BC Museums Association Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Join the BC Museums Association as we explore topics of importance to the museum community in BC, and around the world. Listen as we talk with museum workers, volunteers, and audiences about their work in BC museums.
Join our host Lorenda and Illana Hester, Executive Director of The Old School House Arts Centre, arts advisor, and coordinator of Creative Coast, for a conversation about leadership, accountability, bravery, and community-building. Explore leadership as a collaborative practice grounded in care, curiosity, transparency, vulnerability, and a willingness to learn from failure, and reflect on how arts and cultural organizations can build trust, share decision-making, challenge hierarchical systems, and create space for meaningful connection.
Resources:
- BCMA - 2SLGBTQIA+ Cultural Professionals Network
- QP — The Old School House Arts Centre
- The Old School House Arts Centre
Join our host Lorenda and Sally Kim, Objects Conservator at the Royal BC Museum, for a conversation about accessibility, conservation, relationship-building, and repatriation. Sally reflects on her experiences as a deaf museum professional and explores how museums can move beyond accommodation toward meaningful accessibility grounded in listening, transparency, universal design, and disability justice. Consider how collaboration, cultural knowledge, and human connection can reshape conservation practice and create more welcoming, equitable, and responsive museums.
Resources:
- Signs by d-Deaf Conservators
- Accessibility - BCMA
- M̓ṇúxvʔit model for centering Indigenous knowledge and governance - PMC
- After 113 years, Royal B.C. Museum hands back chief's seat to coastal First Nation
Join our host Lorenda and Michelle Richard and Emma Wilton from the Sooke Region Museum for a conversation about community engagement, leadership, and reimagining a local museum. Ahead of the museum’s 50th anniversary, Michelle and Emma share how community feedback is guiding a complete refresh of its permanent exhibits. Explore the challenges of widening historical narratives, recognizing bias, improving accessibility, and creating space for more people to see themselves reflected in the museum while discussing transparency, accountability, risk-taking, and the importance of listening, learning, and adapting while caring for the stories and belongings entrusted to their organization.
Resources:
- Sooke Region Museum
- Interior Exhibit Refresh - Sooke Region Museum
- Sooke Night Market
Join our host Lorenda and Wedlidi Speck, hereditary chief and Vice President for People, Culture and Reconciliation at the Royal BC Museum, for a conversation about leadership, healing, accountability, and decolonization. Drawing on his work as a therapist, cultural leader, and museum professional, Wedlidi reflects on the importance of listening, humility, psychological and cultural safety, and collaborative decision-making. Explore how values become meaningful through action, how circles can reshape hierarchical leadership, and how Indigenous and non-Indigenous museum professionals can examine the ongoing impacts of colonization while building relationships grounded in respect, responsibility, courage, and care.
Resources:
- Gigame’dzikas (Many Chiefs Project)
Join our host Lorenda and Q̓íx̌itasu Elroy White, Haíɫzaqv archaeologist, hereditary chief, elected council member, historian, singer, and dancer, for a conversation about leadership, cultural stewardship, archaeology, and repatriation. Explore the M̓ṇúxvit approach, grounded in Haíɫzaqv laws, knowledge, relationships, and collective responsibility, and reflect on what changes when museum objects are understood as belongings connected to living families, ceremonies, songs, and inherited rights.
Resources:
- Haíɫzaqv archeologist practices M̓ṇúxvit approach to ancestral work | Coastal First Nations
- M̓ṇúxvʔit model for centering Indigenous knowledge and governance - PMC
- After 113 years, Royal B.C. Museum hands back chief's seat to coastal First Nation
It’s March 2026, welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest breaking news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond.
Stories from March 2026:
Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw carvers restore century-old totem pole at Royal B.C. Museum | CBC News
B.C. Sports Hall of Fame relocates hundreds of thousands of artifacts to make way for FIFA World Cup | CBC News
New Chinese Canadian Museum Exhibit Explore Sports, Athletes, and Art Ahead of FIFA
National monument honours Cowichan sweater, knitters - Victoria Times Colonist
Closure of Courtenay war museum part of trend: UVic prof - Victoria Times Colonist
It’s February 2026, welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest breaking news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond.
