Willowbank has an extraordinary range of faculty associates. These people represent almost every discipline and skill in the conservation field, and come from the private sector, the government sector, and academia. Willowbank’s unique blend of apprenticeship and academic styles of learning allow us to use their talents in whatever setting best suits their individual strengths. 

Faculty Associates


Tamara Anson-Cartwright, Conservation Advisor, Policy Branch, Ministry of Culture

Danny Barber, Banker Masonstarted his career in stonework at his family’s monument business working under his grandfather and father.  Studies in the U.K. as an Architectural stone carver earning his Higher National Certificate and the National Vocational Qualification Level 3 in Architectural carving and Restoration. Currently shop foreman for RJW Stonemasons specializing in carving, lettercutting and sculpture with over 20 years experience in stonework.
 
Clark BernatCurator, The Niagara Historical Society and Museum, BA, (University of Western Ontario, Brock University), MA (University of Leicester) Curatorial work at Battlefield House Museum, Backus Heritage Village, Steering Committee of the Children’s Discovery Centre of Niagara. Currently the Chair of the Museums of Niagara Association.

Lyse Blanchet, As a Professional Engineer with Master degree in Wood Science and Technology from Laval University and 20 years of experience in the Conservation of historic structures, Lyse’s involvement focuses in the development of specialized training and R&D Projects such as the "Modeling of Traditional Timber Joints" and the "Evaluation of NDT for Wood"; the co‑ordination of national projects such as the "Development and Update of the National Master Specifications in Conservation", “Guidelines for the use of Mortars in Historic Structures and Buildings” and the "Establishment of the Life Cycle and Risk Assessment of Historic Timber Structures"; design projects; and, lecturer and attendance to International conferences on timber engineering and on timber structures conservation.

David BorbelyBlacksmith/Millwright specializing in traditional and heritage methods designing, reproducing and repairing ornamental and architectural iron work.

Meagan Brookes, MA, Field Archaeologist, Ontario Heritage Trust 

Clinton Brown, Historic Preservation Architect, Clinton Brown Company Architecture/Rebuild, Buffalo NY. Specializes in the revitalization of heritage buildings and communities through project concept, planning, architectural design, and management services for renovation, rehabilitation, and historic preservation projects.

Kevin Carter, Banker Mason 

Claude CharbonneauSpecial Advisor, Historic Places Standard,s Parks Canada. Claude Charbonneau is the person responsible for the reference document: Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada. Prior to joining Parks Canada, Claude worked at the House of Commons where he was Major Projects Coordinator for the buildings of the Parliamentary Precinct. Previously, Claude worked at the Heritage Conservation Directorate where he provided professional advice on a range of conservation issues and played a leading role in the development and delivery of conservation training courses to custodians of federal heritage buildings. 

Jonathan CastellinoPhotographer urban explorer and writer, Jonathan documents urban decay in the cities he loves. Officially trained in philosophy and urban sociology, Jonathan seeks to reveal unseen space through his photography. 

Cosmo Condina, A professional photographer since 1985, Cosmo Condina is known for his subtle, and beautiful travel images. His photographic journeys have taken him across Canada, the U.S.A., Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe and New Zealand. On his first trip to Europe in his early twenties, Cosmo took the opportunity to visit the famous art galleries and immersed himself in the original artwork from the period of the Renaissance and the Impressionists. Reaching back on those first experiences, and renewed by subsequent visits to galleries and exhibitions over the years, has influenced his photography in a demonstrational graphic style. His sense of design also comes from his schooling as a graphic artist. As an associate photographer with Getty Images since 1990, and also Alamy, SuperStock, Robert Harding and Stock Connection, Cosmo’s work is licensed for commercial and editorial use worldwide. Corporations that have used his images for advertising include American Express, Visa, United Airlines, Molson’s Brewery, Ontario Savings Bonds and Fuji Film. He has published a book on Niagara-on-the-Lake, the first Capital of Upper Canada as a bicentennial tribute. One of his current projects is a work-in-progress on Venice, Italy. These images were exhibited at the Kenan Center in upstate New York. The Miles Nadel gallery in Toronto featured work from Israel in a recent group show December 2009. In July 2012 an exhibition of his War of 1812 re-enactment photos will be at the Niagara Pumphouse Visual Art Centre. Cosmo was one of the founding members of the StockArtistsAlliance, a professional stock photography trade organization. He is also an active member of SATW (Society of American Travel Writers). He continues to live in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada where he was born. WEBSITE: www.cosmocondina.com 

