Since 2022, the CSDA/CCAD invites a contributor to Ornamentum magazine to present an online lecture. Recordings of past lectures are available to CSDA/CCAD members via the Member Portal. 

 

Not yet a Member? Consider joining the CSDA/CCAD community to gain access to past and upcoming online presentations, free of charge!

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Upcoming Lectures:

 

Poisoned Pages and Persistent Residues: Hazards, Histories and Decisions in Natural History Collections with Erika Range, Conservator at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa

Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 3:00PM - 5:00PM via Zoom (Register here).

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Drawing on current research and practical experience at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this talk considers how we identify, assess, and manage these risks while maintaining access to collections. It asks how conservation practice can balance care, curiosity, and caution when the materials we preserve are not entirely benign.

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Previous Lectures:

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Pictorial Puns: Rebus Plates for Our Times with Dr. Jennifer Salahub, Professor Emerita of Art and Craft History at the Alberta University of the Arts

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

 

Stepping out of a Painting: A Look at Historical Costuming with Kelly Arlene Grant, one of North America’s foremost practitioners and consultants in the field of historically accurate attire 

Thursday, 1 May 2025

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Sensing Musical Landscapes: Boni's 1620 Single-Manual Harpsichord with Nolan Sprangers, who is completing a PhD in Musicology with a collaborative specialization in Environmental Studies 

​October 10, 2024

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Biting Towards Our Future with Diane Blunt, an artist, birch-bark biter, and member of the Kawartha Nishnawbe Nation
April 25, 2024

Where do the Children Play? with Alex Smith, the founder and editor of the award-winning blog, Playgroundology
October 26, 2023

Craftivism Since 2001 with Mary Callahan (MC) Baumstark, a craftivism scholar, art administrator, and artist in Lewistown, Montana
April 13th, 2023

Retailing Radio: How the T. Eaton Company Sold the Idea of Radio in 1920s-1930s Canada with Dr. Michael Windover, Associate Professor of Art and Architectural History and Assistant Director of the School for Studies in Art and Culture at Carleton University
October 20, 2022

Cultural Vessels - When 1960s Mi’kmaq Design and Stories Met Traditional English Bone China with Emma Hassencahl-Perly a Wolastoqey artist, curator and educator from Negotiuk (Tobique First Nation) and John Leroux, manager of collections and exhibitions at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery
March 24, 2022