2012 Prix du XXe siècle – Jury Members

Julian Smith
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Scholar, educator and architect, Julian Smith has been a leader for over 30 years in efforts to conserve Canada’s historic places. After graduating first in his class from MIT, he worked for a time with Klein & Sears Architects in Toronto. From 1980 to 1987, he was Chief Conservation Architect, National Historic Sites Program at Parks Canada before establishing one of the first graduate programs in heritage conservation in Canada at Carleton University in Ottawa in 1989, where he served as Director for 17 years. As the principal of Julian Smith Architect & Associates, he has earned a national and international reputation for his work in restoration and adaptive reuse. Today, as well as his architecture practice, he heads up the Willowbank School of Restoration Arts in Queenston, Ontario. Julian is a member of the board of directors of ICOMOS Canada, co-author of the Appleton Charter, and advisor to UNESCO on the new international convention on the protection of historic urban landscapes. He is the recipient of the 2008 Heritage Canada Foundation Gabrielle Léger Award for Lifetime Achievement in Heritage Conservation.
Dr. Harold D. Kalman
Vancouver, British Columbia
A heritage consultant and principal at Commonwealth Historic Resource Management Ltd. since 1984, Kalman earned a Ph.D. in Art and Archaeology from Princeton University (1971) and received an honorary LL.D. from the University of Victoria (2010). He has extensive experience in the conservation and development of historic places throughout Canada and abroad. His research interests are in heritage conservation and the history of architecture, and he has published more than a dozen books on the two subjects, including the definitive work, “A History of Canadian Architecture” in two volumes. He is the recipient of the Sir John A. Macdonald Prize for History (1995), the British Columbia Heritage Award (2006), and the Heritage Canada Foundation Gabrielle Léger Award for Lifetime Achievement in Heritage Conservation (2009). He is engaged in a number of professional associations including the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals, ICOMOS Canada, and the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada. He was appointed to the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada in 2008.
Susan Bronson
Montreal, Quebec
Susan Bronson is a registered architect with expertise in heritage conservation, urban history and conservation history and theory, who has worked in private practice both as an architect and heritage consultant. Her teaching experience extends to Concordia University (History), McGill University (Architecture), and l’Université de Montréal (Muséologie, Architecture, Architecture de paysage), and at ICCROM in Rome. Susan has served on the board of directors of the Association for Preservation Technology International (APT) and the Friends of Saint-Laurent Boulevard and Mile End in Montreal. She is the author of numerous studies and articles on Montréal and Quebec architecture, vernacular heritage, multicultural urban landscapes and modern heritage, including the groundbreaking report for the Historic Site and Monuments Board of Canada on the built environment of the Modern era. Susan was the recipient of the Heritage Canada Foundation Gabrielle Léger Award for Lifetime Achievement in Heritage Conservation in 2010.