February 2026 Stories:
Find Just Desserts at Pitt Meadows Museum | Maple Ridge News
Royal BC Museum faces mounting financial pressures
Feasibility study looks at life after Selkirk at KSA : My Nelson Now
Aviation Museum brings back Open Cockpit Day to North Saanich | Victoria News
‘Float the Boat’ campaign aims to keep Maritime Museum of BC sailing through transition year
It’s January 2026, welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest breaking news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond.
Stories from January 2026:
Museum of Personal Failure exhibition turns defeat into triumph in Vancouver | CBC News
‘This is who we are’: B.C. senior constructs mini museum to showcase Canadian design
Recent Mission Museum restoration nominated for a BC Heritage Award
Online exhibit celebrates B.C. Interior town’s long Japanese-Canadian legacy | Chilliwack Progress
Ry Moran named acting CEO for Royal BC Museum
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month, we recap some of the latest breaking news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond.
Stories from October 2025:
https://www.castanet.net/news/Penticton/578284/Dinosaurs-invading-Penticton-at-visiting-museum-exhibit
https://www.cbc.ca/news/vatican-museums-indigenous-artifacts-canada-9.6946597
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sveva-caetani-vernon-bc-artist-rome-maxxi-1.7650957
https://heritagebc.ca/events-activities/annual-conference/
https://cheknews.ca/royal-bc-museum-looking-for-new-ceo-fourth-in-five-years-1285497/
https://cheknews.ca/national-toy-museum-reopens-in-downtown-victoria-with-grand-opening-weekend-1282074/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canadian-tire-blanket-fund-9.6940989
Bonus: https://www.frequencynews.ca/news/new-museum-of-vancouver-exhibition-documents-the-lives-of-people-living-with-long-covid/
It’s September 2025, welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest breaking news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond.
Summer Wrap-Up News Stories 2025:
- Summer students integral to running of museum program | Northern News
- Summerland Museum hooks up fully functional telegraph machine to communicate with other museums in BC and Alberta - Castanet.net
- Lost for over a century, Heiltsuk Nation celebrates return of bentwood box | Globalnews.ca
- 'The wrong history': After 110 years and a mislabelling, Tla'amin artifacts return home
- Historic Japanese triplexes restored at B.C.’s oldest surviving cannery - Terrace Standard
- Rare ‘medieval’ artifacts found in B.C. thrift store donated to SFU for study
- Renewal Project — Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre
This has been Muse News for Summer 2025! If you have news you want to share on this program, please email us at bcma@museum.bc.ca. Join us in October for another episode of MuseNews, where we explore the latest news, announcements, and happenings from museums across bc and beyond!
BCMA thanks Digital Museums Canada for their sponsorship.
Join our host Lorenda and SGaan Kwahagang James McGuire, Guest Scientist and Indigenous Fellow in Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History, and Jessica Strayer, NAGPRA/CalNAGPRA Administrative Manager at the Fowler Museum - UCLA, for this continued conversation on NAGPRA. This follow-up episode deepens the discussion by highlighting the voices of those directly engaged in repatriation efforts and the importance of centering Indigenous perspectives, focusing on lived experience, ongoing challenges, and the work still to be done.
This NAGPRA series underscores how repatriation is not a one-time event but a continuous responsibility and accountability. Museums are encouraged to critically examine their roles in truth-telling, relationship-building, and consent-based curation.
Resources:
- BCMA Podcast: NAGPRA and Consent-based Curation
- BCMA Podcast: NAGPRA In Theory, In Practice
- Candid Actionable Reconciliation Resources (CARE!)
