The UNESCO Chair Ana Filipa Vrdoljak delivered the distinguished lecture on Heritage and Sustainability for the Delhi Urban Heritage Foundation, Institute for Heritage Research Delhi and the Centre for Sustainable Habitat Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India on 15 February 2023. The talk focused on the role of heritage in building sustainable cities and Sustainable Development Goal 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. We are grateful to Professor Ashwani Luthra and her CSH team and Professor Jana Chaudhuri for this opportunity.
UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.
The UNESCO Chair and UTS supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart and its implementation in full.