
Mehdi Ghafouri, Professor of Humanities, Vanier College, Montreal & Heritage Architect
B.Sc. 78, McGill; B.Arch. 80, McGill; M. Bldg. Eng. 84, Concordia; PhD. Comprehensive Exam 95, Université de Montreal; M.A. 2012, Concordia
Mehdi Ghafouri is active as an academic and researcher, professional and a member of Quebec Order of Architects since 1987. He has also been active in heritage conservation, evaluation, designations, education, policy and development for the last 30 years. He has worked as independent heritage consultant and with Minister of Culture of Quebec as a Commissioner of Quebec heritage Council from 1993-2008, as well as a founding member and VP of Montreal Heritage Council, 2003-5. He has also been active in teaching, research and publications on heritage related subjects at Concordia University, U of T, U de M, UQAM, MOCAD, and Vanier College as well as a number of universities abroad. He has been a board member, Vice President and president of Scientific Council of ICOMOS Canada. Mehdi Ghafouri became involved in Milton Parc Neighbourhood in late 70’s as founding member, board member, and president of one the housing co-ops from 1980 to 2000, founding board member of Milton Park Community Development Association and Montreal Ecology Centre.
B.Sc. 78, McGill; B.Arch. 80, McGill; M. Bldg. Eng. 84, Concordia; PhD. Comprehensive Exam 95, Université de Montreal; M.A. 2012, Concordia
Mehdi Ghafouri is active as an academic and researcher, professional and a member of Quebec Order of Architects since 1987. He has also been active in heritage conservation, evaluation, designations, education, policy and development for the last 30 years. He has worked as independent heritage consultant and with Minister of Culture of Quebec as a Commissioner of Quebec heritage Council from 1993-2008, as well as a founding member and VP of Montreal Heritage Council, 2003-5. He has also been active in teaching, research and publications on heritage related subjects at Concordia University, U of T, U de M, UQAM, MOCAD, and Vanier College as well as a number of universities abroad. He has been a board member, Vice President and president of Scientific Council of ICOMOS Canada. Mehdi Ghafouri became involved in Milton Parc Neighbourhood in late 70’s as founding member, board member, and president of one the housing co-ops from 1980 to 2000, founding board member of Milton Park Community Development Association and Montreal Ecology Centre.
Sessions auxquelles Mehdi Ghafouri participe
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11:00
- 13.30 Participatory, Value-Based Heritage Cultural Landscape Conservation for Sustainable Community Development: The Case of Milton Park in Montreal
- Participant.e Mehdi Ghafouri (Vanier College) |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: What Does the Heritage Citizens Movement Change?
- Given that heritage, tangible and intangible, is considered as a cultural/capital resource, this paper will depart from the premise that partici...
- Paper
Sessions auxquelles Mehdi Ghafouri assiste
13:00
13:00
- What is Critical Heritage Studies: Open Forum
- Inscription req. UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520
- 13:00 - 15:00 | 2 heures
- This forum will explore the current directions of critical heritage studies and what makes ACHS distinctive. Panel members will discuss what the...
- Workshop
14:30
14:30
- Public Debate: Heritage and the City | Le Patrimoine et la Ville
- Inscription req. UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Agora
- 14:30 - 16:00 | 1 heure 30 minutes
- Qu’est-ce que le patrimoine change à Montréal? Qu’est-ce que Montréal change au patrimoine? Ce débat vise à mettre en discussion l'évoluti...
- Talk
17:00
17:00
- Opening Ceremony and Cocktail
- Inscription req. Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - Former Chapel
- 17:00 - 19:30 | 2 heures 30 minutes
- Welcome addresses and cocktail, followed by the Concordia Signature Event "The Garden of the Grey Nuns". As the opening ceremony and cocktail...
- Cocktail
19:30
19:30
- The Garden of the Grey Nuns / Le jardin des sœurs grises Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - GN 1210
- 19:30 - 21:00 | 1 heure 30 minutes
- Working with archival documents and the current-day morphology of the Grey Nuns' site, Dr Cynthia Hammond, Dr Shauna Janssen, in collaboration w...
- Research-Creation
9:00
9:00
- Keynote : What does heritage change? Le patrimoine, ça change quoi? (Lucie K. Morisset)
- Inscription req. UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté
- 9:00 - 10:00 | 1 heure
- What if we changed our views on heritage? And if heritage has already changed? While, on the global scene, s...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

