UNESCO appointment for UPEI’s Dr. Ann Howatt
The Canadian Commission for UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has appointed Dr. Ann Howatt to the Sectoral Commission on Culture, Communication and Information.
Dr. Howatt is a research fellow of the Institute of Island Studies and a lecturer in the Environmental Studies program at the University of Prince Edward Island. Both an educator and conservator of cultural property, she has taught and lectured at several universities in Canada and internationally in cultural conservation, and in the fields of visual media, environmental representation, and technology.
Over the past year, Dr. Howatt has been participating as a member of an inter-university specialist advisory panel, commissioned by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The panel is tasked to identify and test a methodology for mapping socio-cultural landscape values in Canada. With colleagues at UPEI and the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women, she contributed to submissions to the PEI Commission on Land Use and Rural Development.
Also, she researched and co-authored Charting A Course: The PEI Heritage Study, a comprehensive study and series of recommendations for the Province of Prince Edward Island's management of its natural and cultural heritage resources.
