CURRICULUM VITAE (Updated 2018-05-07) ALASTAIR WILLIAM KERR Visiting Associate Professor Division of Architectural Conservation Programmes (ACP) Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong HOME #701-777 Blanshard Street Victoria, BC Canada V8W 2G9 Phone: (250) 385-1193 Email: awkerr@shaw.ca WORK Director, Strategic Coordination Tourism Division Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts PO Box 9846, Stn Prov Govt 800 Johnson Street, Fifth Floor Victoria, BC V8W 9W3 Phone: (250) 356-1194 Fax: (250) 356-7796 E-mail: alastair.kerr@gov.bc.ca Website: http://www.tsa.gov.bc.ca/heritage/ EDUCATION 1973 Master of Arts, History in Art, University of Victoria. 1970 Bachelor of Arts, History in Art, University of Victoria.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2007 Certificate in Conflict Resolution, The Justice Institute of British Columbia, New Westminster, BC (one course and final assessment remaining). Completion expected in 2009. 1985 Diploma in Public Sector Management, University of Victoria. CAREER / EMPLOYMENT 2009-present Director, Strategic Coordination, Tourism Division, Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts, BC Government, Canada 2005-2009 Head, Heritage Programs, Heritage Branch, BC Government, Canada 1987-2005 Senior Heritage Planner, Heritage Programs, Heritage Branch, BC Government, Canada 1982-1987 Head, Consulting Services Section, Restoration Services Division, Heritage Conservation Branch, BC Government, Canada 1979-1982 Heritage Planner. Planning and Interpretation Division, Heritage Conservation Branch, BC Government, Canada 1977-1979 Heritage Officer, Research and Planning Division, Heritage Conservation Branch, BC Government, Canada 1973-1977 Historic Sites Officer, Historic Parks and Sites Division, Parks Branch, BC Government, Canada TEACHING AND TRAINING 2009-current Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of History in Art, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC 1983-2009 Sessional Lecturer, Cultural Resource Management Program (Department of History in Art), University of Victoria, Victoria, BC 1998-2006 Trainer and Co-facilitator, Parks Canada, National Historic Sites 2000-2009 Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Certificate in Urban Design Program 1998-2007 Invited lecturer, Diploma in Cultural Resource Management sponsored by the National Institute for Archaeology and History (INAH), Oaxaca, Mexico 1990 Instructor, School of Community and Regional Planning, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC 1989 Instructor, Certificate in Historic Resource Management Program, Faculty 1989 of Environmental Design, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta 1986-1988 Instructor, The Heritage Canada Foundation, Ottawa. 1974-1975 Part-time lecturer, Division of Adult Education, Camosun College, Victoria, BC
1971-1973 Teaching Assistant, Department of History in Art, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC INDEPENDENT FACILITATION AND CONSULTATION 2007 Strategic Planner, Tr ondëk Hwëch in, Yukon Territorial Government and the Government of Canada Tripartite Strategic Plan, Dawson City, Yukon 2003 Facilitator for introducing strategic planning to the McBride Museum, Whitehorse, Yukon 2003 Facilitator for introducing strategic planning for the Yukon Heritage Resources Board, Whitehorse, Yukon 1999 Facilitator, Cultural Resource Management Plan for Wood Buffalo / Nahani Field Unit, Parks Canada, Fort Smith, NWT 1998 Consultation, Workshop on Design Guidelines for Dawson City 1995 Facilitator, Strategic Planning, City of Winnipeg, Heritage Advisory Committee PUBLICATIONS 2007 Considerations for a Values-Based Approach to Heritage Conservation within Canada. To be published by the National Institute for Anthropology and History (INAH), Mexico 2007 Understanding Spirit of Place: SGang Gwaay World Heritage Site, A Case Study with Kii'iljuus (Barbara Wilson). To be published by ICOMOS Canada in 2008 for the ICOMOS World Congress. Presented by Kii iljus at ICOMOS Canada in October, 2008. 2006 Questioning Heritage Doctrine: Comparing And Contrasting A Rules Based Approach To Heritage Conservation With A Values-Based Approach. To be published by ICOMOS Canada in ICOMOS Canada Bulletin: Monumentum, 2007. 2005 A Critique of Harold Kalman s The Evaluation of Historic Buildings: Theory and Practice. To be published by Carleton University as a collection of symposium papers on valuesbased management. 2005 Constructing Values and Authenticity at SGang Gwaay, World Heritage Site. New Views on Authenticity and Integrity in the World Heritage of the Americas. National Institute for Anthropology and History (INAH). Mexico. 2000 Public Participation in Cultural Resource Management: A Canadian Perspective. Patrimonio y conservacion Arqueologia: Congreso Mundial de Conservacion del Patrimonio Monumental, XII Asmablea General ICOMOS, Cuidad de Mexico, octubre 17-23 de 1999. Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, 2000. 1999 Social value as an Important Element in Heritage Value. ICOMOS Canada Bulletin: Momentum 1999. Vol. 8, No. 1. ICOMOS Canada, 1999. 1995 The Heritage Conservation Statutes Amendment Act: British Columbia's New Heritage Legislation. Heritage Canada. January/February, 1995. Ottawa, Canada.
