Conférence annuelle 2025

• Coffee, juice, muffins, and fruit plate

• City of Victoria Councillor Krista Loughton, CCCO President
• Greetings from Sponsor: Hotspot

This session features a presentation by Erin McDonald who shares case studies from her recently published paper ‘Future-Proofing your Past’. This will be followed by a panel discussion on local examples of heritage buildings saved from deterioration and now living their next best life, including a 100-year old school and a railway roundhouse.

Erin McDonald MCH, MBA – Principal, ECM3. Erin specializes in arts, heritage, and cultural asset management. She has led projects for municipalities to develop operating strategies, community-oriented programming, and enhancing cultural initiatives.

Mayor Kate Rogers - Rogers was elected to Fredericton City Council in 2012, this is Rogers’ 3rd term. In May 2021, Kate Rogers was elected as Mayor of Fredericton, she is the first woman to serve in that role. Shas dedicated her career to building community through leadership roles in the non-profit and charitable sector, in arts and cultural development, and in policy research and creation. She was the executive director of the Fredericton Community Foundation, the Charlotte Street Arts Centre, the New Brunswick Crafts Council, and managing director of the NB Social Policy Research Network. She has a master’s degree in political science.

Calvin Thompson, former Real Estate Manager, City of Fredericton (currently City’s Indigenous Liaison)

John Leroux - architect, historian, published author, and curator at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. John has advocated for the preservation of built heritage throughout New Brunswick and has advised on numerous projects to adapt heritage buildings for new uses.

David Seabrook, Director of Recreation, Tourism & Culture, City of Fredericton

This series of ‘exchanges’ over three days allows you to hear from other capitals attending the conference, on the initiatives and issues facing their communities and councils. 

Winnipeg New Transit System
Councillor Cindy Gilroy, City of Winnipeg

Fredericton’s River Access and Blue Trails Initiative
David Seabrook, Director of Recreation, Culture & Tourism, City of Fredericton

Charlottetown E-Watch: Public Safety Through Partnership
Brad MacConnell, CAO City of Charlottetown

• Her Honour, The Honorable Louise Imbeault, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
• Visit to Government House

Government House – National and Provincial Historic Site, built in 1828, serves as the Official Residence and place of work for New Brunswick’s Lieutenant Governor, The Honourable Louise Imbeault, OC, ONB. Restored staterooms feature period furnishings and artifacts, a gallery, meeting rooms, and interpretive centre and gardens. More Info

New Brunswick Legislative Assembly Building – The seat of government since 1882 following the old Province Hall which was destroyed by fire in 1880. Features portraits of former Lieutenant Governors, a large self-supporting spiral staircase, and one volume of the set of John James Audubon “Birds of America’. More Info

• Visit Beaver Brook Art Gallery

One of Canada’s finest art museums featuring a works by Canadian and British masters with a priority on contemporary New Brunswick artists. https://beaverbrookartgallery.org

• Visit Historic Garrison District and Officer Square

National Historic Site covering two blocks in downtown Fredericton. A centre of military activity when garrisoned by the British Army from 1785 – 1869 and the birthplace of the Canadian Army from 1883 – 1914. Now a cherished community event space following a multi-year revitalization project which was reopened in 2024.

• Visit of Picaroons Round House - a local microbrewery housed in a renovated railway roundhouse, now a bustling community gathering space located along the Fredericton trailway network on the riverfront. More Info