BY ALASTAIR KERR: There is no doubt about it, I have had a wonderful career in heritage conservation spanning some thirty-eight years and with my teaching at the Universities of Victoria and Hong Kong, it is far from over.  When I graduated from university with a Master of Arts degree in History in Art in 1973, I vaguely thought that I would like to work in a museum or art gallery.  Then, as today, there weren’t many openings.
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The Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Investment has confirmed Heritage Branch staff Richard Linzey as Manager of Heritage Programs and Services.  Richard Linzey worked as an architect for English Heritage in the UK for fourteen years prior to emigrating to Canada. During the year he served as Acting Manager for the Branch, he and his team developed an innovative heritage planning program. His assignments have included working with the Department...
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The Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Investment has confirmed Heritage Branch staff Jennifer Iredale as Director and Richard Linzey as Manager of Heritage Programs and Services. Jennifer Iredale has over 30 years experience as a heritage professional, 25 of them in the public sector. She has a BA in history from UBC and a MA in Historic Preservation from Columbia University in New York. Highlights of her career include working as a curator at several...
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A new minister has taken responsibility for heritage following the recent cabinet shuffle on October 25, within a revamped ministry. The Honourable Margaret MacDiarmid is the Minister of Tourism, Trade andInvestment.  A family physician for 23 years, she is a rooky MLA for Vancouver Fairview, who has already served over a year as education minister.  Her new portfolio has a strong business focus, and includes tourism strategy, aboriginal...
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Architect Eric Pattison will join the board of the Heritage Legacy Fund of B.C. Society at the next meeting on November 19.  The HLF board has six voting directors, appointed by Heritage BC and The Land Conservancy. Don Tonsaker, a founding member of the board first appointed by Heritage BC in 2004, finishes his final term as of the AGM this fall and Eric will replace him.  The HLF board, among other things, adjudicates applications for...
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