Conservation position layoffs at the National Gallery of Canada and across the country

The Canadian Association for Conservation of Cultural Property (CAC) and the Canadian Association of Professional Conservators (CAPC) have delivered official letters to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, and also to the Board of Trustees and Interim Director of the National Gallery of Canada (NGC). These letters were in response to the elimination of numerous conservation positions at heritage institutions over the last three years, with most recently the termination and potential position elimination of the Director of Conservation and Technical Research at the NGC. Read more here.

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Image: Jennifer Robertson, Book and Paper Conservation Services, 2017

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