A multi-part series focused on bringing new life to heritage buildings in Canada.
In 2025, APT Canada hosted the first two parts of a webinar series (Parts 1 and 2) which focused on adapting heritage buildings for new uses in Canada. The selected presentations were derived from those that were presented at the 2024 APT conference in Montréal, Québec, and were geared towards those that did not attend the conference or those did attend but were not able to see these presentations. The presentations were broadcasted live and in the respective language of the presentation title (French or English), with a short Q&A period after each presentation.
APT Canada is back this year (2026) with four new additional parts to this webinar series (Parts 3 to 6). The theme for each new part is presented below. The presentations will be broadcasted live and in the respective language of the presentation title (French or English), with a short Q&A period after each presentation.
Part 1: June 17, 2025 – Completed 12:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern
Topic
Speakers
Welcome
Lena Buchinger and Sarah Francisca (moderators)
Conservation & Carbon: The Campus Context
Amy Montgomery
Bridging Agricultural Buildings into Non-Agricultural Uses: Adapting Extant Barns to Modern Assembly Spaces
Arlin Otto
La réhabilitation sismique des bâtiments patrimoniaux (Seismic Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings)
Part 2: September 9, 2025 – Completed 12:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern
Topic
Speakers
Welcome
Lena Buchinger and Sarah Francisca (moderators)
Using Structural Health Monitoring in Historic Religious Sites with Limited Funding to Guide and Assess Conservation Efforts: A Case Study of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Alex Carpenter
Practical Building Enclosure Retrofit: Thermal and Embodied Analysis for War Memorial Children’s Hospital Conversion to Supportive Housing
Emma Cubitt & Randy Van Straaten
The Art and Science of Stereotomy-An Organic Holistic Technology
Patrick Moore
Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal – Réfection des tours et clochers (Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal-Repair of the Towers and Bell Towers)