Ron DaleParks Canada, Niagara National Historic Sites of Canada
 
Christa Deacy-Quinn (BA SUNY-Oswego; MA Anthropology University of Illinois). Since 1991, Christa has served as the Collections Manager at the Spurlock Museum at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she specializes in collections care, artifact storage, packaging, transport, exhibit design, and Integrated Pest Management (IPM). She is a strong advocate for low-chemical, low-cost IPM solutions. She has conducted preservation-focused workshops that address IPM and has consulted with numerous institutions on developing or expanding their IPM programs. She has designed a number of databases in use at the Spurlock, including those that help staff to track the occurrence of pests within the museum and that monitor the general condition of the artifacts. She is a Certified Technician for General Use Pesticides in Illinois. Christa is active in the field of preservation, serving as a member of the Preservation Working Group at the University of Illinois and as a Peer Reviewer for the Museum Assessment Program for the American Association of Museums.

Ian EllinghamBArch, MBA, MPhil, PhD, PLE, OAA, MRAIC. BArch (Carleton), MBA (Western), MPhil, PhD (Cambridge). Professional Land Economist, Member of the Ontario Association of Architects, Member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.
Worked as a development consultant for over twenty years, primarily in the area of housing. Associate of Cambridge Architectural Research Limited. He has undertaken research for governments in both Canada and the UK. His book, New 
Generation Whole-Life Costing (Taylor & Francis, 2006) explores project decision-making using a range of techniques to deal with environments of uncertainty. He is the chair of the Editorial Committee of Perspectives, the journal of the Ontario Association of Architects. A particular interest is in experiments to understand the human response to built environments.

Sean FraserManager, Conservation Services Department, Ontario Heritage Trust, BA  (University of British Columbia), Architectural Design (Technical University of Nova Scotia now Dalhousie), MA (Technical University of Nova Scotia). Past experience includes; consulting for Commonwealth Resource Management Limited (Vancouver), US ICOMOS and the Historic American Engineering Record; a Preservation Officer for the Toronto Historical Board; Heritage Planner for the City of Toronto's Heritage Preservation Services Unit; and since 1996 project architect for the Humayma archaeological excavations in Southern Jordan. 

William GermanNiagara-on-the-Lake, Master Craftsmen, sawyer, wood turner and furniture maker. Specializes in Niagara Peninsular inspired Furniture.

Michelle Hedges, has a background in fine art and training as a building conservator, working for a number of years on heritage projects in Canada before completing an MSc in Architectural Materials Conservation in the United Kingdom. She remained in the UK for several years in the employment of an architectural firm specializing in the conservation of Grade 1 listed buildings where she completed projects at properties in and around London and at Oxford University. Projects have included restoration of the Radcliffe Observatory and Keble College Dining Hall at Oxford University; St George’s Bloomsbury and St Stephen’s Walbrook churches in London and Stowe Landscape Gardens, Buckinghamshire. 

She is currently employed by the Ontario Heritage Trust and is responsible for the development and management of capital projects at their built heritage properties. Projects have included the restoration and redevelopment of the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse in Toronto and the restoration of stained glass at Fulford Place in Brockville.

Ms. Hedges has recently joined the faculty of Willowbank where she instructs the heritage masonry course. She is a member of CAHP and the recently formed OAHP. 

