darko Babic
Assistant Professor, University of Zagreb / ICOM Croatia -
Philippe Dubé
Professeur titulaire, CÉLAT -
Steven Mannell
Professor, Dalhousie University -
Claudine Déom
Associate Professor, University of Montreal -
Riemer Knoop
reinwardt academie / gordion cultureel advies -
David T. Fortin
Laurentian University -
Laura Murray
Queen's University -
Susan Ashley
Northumbria University -
Andrzej Jakubowski
Assistant Professor, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Law Studies -
Cari Goetcheus
Associate Professor, The University of Georgia -
Anita Bakshi
Rutgers University -
Chong Zhang
lecturer, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology -
Kaitlin Wainwright
Director of Programming, Heritage Toronto -
Iezora Edwards
The University of the West Indies -
Antigoni Patsalou
De Montfort University -
Eman Shokry Hesham
PhD Candidate, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus- Senftenberg, Germany -
Gisèle Gantois
Architect MSc in Conservation, Lecturer, PhD Candidate, Department of Architecture -
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