1995 The Heritage Conservation Statutes Amendment Act: British Columbia Gets New Heritage Legislation - Finally! ICOMOS Canada Bulletin, Vol. 4, No. 1. ICOMOS Canada, Ottawa. 1999. 1994 Strange Bedfellows: An Uneasy Alliance between Cultural Conservation and Tourism. ICOMOS Canada Bulletin, Vol. 3, No. 3. ICOMOS Canada, Ottawa. 1992 Heritage Planning: A Guide for Local Government. Province of British Columbia (Heritage Conservation Branch), Victoria, BC 1992 Preservation Planning as a System of Continuous Care, ICOMOS Canada Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 3. ICOMOS Canada, Ottawa. 1991 Towards a New Mythology: Heritage Conservation and the Environmental Movement, ICOMOS Canada Momentum 1991, Ottawa. 1991 Editor. ICOMOS Canada: English-Speaking Committee Newsletter, (March). Ottawa. 1990 Education: The Master Key to Good Conservation, ICOMOS Canada: English Speaking Committee Newsletter, Special Issue, Annual Meeting and Congress, 1989, ICOMOS Canada, Ottawa. 1990 What is Vernacular Architecture? ICOMOS Canada: National Committee on Vernacular Architecture Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 1, Ottawa. 1989 Community Pride Program: Recent Initiatives in Community Heritage Conservation Training in British Columbia, ICOMOS Canada Momentum, 1989, Ottawa. 1989 Historic Architecture of British Columbia, Arts BC (Volume 13, Number 1), Victoria, BC. 1988/89 Preservation in British Columbia: A Canadian Experience, Arcade: The Northwest Journal for Architecture and Design, Vol. VIII, No. 5, Seattle, USA 1985 The Growth of Architectural History in British Columbia, Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada Bulletin (Volume 10, Number 1), Ottawa. 1981 Nelson: A Proposal in Urban Heritage Conservation. Government of British Columbia. Project director and supervisor. Wrote two-thirds and edited of the final study. 1981 Barkerville in the Eighties: The Future of Barkerville's Past, Datum (Volume 6, Number 10), Government of British Columbia, Victoria, BC 1979 Conserving Heritage, Architectural Institute of British Columbia Forum (October-November). Architectural Institute of British Columbia. Vancouver. 1979 The Architecture of Victoria's Chinatown, Datum (Volume 4, Number 1), Government of British Columbia, Victoria, BC 1978 Some Basic Observations Concerning the Architecture of the Chinese in BC, co-authored by J. Bugslag. Datum (Volume 3, Number 2), Government of British Columbia, Victoria, BC 1978 A Guide to Fort Steele Historic Park (1978) Co-authored with Patrick Frey. Published by the Ministry of Recreation and Conservation. 1978 P. L. James: Architect, The Crystal Gardens: West Coast Pleasure Palace. Victoria, BC
1976 The Restoration of Historic Barkerville, Canadian Collector (Special Provincial Issue: British Columbia). Volume II, Number 3, Toronto, Ontario. PAPERS PRESENTED, SESSIONS CHAIRED AND CONFERENCES ORGANIZED Dec 2007 Feb 2007 Nov 2006 Oct 2006 Jun 2006 Mar 2006 Feb 2006 Nov 2005 Aug 2005 Jun 2005 Feb 2004 Jun 2003 Apr 2003 Feb 2003 Mar 2002 Considerations for a Values-Based Approach to Heritage Conservation within Canada. Symposium Commemorating Monte Alban s 20 th Anniversary on the World Heritage List. Oaxaca, Mexico. Heritage Conservation: From Historic Sites to Sustainable Communities. The Challenge of Heritage Conservation in Sustainable Development. The City Program, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC. Questioning Heritage Doctrine: Comparing And Contrasting A Rules-Based Approach To Heritage Conservation With A Values-Based Approach. ICOMOS Canada Annual Congress, Ottawa. Heritage Conservation and Sectors within Society. Provincial Heritage Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick. Urban Revitalization and Community Sustainability through Heritage Conservation, with Patrick Frey. World Planners Congress. Vancouver. Heritage Conservation and Values-Based Management. Provincial Heritage Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Respectful Rehabilitation: Moving Forward with One Foot in the Past. Respectful