Townships of Woolwich and Wellesley Cultural Heritage Landscape Studies

Ontario municipalities are required to conserve significant cultural heritage landscapes. This requires identification of these landscapes, evaluating their significance, and determining how much their local communities value them. Some municipalities have engaged professionals to study their cultural heritage landscapes sometimes involving consultation of the public. Most public consultation approaches, however, are often difficult to afford or not well-suited to rural municipalities. This is situation is further complicated in municipalities with hard-to-reach populations such as the Mennonite communities in the Townships of Woolwich and Wellesley, the locations of the current study. This study, which involves the North Waterloo Branch of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO) and the Heritage Resources Centre of the University of Waterloo, aims to evolve culturally sensitive, scale appropriate and affordable new approaches to the identification of cultural heritage landscapes.

Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Drescher

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Partner:

The North Waterloo Branch of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario;University of Waterloo

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Waterloo

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