Dr. Miriam Clavir

Miriam Clavir is Senior Conservator Emerita and Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology. She has made outstanding contributions to the field of heritage conservation in Canada, particularly with respect to the care of Indigenous belongings, challenging the profession to rethink standards which prioritize the preservation of physical objects over less tangible cultural and spiritual elements. She was awarded the Canadian Association of Conservation’s Mervyn Ruggles Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2009.