Rehabilitation. The City Program, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC. A Critique of Harold Kalman s The Evaluation of Historic Buildings: Theory and Practice. Symposium on Values-based Management in Heritage Conservation, Carleton University, Ottawa. Constructing Values and Authenticity at SGang Gwaay, World Heritage Site, Symposium on Authenticity at World Heritage Sites in the Americas, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. An Introduction to Urban Revitalization: Thinking Small in a Big Way. Heritage Society of BC Annual Conference, Burnaby, BC. An Introduction to Values-based Management in Heritage Conservation. Knowing What Our Values Are. The City Program. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC. Defining Victoria s Chinatown as an Historic District. Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada. Saint John s, Newfoundland. Opening Address: Heritage Conservation and Archives, Archives Association of British Columbia, Nanaimo, BC. Incentives for Heritage Conservation in BC Legislation. Incentives for Heritage Conservation. The City Program, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver BC. The Historic Places Initiative. Family of National Historic Sites. Parks Canada, Victoria, BC.
Feb 2002 May 2000 Feb 2000 Oct 1999 Feb 1999 Oct 1998 May 1998 Feb 1998 Jun 1997 May 1996 Sep 1995 Feb 1995 Jun 1994 Sep 1992 May 1992 Sep 1990 Jun 1990 Jun 1990 What are the Implications of a Canadian Register of Historic Places at the Provincial and Local Government Levels? Towards the Canadian Heritage Register: Implications for Heritage Conservation Policies. The City Program, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. Victoria s Secrets. The Heritage Society of British Columbia Annual Conference. Chair, Conference Planning Committee. The Economic Impacts of Heritage Conservation: Windfall or Downfall? Moderator. The City Program, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. Public Participation in Cultural Resource Management: A Canadian Perspective. ICOMOS General Assembly. Archaeological Management Scientific Committee. Mexico City. Mexico. The Economics of Heritage Conservation. Moderator for a one day course, The City Program, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. Remembering Where we Came From: A 25 year Retrospective on the Heritage Movement in British Columbia. The Heritage Canada/ Heritage Society of BC Annual Conference. Vancouver, BC. Moving Heritage Planning into the Mainstream, Moderator, Planning Institute of British Columbia Annual Conference. Kamloops, BC. Planning for Heritage Conservation, Moderator for a one day course, The City Program, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. It was twenty years ago today... A retrospective of Nelson s Heritage Plan, the Heritage Society of British Columbia s Annual Conference, Nelson, BC. Creating a Heritage Conservation Program at the Local Government Level, Centre for Cultural Heritage Studies, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia. The Community Heritage Commissions Network, the Union of British Columbia Municipalities Annual Convention, Vancouver, BC. Heritage Conservation Area Planning, The Heritage Society of British Columbia Mid- Winter Meeting. Kelowna, BC. The Principles of Strategic Planning in Heritage Planning, Heritage Society of British Columbia Annual Conference, New Westminster, BC. The Principles of Heritage Planning, Union of British Columbia Municipalities Annual Conference, Vernon, BC. The Principles of Heritage Planning, and workshop leader, Heritage Planning, Heritage Society of British Columbia Annual Conference, Vernon, BC. Panellist, Heritage Conservation and Local Government, Union of British Columbia Municipalities Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC. Facilitator and Speaker, Industrial Archaeology, Cowichan and Chemainus Valleys Ecomuseum Society Workshop. Duncan, BC. Organizer, ICOMOS Canada mid-year Board Meeting and Preservation Tour, Victoria and lower Vancouver Island, BC.
