J.IIC-CG VOLUME 5 (1980)

The History of Conservation in Canada: Developments to the Early 1970s

Mervyn Ruggles

This paper presents the author’s personal view of the development of the conservation profession in Canada. The account begins with the early Canadian artists who also performed conservation work, and traces events which occurred over the following 300 years and have led to the emergence of the presently existing conservation institutions and organizations. This account ends in 1972, before the rapid growth of the large conservation institutions within Canada.

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