Heritage Policy
in Canada
Heritage Resources Management 327
Course
Outline
- Course Home Page
- Course Outline
- Part I
- Unit 1
- Unit 2
- Unit 3
- Unit 4
- Part II
- Unit 5
- Unit 6
- Unit 7
- Part III
- Unit 8
- Unit 9
- Unit 10
- Unit 11
- Unit 12
- Course Objectives
- Study Schedule
- Student Evaluation
- Websites Relevant to Heritage Policy
- Digital Reading Room
Unit 2
How Canada Made History
Unit 2 explores the changing politics of heritage management in Canada. It is important to understand the historical context of heritage management, both to work within it and to change it. It is important, too, to understand that the politics of heritage management changes as conditions change.
Learning Objectives
When you have completed Unit 2, you should be able to:
- List the core motivators in the development of Canada’s heritage preservation movements and agencies.
- Cite the main criteria used in the selection of historic sites for commemoration and how these criteria have changed or are changing over time.
- Explain the role the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plays in heritage preservation.
- Explain the significance of the 1951 Massey-Levesque Report for cultural policy development.
- Describe how the 1982 Applebaum-Hébert report represented a shift in the government approach to heritage management.
- Discuss the influences in the 1970s and 1980s shifts toward “democratization and decentralization” in heritage management.