Debbie HossackMinistry of Culture

Philip V. Hoad, B.A., CAHP. After graduating from Greenwich University with an honors degree in Business Studies, Philip spent his early career with The Marley Roof Tile Company in England. In 1986 he was transferred to their manufacturing plant in Milton, Ontario where he was appointed Contracts Manager for Toronto and South Western Ontario until joining Roof Tile Management in 1990 as Vice President. Through the 1990’s he was responsible for Roof Tile Management’s growth and considerable success he was involved in major works on numerous National Historic Sites, including; Wolseley Barracks at CFB London, St. Anne’s Church on Gladstone Avenue in Toronto, Laurier House in Ottawa and Dundurn Castle in Hamilton. In 2000 Philip established Applied Roof Technology Ltd, Roof Consultants for Slate, Tile, Wood & Sheet Metal in the Restoration and Conservation of Historic Buildings. During the period 2001 – 2003 he was on contract with Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) at the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site responsible for a multi-million dollar roof and chimney restoration of the King’s Bastion Barracks. This was followed by an appointment to Parks Canada as their Technical Services Coordinator at Louisbourg. During the period 2007 – 2009, Philip was Senior Project Manager at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, where he was responsible for all construction work on their campus of some 50 buildings. In 2009 he returned to Ontario to take up a position as Senior Project Manager, Capital Projects for the Culture Division at the City of Hamilton, where he is now responsible for all city owned Heritage Buildings and Structures, including their Museums, Monuments and National Historic Sites. Meanwhile, Philip continues to provide independent professional advice on the roofing of historic buildings throughout Canada. He also has gained considerable experience and knowledge in historic masonry over a career in construction and building restoration that has spanned 25 years. He has presented seminars at Construct Canada in Toronto and served on numerous committees and advisory boards, including; the Township of Guelph/Eramosa Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee, the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals (CAHP) Board of Directors as Treasurer, both the CAHP and Association of Preservation Technology International (APTI) Membership Committees and on the ASTM C18 Committee for Dimension Stone, reviewing the C406 Standards for Roofing Slate. Philip was also responsible for modifications to the PWGSC National Master Specifications for Historic Slate Shingle Roofing. 

Jacqueline Hucker(B.A. Queen's; M.A.Carleton ) is an architectural historian. She was associated with Parks Canada for more than 20 years, where she specialized in the history of Canadian architecture, and for five years managed the Federal Heritage Buildings Review Office. She is joint author of A Guide To Canadian Architectural Styles (Broadview Press, 2nd edition 2004) and has published a number of articles on Canadian architecture. She is currently a free-lance consultant.

Paul JacobsonHeritage Carpenter

Jon JouppienHeritage Resource Consultant 

Sandra LawrenceConservator, M.A.C. Queen’s University, former Chief Conservator, Art Gallery of Ontario (1986-1999), Member of Canadian Association of Professional Conservators (CAPC) since 1982.

Lori Lemare, Le Mare is a professional commercial decorative painter and teacher with experience in large scale commercial and residential surface design. Having initially studied decorative painting in Poole, England, Lori and her then partner Andrejs Ritins, opened the first school for decorative painting in Canada in 1989 (Applied School for Decorative Painting and Ritins Studio Inc.) Since 2000, Le Mare has operated Lori Le Mare Studio Inc. with classes and projects held in Hamilton Ontario and around the world (USA, China, Spain and Italy). 

Jan Kamermans, Specialist in hardware, locks and fastenings, salvaging vintage architecture since the 1960s, main focus for over 20 years is the supply and restoration of vintage hardware, many clients civic and private, projects from Queens Park to the perfect latch for your outhouse door. 

Anna KozlowskiBSc(Arch), B.Arch, McGill University, ICCROM Arch Conservation Diploma. Formerly employed as a conservation architect by various federal government departments in Ottawa, she now works as a private sector Architectural Conservation Consultant. She has a particular interest in the conservation of historic interiors, founding and chairing the ICOMOS Canada Interiors Committee, 1992-1994.

Sue MaltbyConservation consultant specializing in artifact treatment, training seminars, collection surveys, advice on collections care and management, and conservation guidelines for exhibits, museums and heritage structures. She earned a Master of Art Conservation specializing in artifact conservation from Queens University in 1984. 

Fern MacKenzieConsulting Architectural and Landscape Historian, Private Practice (1994-present) Providing research, analysis, writing and consultation in support of Cultural Resource Management; projects include: Federal Heritage Buildings Review Office (FHBRO) (ongoing), Victoria Memorial Museum Building (ongoing); Celebrating the Past, Embracing the Future -- Development of the Parliament Buildings: Vision and Requirements (2005), with the Long-Term Architectural Planning Office, House of Commons, for the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies; Archæological Survey of the Parliamentary Precinct (2001-2004) with Parks Canada, Ontario Region, for PWGSC, developing a digitized survey of archæological resources in the core of Ottawa, including Parliament Hill and Upper Bytown. Heritage Conservation Programme, PWGSC (1997-present)
Ongoing consultation, historical background and context for decisions regarding historic features; working with interdisciplinary teams to develop Conservation Guidelines for such public buildings and sites as: the Langevin Block (1996), the Landscape of Parliament Hill (1996-7), the Victoria Memorial Museum (2000), the Supreme Court of Canada (2001), The Public Archives and National Library Building (2001), and the East Block (2002). “Such Monstrous Folly,” forthcoming publication documenting the history and design development of Parliament Hill.

