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As large tracts of brownfields and post-industrial landscapes are being re-imagined, cleaned up, and transformed into new communities, Heritage Toronto aims to open up a dialogue on our city's industrial past at the upcoming 42nd annual Heritage Toronto Awards. As a highlight of the Monday, October 17th event, the 20th Kilbourn Lecture will be delivered by Professor Steven High of Concordia University.
Author of the award-winning 'Industrial Sunset: the Making of North America’s Rust Belt', and 'Corporate Wasteland: The Landscape and Memory of Deindustrialization', Professor High's talk, titled 'The Deindustrialization of the Senses: a Multi-Sensory Approach to Intangible Heritage', will explore the changing dynamic between industry and surrounding communities in Toronto.
Following the Mayor's Reception, (presented by the Restoration Council of Ontario—the Carpenters' Union Local 27 and the Operative Plasterers', Cement Masons', and Restoration Steeplejacks' International Association Local 598), the lecture will be hosted alongside the Heritage Toronto Awards ceremony. Presented by Meridian Credit Union with EVOQ Architecture as a Gold sponsor, the awards ceremony will recognize persons and organizations who have made notable contributions to heritage appreciation and preservation in Toronto across five different categories: Short Publication, Media, Architectural Conservation, Craftsmanship, and the Community Heritage Awards. Now at its 20th anniversary, the Kilbourn lecture was named for former city councillor, writer, and academic William Kilbourn, and has hosted a number of speakers with a love of our city, including prominent politicians and city builders like former mayor David Miller and architect Jack Diamond.
The Mayor's Reception will take place at Alumni Hall at Victoria College (106 – 73 Queen's Park Crescent) 6:00 PM on Monday, October 17, while the Awards and Lecture will take place at the Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles Street West) at 7:30 PM. Tickets for the awards and lecture are $20 for students, $35 regular price, or $125 including the Mayor's Reception. All are available from Heritage Toronto via the Royal Conservatory of Music's online box office or by calling (416) 408-0208.
