Useful Resources
Information about ICH from UNESCO
UNESCO website on everything related to intangible cultural heritage: https://ich.unesco.org/
UNESCO, 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage: https://ich.unesco.org/en/convention
UNESCO, Ethical Principles for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage: https://ich.unesco.org/en/ethics-and-ich-00866
UNESCO’s website with examples of ICH elements put on the UNESCO Lists: https://ich.unesco.org/en/lists
Information about Intellectual Property (IP)
Heritage-Sensitive Intellectual Property and Marketing Strategies (HIPAMS): https://hipamsindia.org/
Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage https://www.sfu.ca/ipinch/
IPinch: https://www.sfu.ca/ipinch/
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): https://www.wipo.int/portal/en/index.html
Organizations doing ICH work in Canada
In alphabetical order:
Canadian commission for UNESCO: https://en.ccunesco.ca/
Conseil québécois du patrimoine vivant (the Quebec Council for Living Heritage, in French only) : https://www.patrimoinevivant.qc.ca/
Heritage NL (Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador): https://heritagenl.ca/
Heritage Saskatchewan: https://heritagesask.ca/
First Peoples’ Cultural Council: https://fpcc.ca/
Indigenous Heritage: https://indigenousheritage.ca/