Conor MacNeillDigital Artist/Designer, Received a Bdes. in Industrial Design, from the University of Alberta and is also a graduate of Sheridan College's Computer Animation Program. Conor currently works as the Modeling and Lighting Lead at IBC Digital, on a wide variety of Design, Animation, and Visualization Projects. Conor has previously worked as a designer and detailer for Hadley Exhibits, where he had the opportunity to work on many high profile exhibits in some of the worlds leading Museums, Art Galleries and Zoos.

Douglas McCalla, recently retired from the Department of History, University of Guelph, where he was Canada Research Chair in Rural History. Prior to this appointment at Guelph he was for many years Professor of History at Trent University. Much of his research has focused on the economy and society of Upper Canada. Currently, he is completing a study of consumption by rural Upper Canadians, based on their charge accounts at country stores.

Cecilia MorganPhD, Associate Professor, History of Education Program, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, where she teaches women's and gender history, cultural history, and social history. Her publications include Heroines and History: Representations of Madeleine de Verchére and Laura SecordGendered Pasts: Historical Essays in Femininity and Masculinity in Canada (Oxford University Press, 1999). Cecilia is particularly interested in the history of tourism in Niagara-on-the-Lake and in historical commemoration in the Niagara region. (University of Toronto Press. 2002). She also has co-edited, with Kathyrn McPherson and Nancy M. Forestell.

Herb NelsonHeritage Lighting

Donovan Pauly, Stone Conservator
 
Joy OrmsbyNiagara-on-the-Lake Historian, specializes in documenting and researching archives for historic properties.

Robert RitchieParks Naturalist, Niagara Parks School of Horticulture and Botanical Gardens, The Niagara Parks Commission, graduate of the Ontario Forest Technical School in 1968 and has continued his interest in dendrology and woodlot management to the present. He returned to school, graduating from the Niagara Parks Commission School of Horticulture in 1996. Robert has held various positions within Niagara Parks, the last five years as Parks Naturalist, engaged in several environmental and natural resources projects within the 1720 hectares of NPC properties along the Canadian side of the Niagara River Corridor.

Carolyn Samko, Is a Heritage Consultant in private practice and an Alumnus of Willowbank's Heritage Conservation Program. She has a special interest in interior finishes and is currently working on the Lister Block Rehabilitation Project in Hamilton, Ontario where she is part of the team conserving the heritage features of the building and blending them with new design. She has actively been involved in assessment and analysis, and has documented many significant properties including the historic portions of the Kingston, Penetanguishene, London and St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospitals. She currently teaches Introduction to Architectural Styles where she focuses on fostering a love of domestic building styles in Canada.

Michael J. SeamanMCIP, RPP, Member CAHP,  is an urban planner with a Masters Degree in Heritage Conservation and 19 years of progressive experience in the heritage planning field.  He has received a number of national and provincial awards for his work and currently leads a team of heritage professionals as Manager of Heritage Planning for the Town of Oakville.  Previously he served as a heritage planner with the Town of Aurora, and Town of Markham, both of which were winners of the Heritage Canada Foundation’s Prince of WalesPrize.  Michael has volunteered in numerous heritage activities including past service as Chair of the Brampton Heritage Board and President of the Brampton Historical Society, Member of the Halifax Heritage Advisory Committee, and Member of the Board of the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals.  Since 2007, Michael has been an advisor to Heritage Canada on urban planning matters and was a contributor to the Heritage Canada study - Paving the Way: A Roadmap for Heritage and Development a national consultation strategy, which aimed to achieve more positive outcomes for heritage resources.  Michael is an active in educating about heritage.  He has lectured across Ontario, and contributed numerous articles to national and provincial publications. He is currently editor for heritage for Ontario Planning Journal providing an invaluable link between the planning profession and the heritage community.  He has also hosted television shows about heritage and coordinated heritage related events such as Doors Open and meetings of the Ontario Heritage Planners Network.   Michael is currently serving his first term as Ontario Governor on the board of Governors of the Heritage Canada Foundation. 
 
André ScheinmanHeritage Preservation Consultant, Recent projects include St. George’s Cathedral, Kingston; the Delta Mill (N.H.S.); the Kingston City Hall (N.H.S.); Raleigh Schoolhouse #13, Buxton (N.H.S.).

