Congratulations Amanda Foote (PhD student) who was selected as a 2020 Student Scholar for the Association for Preservation Technology.

Please join us in congratulating Doctoral student 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 (𝗔𝗣𝗧). Foote is co-supervised by Dr. Sabrina Peric (Associate Professor) and Dr. Gina Starblanket (Political Science).

Foote presented their paper “Reconciliation? Restoration and Preservation of an Alberta historic Church” at the APT – National Trust Joint Conference 2020 (HINDSIGHT 2020: Conservation, Disruption and the Future of Heritage) held in Edmonton in October. The paper discusses the restoration of the McDougall Church in Morley, AB.

The conference, held in association with the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals (CAHP) brought together architects, engineers, planners, craftspeople, policy makers, preservationists and heritage volunteers to share the best in technology, policy and techniques for conserving and renewing heritage buildings, communities, engineering works and landscapes.

Well done Amanda!