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Siegfried Rempel and Brian Laurie-Beaumont traveled to Sherbrooke,
QC, to discuss redevelopment plans for the University of Sherbrooke
Art Gallery with the Gallery's director and the University's
head of engineering.
At the annual meeting of the Canadian Museums Association
in Charlottetown, PE: Charlie Costain, Paul Heinrichs, Mary-Lou
Simac, and Lucie Paquette staffed the CCI booth in the trade show,
and Charlie and Paul presented a workshop "A Cost-effective System
for the Packing and Shipping of Cultural Objects."
Sonya Milly participated in an Education Workshop at the Getty
Conservation Institute in Los Angeles, CA, and the annual meeting
and symposium of the International Committee on the Training
of Personnel (ICTOP) at the University of Victoria in
Victoria, BC.
Tom Stone and Siegfried Rempel presented an overview of conservation
concerns relating to facilities development and collections care
to the Inuit Heritage Trust in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.
At the 4th National Mural Symposium, organized by Mural
Routes Inc. and hosted by the Welland Festival of Arts
in Welland, ON, Debra Daly Hartin presented a talk on conservation
issues for outdoor murals.
Charlie Costain gave a presentation "Practical Solutions to Conservation
Problems" at Community Heritage Ontario in Brantford, ON.
Renée Dancause, Michael Harrington, and Janet Wagner visited
the National Archives of Canada to give storage and treatment
recommendations for the Lord Grey Banner.
June 2000
Bob Barclay gave a lecture "Conservation of Wooden Ethnographic
Objects" for the International Course on Wood Conservation Technology
in Oslo, Norway, and also presented a paper "Deconstructing Stereotypes"
for the conference of the Section française de l'Institut
international de conservation "Instruments pour demain" in Limoges,
France.
David Grattan attended a meeting of the ICOM Advisory Committee
in Paris to discuss a report produced by the ICOM Reform Task Force.
He also gave a presentation "The Fossil Forest Project at the Canadian
Conservation Institute; Challenges of Preservation in an Environment
where Disintegration is at a Maximum, Decomposition at a Minimum,
and where Visitors Feel No Constraints" at the Scott Polar Research
Institute in Cambridge, UK, where he met with their Director,
Dr. Peter Wadhams, to discuss possible collaboration.
Debra Daly Hartin and James Bourdeau visited locations in Vanier,
ON, to advise on the condition of the municipal outdoor mural collection
and recommend to city officials private-sector consultants for specialized
advice on built heritage conservation.
Vicki Davis and Stefan Michalski staffed the CCI booth at the annual
conference of the Canadian Library Association in Edmonton,
AB; Stefan also gave a lecture "A Comprehensive Database for Conservation
Surveys" at the concurrent meeting of the Association of Canadian
Archivists.
Siegfried Rempel and Brian Laurie-Beaumont visited the London
Regional Art and Historical Museum in London, ON, to discuss
functional layout and environmental control for a proposed redevelopment
project.
As part of the ongoing Canadian Forces Museums' preventive conservation
surveys contracted by the Directorate of History and Heritage
at the Department of National Defence, Stefan Michalski carried
out site surveys at three museums in Nova Scotia: the Greenwood
Military Aviation Museum in Greenwood, the Nova Scotia Highlanders
Regimental Museum in Amherst, and the Shearwater Aviation
Museum in Shearwater.
Brian Laurie-Beaumont (accompanied by Ed Krahn, Museum Advisor
from the Heritage Branch of Yukon Tourism) met with several
First Nations groups in the Yukon (the Tage Cho Hudan Interpretive
Center in Carmacks, the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations,
the Carcross/Tagish First Nation, and Kwanlin Dun First
Nation) who are designing or contemplating capital projects
with a heritage component. Advice was also provided to the design
team working on the Kluane First Nations Cultural Centre.
At the annual conference of the American Institute for Conservation
in Philadelphia, PA: Renée Dancause presented a poster "Overlay
with a Difference: Using Thread to Create a Strong Edge Finish on
Tetex TR" and Debra Daly Hartin and Sherry Guild promoted CCI services,
publications, and products at the trade show.
July 2000
At the annual conference of the Organization of Military Museums
of Canada at the Royal Military College of Canada in
Kingston, ON: Renée Dancause and Janet Wagner gave a lecture
"The Construction of Mannequins for Military Costume" and Tom Stone
gave one "Medals: Their Care and Display."
Deborah Stewart visited the Uplands Cultural and Heritage Centre
in Lennoxville, QC, to provide advice on preventive conservation
and collections care.
Marie-Claude Corbeil participated in the filming of a documentary
for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television show
"Witness" (broadcast date: November 2000).
