Athens, Ga. – Natalie Bull, executive director of the Heritage Canada Foundation, will address “The Heritage Imperative: Old Buildings, Social Justice and the Challenge of Change” on April 11 at 4:30 p.m. in the University of Georgia Chapel. Sponsored by the UGA College of Environment and Design, the lecture is opened to the public; and a reception will follow in the Founders Memorial Garden.
Originally from New Brunswick, Canada, Bull is a graduate of the University of Montreal, where she received a master’s degree in applied sciences in architectural conservation. She has more than 20 years of experience in heritage conservation at the municipal and federal levels in Canada, specializing in the technology side of preservation and cultural landscapes. She also has served as the president of the Association for Preservation Technology.
The Heritage Canada Foundation is a national membership organization created in 1973 to help Canadians protect historic buildings. As executive director of the Heritage Canada Foundation since 2005, Bull has focused the organization’s efforts to engage and inspire the general public through publications, an annual conference, advocacy action and grass-roots support.
This program is part of a yearlong lecture series sponsored by the College of Environment and Design. For more information, contact Mark Reinberger, head of the department of historic preservation, at reinberg@uga.edu or 706/542-4706.
UGA College of Environment and Design
The UGA College of Environment and Design offers master’s degrees in historic preservation, landscape architecture and environmental planning and design as well as an environmental ethics certificate program. Its undergraduate, five-year bachelor’s program in landscape architecture is one of the largest and oldest programs in the country and is ranked in the top 10 programs of its kind.
