[BCMA] Job Posting: Instructor, Determining Significance of Heritage Resources

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The Division of Continuing Studies at the University of Victoria is seeking an online instructor for Determining Significance of Heritage Resources for the Cultural Resource Management Program.

For more information about this opportunity, please see the posting at https://continuingstudies.uvic.ca/upload/PDF/DCS-pages/careers/CRMP-Instructor-Posting-AHVS489C-May2022.pdf.

For over 30-years the Cultural Resource Management Programs in the Division of Continuing Studies have been offering educational opportunities to emerging and midcareer professional in the museum, heritage and cultural sector. Courses can be taken can be taken for credit or non-credit and are accessed by undergraduate, graduate and professional learners.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Definition of the heritage value or significance of a historic place or resource is a key step in the inventory and management of heritage resources. This course begins with an exploration of the range of historical, aesthetic, social and scientific values that establish the character-defining elements of historic resources, including buildings, structures, historic districts and cultural landscapes. Various methods of inventory and evaluation, from numerical scoring systems to systems that establish historical contexts or thematic studies, are discussed along with their roles in guiding subsequent conservation planning and decision-making.



LEARNING OUTCOMES
On successful completion of the course you should be able to:
1.       Articulate the different ways in which heritage value and significance can be understood;
2.       Recognize the different types of heritage resources;
3.       Identify and analyze different evaluation systems and criteria that meet program goals and stakeholder requirements;
4.       Understand the range of information sources that can and should inform a heritage evaluation; evaluate a "place" to determine its cultural heritage value, boundaries and significance;
5.       Write a statement of significance; and understand the role of determining significance in values-based heritage resource management

Please submit your expression of interest by June 14 at 5 pm PST.

Kind regards,
Maxine

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Maxine Reitsma
Program Coordinator
Cultural Resource Management
Division of Continuing Studies, University of Victoria
crmcoord at uvic.ca<mailto:crmcoord at uvic.ca> | 250.721.6477

I acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

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