12:30
12:30
- Lunchboxes | Boîtes à lunch UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Ground Floor Hall
- 12:30 - 13:30 | 1 heure
- Repas
17:00
17:00
- Smoked meat in questions Bistro le Sanguinet - Bistro, étage principal et terrasse
- 17:00 - 18:00 | 1 heure
- This festive event will offer delegates a taste of one of the iconic dishes of Montreal, the smoked meat sandwich, imported by Jewish immigration f...
- Cocktail
18:30
18:30
- Keynote: Is Tangible to Intangible as Formal is to Informal ? (Michael Herzfeld)
- Inscription req. UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté
- 18:30 - 20:00 | 1 heure 30 minutes
- Most of what we experience as heritage emerges into conscious recognition through a complex mixture of political and ideological filters, including...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

9:00
9:00
- Vers une nouvelle lecture du patrimoine culturel. L’approche sémantique au service d’une ontologie du patrimoine UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-2520
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 heures 30 minutes
- Inscrite à l’origine dans le cadre d’un projet ANR, « ANTIMOINE » , cette proposition de session suggère une vision novatrice des outils nécessa...
- Regular session
12:30
12:30
- ACHS Chapters meetings: association des études patrimoniales UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1540
- 12:30 - 13:30 | 1 heure
- Workshop
- Lunchboxes | Boîtes à lunch UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Ground Floor Hall
- 12:30 - 13:30 | 1 heure
- Repas
14:00
14:00
- Keynote: Renaming, Removal, Recontextualization of Heritage: Purging History, Claiming the Present, Imagining the Future? (What Change-Role for Heritage Professionals?) (James Count Early)
- Inscription req. Musée des Beaux-Ars de Montréal - Cummings Auditorium
- 14:00 - 15:30 | 1 heure 30 minutes
- "What does heritage change?" is a multifaceted question to which the answer(s) are in primary respects related to real-life negotiations among dif...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

17:00
17:00
- ACHS 2016 General Assembly Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 1.210
- 17:00 - 18:30 | 1 heure 30 minutes
- Talk
19:00
19:00
- Film Series: De engel van Doel
- Inscription req. Concordia, LB Building - LB 125
- 19:00 - 21:00 | 2 heures
- Directed by Tom Fassaert and presented by Marc Jacobs. ___ Doel, a Belgian village near the Dutch border, is disappearing quickly and d...
9:00
9:00
- Urban Heritage: Critical Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives I Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S2.115
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 heures
- Cities are growingly being faced by social, economic, cultural and environmental challenges imposing health and social risks. Rapid urbanization, p...
- Regular session
12:30
12:30
- Lunchboxes | Boîtes à lunch Concordia, Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex Building (EV) - EV Atrium
- 12:30 - 13:30 | 1 heure
- Repas
15:30
15:30
- Keynote: Il n'est de patrimoine qu'au futur...| Only in the future will it be heritage... (Xavier Greffe)
- Inscription req. Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 1.210
- 15:30 - 17:00 | 1 heure 30 minutes
- Le patrimoine fait aujourd’hui l’objet d’attentions autant que d’agressions et de destructions. Cela peut s’expliquer par les difficultés de son id...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

18:00
18:00
- Film Series Celebration : Sugar Shack Event
- Inscription req. Concordia, LB Building - LB 123
- 18:00 - 19:00 | 1 heure
- To celebrate our film series dedicated to heritage, sponsored by the Department of American Studies at the University of Maryland and the United St...
- Cocktail
9:00
9:00
- Urban Heritage: Critical Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives II Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S2.115
- 9:00 - 17:00 | 8 heures
- Cities are growingly being faced by social, economic, cultural and environmental challenges imposing health and social risks. Rapid urbanization, p...
- Regular session
- What does Photography Preserve? Reification and Ruin in the Photographic Heritage of a Place Called Montreal Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S1.435
- 9:00 - 17:00 | 8 heures
- Photography was recognized as an instrument of heritage preservation from the moment of its inception in the early nineteenth century, when proj...
- Regular session
12:30
12:30
- Lunchboxes | Boîtes à lunch Concordia, Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex Building (EV) - EV Atrium
- 12:30 - 13:30 | 1 heure
- Repas