Wendy Shearer, OALA, CSLA, ASLA, is Managing Director of Wendy Shearer Landscape Architect, a division of MHBC Planning. For the past 25 years she has been involved in the documentation, assessment, and planning for numerous historic sites and cultural landscapes throughout Ontario. Completed historic restoration projects include the 1902 Italinate Garden at Fulford Place, Brockville for the Ontario Heritage Trust, the 1856 kitchen garden at Dundurn National Historic Site and the designated 1960 landscape at City Hall for the City of Hamilton. Cultural landscape projects have included the inventory, documentation and evaluation of designed country estates, large educational, institutional properties, and rural agricultural lands. She is completing the heritage district plan for the oil fields in Enniskillen Township and Oil Springs, Lambton County, a working industrial landscape. Ms. Shearer teaches the six day intensive course on Cultural Landscapes at the University of Victoria for the Cultural Resource Management Program and has been a faculty member at Willowbank for the past several years. Since joining MHBC Planning in 2008 she has established the Cultural Heritage Section within the firm in order to encourage the integration of land use planning and the conservation of heritage resources. She is an active member of the Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation and has been a member of the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals since 1988. 

John Shaw-Rimmington, was born in Windsor, England. In Canada during the 70's he did restoration masonry work on many churches, historic public and commercial buildings, as well as consultation and maintenance at the Uxbridge Scott Museum. After moving to a farm near Cannington in 1992, he turned his attention to completing several free-standing dry stone walls along the borders of his property. His knowledge of designing and building with stone structurally is the result of many years of doing masonry work acquiring a comprehensive knowledge of traditional Canadian stonework. 
He has worked with several dry stone wallers from Great Britain, where he met with the president of the a Dry Stone Wall Association of Great Britain, Paul Webley, in 2003 and had the privilege to work at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on dry stone repairs with master craftsman Norm Hadow, a royal waller to the Queen. 
John has been demonstrating the art of dry stone walling since 2000 at numerous venues, Canada Blooms, as well as prominent gardens and garden centres in Ontario and BC. He is the founder and president of the DSWAC (www.dswac.ca) This organisation is committed to the repair, preservation, teaching and building of traditional dry stone walls in Canada. 
The annual Northumberland Dry Stone Wall Festival (our 7th) was be held last October in Grand Valley, Ontario. John has appeared in Harrowsmith Magazine, Stone Nexus Magazine. Waller and Dyker Magazine, on TVO Studio 2 —a special about the 2004 Dry Stone Wall Festival in Port Hope, Prime TV’s ‘Room to Grow’ (episode first aired Nov 5th,2005) and several CBC news reports detailing the building of the first public dry stone bridge in a Canadian Park He has built as series of permanent dry stone bridges in southern Ontario, as well as dry stone features for clients in Ontario, British Columbia, Newfoundland and parts of the United States. 
John has given numerous workshops and seminars teaching dry stone walling in locations throughout North America, attracting students of all ages interested in learning how to build beautiful dry stone walls. 

Robert Shipley, Shipley is an Associate Professor in the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo where he completed his Ph.D. in 1997. He is the Chair of the Heritage Resources Centre and a Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes University in Oxford, England. Professor Shipley is recognized as a leading international expert on the role of public participation in planning for the future of communities. He is also in the forefront of research in the area of culture, heritage and tourism and particularly in the economic aspects of heritage development. Studies on the financial values of heritage properties and the demolition of historic buildings have been key documents in improving heritage planning in Canada. He is a founding member and VP of the Ontario Association of Heritage Professionals from whom he received the Award of Merit in 2006. Shipley is also a Project Evaluator for the European Science Council.

John Silburn, P.Eng

Craig Sims, is a graduate of the Civil Engineering Technology-Restoration Program (1979), St. Lawrence College, and the Technical Education Program (1993), Queens University, Kingston. Workshops have been delivered for the Federal Heritage Building Review Office, Parks Canada, The Historic Places Initiative, the Ontario Ministry of Culture and The Association for Preservation Technology International.

Julian Smith, M.Arch, OAA, Principal: Julian Smith & Associates, Architects, ICOMOS Canada. Current projects include restoration of the Vimy Memorial in France, a master plan for the new Canadian Embassy in the historic Villa Grazioli estate in Rome, an expansion plan for a historic university campus in India, guidelines for a contemporary addition to the Residence of the Prime Minister in Ottawa, and advisory services to Public Works Canada on contemporary additions to historic buildings within the Parliamentary Precinct. 

