Simon Lambert

Simon Lambert earned a B.A. in Art History and Italian Literature from McGill University, a B.A. in Paintings Conservation from the University of Urbino, Italy, and an M.Sc. in Care of Collections from Cardiff University, UK. He is a Commonwealth Scholar and recipient of a 2010 Icon Conservation Award from the Institute of Conservation. After completing his studies, he worked as a consultant for ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property), where he assisted in the coordination of international conservation training activities; he also worked on developing RE-ORG, a method for reorganizing storage in small to medium-sized museums.

In 2012, Simon joined the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI), where, for eight years, he provided preventive conservation advice to heritage institutions of various types and sizes, delivered facility advisory services, developed and offered training and coordinated CCI’s RE-ORG: Canada training program. He is currently the Manager of the Preventive Conservation Division. Simon is also an accredited member of the Canadian Association of Professional Conservators – Preventive Conservation.