At the third meeting of the working group on air quality in museums
and archives, held at Oxford Brookes University in England,
Jean Tétreault gave two presentations: "Standards for Levels
of Pollutants in Museums: Part III" and "Mathematical Modeling of
Pollutants in an Enclosure."
August 2000
As part of the Movable Cultural Property Program and the
Museums Assistance Program, Siegfried Rempel made a number
of site visits in British Columbia and Alberta.
As part of the ongoing Canadian Forces Museums' preventive conservation
surveys contracted by the Directorate of History and Heritage
at the Department of National Defence, Stefan Michalski carried
out site surveys at CFB Gagetown Military Museum and the
Canadian Military Engineers Museum (both in Oromocto, NB)
and at the Prince Edward Island Regiment Museum in Charlottetown,
PE.
James Bourdeau visited the historic church of Saint-Eustache,
QC, to examine a marouflage mural painting by Louis Vandandaigue-Gadbois
and identify sources of water infiltration that were damaging the
painting.
Vicki Davis gave a presentation about the CCI library to the International
Committee for Documentation of ICOM (ICOM-CIDOC) Working Group on
Museum Information Centres in Ottawa, ON.
September 2000
Cliff Cook presented lectures on "Operating an Archaeological Conservation
Laboratory," "Storage, Packing, and Shipping Artifacts in a Field
Laboratory," and "Freeze Drying" to 16 students in a new diploma
course in Marine Archaeological Conservation at the Department of
Conservation Studies, Evitech Institute of Art and Design,
Vantaa, Finland (this program is funded by the Finnish government
to promote the conservation of underwater shipwrecks).
On a trip to Manitoba, Siegfried Rempel and Brian Laurie-Beaumont
(accompanied by Barry Hillman, Museum Advisor from the Manitoba
Museum of Man and Nature) visited the New Iceland Heritage
Museum in Gimli to provide advice on the storage area; the trio
also went to the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in
Brandon to discuss various capital projects including stabilization
of the historic aircraft hangar.
Deborah Stewart, David Tremain, Siegfried Rempel, and Brian Laurie-Beaumont
met with representatives of the National Capital Commission
in Ottawa, ON, to review design issues for the Canada and the
World Pavilion (an interpretation centre that will present Canadian
international cultural achievements).
Bob Barclay presented a paper "Security and Longevity" at the first
conference of the International Time Capsule Society "Time
Capsules in the Modern World" in Osaka, Japan, and gave a lecture
"The Musical Instrument as Icon" for the international meeting of
the National Music Conservatory "Promotion of Local Music
Heritage in the Age of Globalization" in Amman, Jordan.
In Winnipeg, MB, Brian Laurie-Beaumont made a presentation on the
planning process and the steps that need to be taken over the next
few months and years to develop a Transportation Heritage and
Technology Centre (a proposed new museum that will encompass
more than a dozen transportation-related organizations in the Winnipeg
area).
Siegfried Rempel and Brian Laurie-Beaumont visited the Costume
Museum of Canada (previously called the Dugald Costume Museum)
in Dugald, MB: Siegfried provided advice on storage expansion (a
follow-up to the advice he provided on a previous trip five years
ago), and Brian discussed development of a business plan to meet
the Museum's new wider mandate.
Stefan Michalski acted as external supervisor at thesis defenses
for three students in the Master of Art Conservation program
at Queen's University in Kingston, ON; he also gave two lectures
("Light and Lighting" and "Dissolution Rates of Varnish") to current
students in the program.
Janet Wagner gave a talk on caring for textiles to the Altar
Guild at Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa, ON.
Paul Heinrichs assisted the National Research Council of Canada
in making rubber moulds of the ice shields of the Confederation
Bridge between New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
October 2000
Lyndsie Selwyn made a 2-week site visit to Arc'Antique in
Nantes, France, to meet with Christian Degrigny and share expertise
on the conservation of lead. Support was provided by the Canada-France
Agreement for Co-operation and Exchanges in the Field of Museology.
At the South Simcoe Pioneer Museum in Alliston, ON, Tom
Stone and Flora Davidson gave a presentation on the conservation
treatment of a kayak once owned by Dr. Frederick Banting as part
of a special event in honour of the kayak's return.
Jane Sirois gave a lecture "The Non-destructive Analysis of Museum
Objects for the Presence of Arsenic and Mercury" at the conference
"Contamination of Museum Materials and the Repatriation Process
for California Indians: A Working Conference" at San Francisco
State University in San Francisco, CA.
Tom Stone accompanied André Bergeron of the Centre de
conservation du Québec to the Roche-à-l'oiseau
rock art site on the Ottawa River to conduct graffiti removal
experiments using a portable steam generation unit.
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