Hilary Grant
Biographic Data
| ID | 3783028 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hilary Grant |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hilary |
| FAMILY NAME | Grant |
| SIGNATURE | GRANT H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carleton University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Heritage Law and Symbolic Politics in Canada: Image Supersedes Protection under the Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act
This paper argues that the Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act is an example of symbolic legislation that bulwarks a façade of government protection and democratic participation in the face of relative public political powerlessness. Rather than protect railway stations, the Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act creates an illusion of preservation. The Act's weak regulatory framework, the emotionality and legal complexity of railway stati…
Incompatible: Modern Built Heritage Conservation versus Value-Based Addition Design at Canada’s Capital Historic Sites
Heritage conservation’s modernist underpinnings limit engagement with heritage value, resulting in incompatible additions to historic places. A good example is the controversy surrounding the proposed addition to the Château Laurier National Historic Site in Ottawa, Canada, designed by Peter Clewes and approved by the City of Ottawa in February 2021. The addition’s defenders used the Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Place…
Heritage down the chute: The demolition of Saskatchewan's grain elevators
Hailed as ‘cathedrals of the plains’ and ‘prairie sentinels’, grain elevators are iconic of Saskatchewan, Canada. Yet with fewer than four hundred and twenty of the original 3300 still standing, Saskatchewan’s historic grain elevators are disappearing at an alarmingly accelerated rate. The loss of historic grain elevators is twice the average loss in historic fabric in Canada in a third of the time despite their being the most widely cited herita…
Heritage down the chute: The demolition of Saskatchewan's grain elevators
Hailed as ‘cathedrals of the plains’ and ‘prairie sentinels’, grain elevators are iconic of Saskatchewan, Canada. Yet with fewer than four hundred and twenty of the original 3300 still standing, Saskatchewan’s historic grain elevators are disappearing at an alarmingly accelerated rate. The loss of historic grain elevators is twice the average loss in historic fabric in Canada in a third of the time despite their being the most widely cited herita…
Heritage down the chute: The demolition of Saskatchewan's grain elevators
Hailed as ‘cathedrals of the plains’ and ‘prairie sentinels’, grain elevators are iconic of Saskatchewan, Canada. Yet with fewer than four hundred and twenty of the original 3300 still standing, Saskatchewan’s historic grain elevators are disappearing at an alarmingly accelerated rate. The loss of historic grain elevators is twice the average loss in historic fabric in Canada in a third of the time despite their being the most widely cited herita…
Incompatible: Modern Built Heritage Conservation versus Value-Based Addition Design at Canada’s Capital Historic Sites
Heritage conservation’s modernist underpinnings limit engagement with heritage value, resulting in incompatible additions to historic places. A good example is the controversy surrounding the proposed addition to the Château Laurier National Historic Site in Ottawa, Canada, designed by Peter Clewes and approved by the City of Ottawa in February 2021. The addition’s defenders used the Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Place…
Heritage Law and Symbolic Politics in Canada: Image Supersedes Protection under the Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act
This paper argues that the Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act is an example of symbolic legislation that bulwarks a façade of government protection and democratic participation in the face of relative public political powerlessness. Rather than protect railway stations, the Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act creates an illusion of preservation. The Act's weak regulatory framework, the emotionality and legal complexity of railway stati…
Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Cultural heritage (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (1 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (1 works)