May 1990 Nov 1989 Nov 1989 Nov 1989 Oct 1989 Jun 1989 May 1989 May 1988 Sep 1987 Jun 1987 Nov 1986 Mar 1985 Jun 1985 Mar 1985 Mar 1985 Jun 1984 May 1984 Panellist, Preservation Planning, Heritage Society of British Columbia Annual Conference, Surrey, BC. Participant, Closing Panel Discussion, ICOMOS Canada, Fifth Annual Congress, Ottawa. Facilitator. Training the Professional workshop, ICOMOS Canada, Fifth Annual Congress, Ottawa. Opening Address, Education: The Master Key to Good Conservation, ICOMOS Canada, Fifth Annual Congress, Ottawa. Facilitator, Community Heritage Conservation workshop, Association for Community Education in British Columbia 14th Annual Conference, "Putting the Community Back into Education", Sooke, BC. Speaker and panellist, A Future for the Past, Annual Conference of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, "Flight Path 2000", Vancouver, BC. Recent Initiatives in Community Heritage Conservation in British Columbia, ICOMOS International Training Committee/ICCROM Annual Meeting, "An Integrated Conservation Approach", Montreal, Quebec. Co-organizer - Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada, and Chairperson for the academic session, Buildings, Gardens and Public Places: Shaping the Urban Environment, Vancouver BC. Program Chairman for the Association of Preservation Technology (APT) Annual Conference, Theme: "Wood and Water", Victoria and Vancouver, BC Chairperson, for academic session An Evaluation of Historic Building Evaluations, Annual conference of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada, Toronto, Ontario. Invited resource person, Main Street Workshop, ICOMOS Canada National Congress, Ottawa. Preserving the Main Streets of British Columbia, in the Victoria Heritage Foundation spring lecture series, Victoria, BC. Chairperson, Industrial Architecture, Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada, Lennoxville, Quebec. Percy Leonard James, Victoria Architect, in the Victoria Heritage Foundation spring lecture series, Victoria, BC. Artistic Achievement in Vancouver's Pre-modern Architecture and BC s Heritage Conservation Legislation, in "The Special Vancouver Houses: Prize Winning Domestic Architecture" series sponsored by the Architectural Institute of British Columbia and the Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC. The Architecture of the Chinese in British Columbia, Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada, Annual Meeting, Guelph, Ontario. Chairperson, "Main Street Programs", Heritage Society of BC, Annual 1984 Meeting, Nanaimo, BC.
Jun 1983 Jun 1980 Oct 1979 Apr 1979 Feb 1977 Establishing a Heritage Conservation Program at the Community Level, Heritage Society of BC, Annual Conference, Delta, BC. Historic Theatres and Theatre Architecture on British Columbia's Frontier. A paper presented at a combined session of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada and the Association for Canadian Theatre History, Montreal, Quebec. Preparation of an Assessment and Inventory of Heritage Resources, Heritage Planning in BC Communities, Victoria, BC. The Architecture of the Chinese in British Columbia, North Pacific Coast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, Portland, Oregon, USA. How Should We Document and Research Heritage Buildings? New Life for Old Buildings Conference, a British Columbia and Yukon Heritage Conference, Vancouver, BC Published in Proceedings of New Life for Old Buildings (1977).
REPRESENTATION ON BOARDS, COMMITTEES, ETC. 2007-current Committee Member, Downtown Advisory Committee, City of Victoria. 2003-2005 Chair, Architectural Conservation Committee, Victoria Civic Heritage Trust 2000-2002 President, Victoria Civic Heritage Trust 1999-2001 Member, English Speaking Committee, ICOMOS Canada 1999-2005 Board Member, Craigdarroch Castle Historical Museum Society, Victoria, BC, and member of the Grounds (1999-2002), Restoration (1999-2001) and Strategic Planning (2001-2002) and Presentation (2001-current) committees 1998-current Board Member, Victoria Civic Heritage Trust, Member of the Architectural Conservation Committee and Chair of the Year 2000 Conference Committee. 1991-1995 Board Member, ICOMOS Canada. 1990-1991 Chair, English Speaking-Committee and Vice President, ICOMOS Canada. 1989-1990 Vice-Chair, English-Speaking Committee, and Board Member, ICOMOS Canada. 1988-1991 Co-Chair, Education and Training Committee, ICOMOS Canada. 1986-1987 Member of the Board of Directors and a Member of the Conference and Training Committee, Association for Preservation Technology (APT). 1986-1988 Member, Heritage Advisory Committee, City of Victoria. 1983-1987 BC Director, Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada. Last update 2009-12-09