Mark Shoalts, P.Eng., CAHP, President, Shoalts Bros. Construction Limited
Mark Shoalts is a professional engineer, a member of Professional Engineers Ontario, the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals, the Heritage Canada Foundation, and the Early American Industries Association. He is also a member of the Niagara Region’s Culture and Heritage Committee, working on Regional policy for the preservation and promotion of our heritage resources here in Niagara. He has hands-on experience in historical restoration, having personally performed restoration work on such sites as Butler’s Barracks, Fort George, Balls Falls, and Dundurn Castle. For the past twenty years, Mark and his father have been the demonstration carpenters at the annual Marshville Heritage Festival in Wainfleet, showing visitors the use of woodworking handtools while completing a range of restoration projects.
Mark Shoalts and Shoalts Bros. Construction have performed restoration work on important national historic sites, including Ruthven Park in Cayuga, Dundurn Castle in Hamilton, and The Church of Our Lady Immaculate in Guelph; as well as many other significant heritage projects such as the 1817 Miller House, Navy Hall, every building in Fort George, Butler’s Barracks, Butler’s Burying Ground, Fort Mississauga, and The Niagara Apothecary in Niagara-on-the-Lake; most of the buildings at Balls Falls, Old St. John’s in Stamford, Old Galt City Hall, and many more. In 2007, Mark saved the 1845 Trinity United Church in Thorold from virtually certain demolition after it had been declared unsafe and irreparable. Mark also has been engaged as a restoration consultant by numerous individuals and groups in Niagara and beyond.

Harm SchonewilleMaster Plasterer

Rod StewartHistoric Plaster Conservation Services Ltd., recent projects include, The Royal Suite, Rideau Hall, Ottawa, The residence of the Governor General of Canada, Notre Dame Cathedral, Ottawa, Gould Memorial Library, Bronx Community College, Formerly New York University, Bronx NYC, Dominion Public Building, Hamilton, Ontario, Convocation Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario 

Peter StokesConsulting Restoration Advocate, one of Canada’s most noted restoration architects who has worked extensively in the Province of Ontario and Niagara area. Locally he was an original member of the first Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC) now known as the Municipal Heritage Committee. He retains memberships in many heritage associations and sits on a number of heritage related boards and commissions. 

Richard M. Unterman (B. A. Hons.; Diploma of Restoration Technology, M.A. Conservation Studies) has over 26 years of experience in the heritage conservation field. Mr. Unterman has a broad range of heritage conservation expertise and considerable experience in cultural resource inventory and evaluation, heritage conservation and planning and the management of heritage projects. Past positions with, the Ontario Heritage Foundation and the Heritage Branch of the former Ontario Ministry of Culture and Communications. In 1998 Mr. Unterman formed Unterman McPhail Associates. Utilizing his experience in the heritage conservation and planning field, Mr. Unterman has successfully managed many projects. He has been a full participant in all of the firm’s secondary plan studies as well as numerous heritage conservation district studies and plans; the cultural heritage resource component of environmental assessments for road, utilities, and landfill projects; cultural heritage resource inventory and evaluation; attendance at Conservation Review Board and Ontario Municipal Board hearings; assembly of an information kit on heritage sewage and waterworks facilities; cemetery conservation guidelines, historic structure reports and preservation reports; and historical and architectural research. 
Mr. Unterman co-edited the Annotated Master Specifications for the Cleaning and Repointing of Historic Masonry and edited the BRIC Technical Conservation Manual. 
Mr. Unterman is a current Professional Member, and former Board Director, Vice-President and President of The Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals (CAPH). In 1997 he was honoured as a ten-year professional member of CAPHC. He served as a Board Director and Treasurer, former Vice President of ICOMOS Canada, and Chair of the ICOMOS Canada English-speaking committee. He has been a member of APTI for over 25 years. 

Leah WallaceMA, MCIP, RPP, Heritage Planner, Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, BA
(University of Guelph), MA (University of British Columbia) member of the Canadian Institute of Planners. Since 2000, she has been the Heritage Planner for the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake. Ms. Wallace chaired the Flamborough LACAC for 6 years. She is the Chair of the Building Conservation Committee at Ruthven Park National Historic Site in Cayuga. She has also has been involved in the recent Municipal Sector Focus Group on changes to the Ontario Heritage Act.

Robert WatsonP.Geologist
 
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