- BCMA Indigenous Culture & Heritage Resource Portal
- Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
- BCMA WhAi
Join our host Lorenda and Jessica Strayer, NAGPRA/CalNAGPRA Administrative Manager at the Fowler Museum - UCLA, as they discuss the realities of working with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). Explore how this legislation impacts museum practice and what it means for institutions committed to respectful collaboration with Indigenous communities.
This conversation highlights the ongoing work of repatriation, including challenges and successes, and emphasizes the need for museums to prioritize accountability, truth-telling, and relationship-building. Museums are encouraged to reflect on how their organizations approach consent, responsibility, and respect.
Get to know Jessica:
Jessica Strayer is the NAGPRA/CalNAGPRA Administrative Manager at the Fowler Museum at UCLA. She implements NAGPRA and CalNAGPRA daily and facilitates Tribal consultation and repatriation. She also works with international Indigenous communities regarding access, repatriation, and relationship-building. Jessica earned her BA with a double major in History and Archaeology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 2018. She recently earned an MA in Museum Studies from the University of Oklahoma. She has archaeological field, laboratory, research, and curation experience, and has built a career in the repatriation field. Jessica is passionate about returning Ancestors and belongings to their home communities, as well as implementing ethical collections management practices rooted in Indigenous cultural care protocols.
Resources:
- BCMA Podcast: NAGPRA and Consent-based Curation
- Candid Actionable Reconciliation Resources (CARE!)
- BCMA Indigenous Culture & Heritage Resource Portal
- Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
In this episode, Jazmin and Madison sit down to chat with friends and collaborators Veronica Buck and Marilyn Maychak.
Veronica and Marilyn share about their varied careers in education and arts and culture, as well as how they met, and a new podcast they're launching together soon.
We also chat about the connections the two of them see between Inuk and Black cultures, and the ways they hope to see intercultural solidarity when fighting discrimination and oppression.
If you enjoy this episode, stay tuned for the launch of Marilyn and Veronica's podcast- coming later this year!
Please note that there was some background noise that could not be edited out of this episode. We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope that you still enjoy the great conversation.
Join our host Madison and the creatives behind the CBC Gem docu-series Not Your Butter Chicken for a conversation about culture, community, food, and migration.
This was originally recorded as a live podcast event over Zoom on June 2, 2025. During the recording, references are made to episodes from the doc-series as well as the trailer (links below).
About our guests:
Shiva Reddy is a food and wine expert and a sommelier at Michelin-starred Burdock and Co. She is recognized for her work at Vancouver’s top restaurants and bringing a fresh, innovative voice to the food and wine industry in Canada.
Priyanka Desai is a Mumbai-born, award winning broadcast journalist turned documentary filmmaker who has directed and produced television documentary shows in India and Canada. Her works are currently available on TELUS Originals, CBC Gem, APTN, Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada and AMI. She also sits on the board of Hot Docs and is Co-Chair of the Documentary Organization of Canada - Northwest Chapter.
Relevant Links:
- Trailer: Not Your Butter Chicken
- Website: Not Your Butter Chicken
- Watch the docu-series on CBC Gem
Missed the recording live? No worries, you can still listen now! In this podcast, we discuss Nina’s work (and insights) on building brighter futures with her communities within the arts and heritage sector.
Nina’s dedication to advancing heritage arts through belonging, adaptation and respectful representation of living cultures is carried through her multifaceted work and roles in the sector. Nina sits on the Advisory Council for the BCMA, is a globally acknowledged curator, artist, and the founder of the Bandish Network.
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month, we recap some of the latest breaking news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond.
May 2025 Stories:
- As Hudson’s Bay bids farewell, Indigenous groups call for transparency in artifact auction
- New Lytton Chinese History Museum rises from the ashes - Bella Coola News
- News Release: Vernon Public Art Gallery Announces $1,000,000 Donation
- Royal BC Museum launches music exhibit on change and resistance
- B.C. Aviation Museum is booming since the arrival of the Martin Mars
- Recognition Awards honour societies, organizations, Individuals
If you have news you want to share on this program, please email us at bcma@museum.bc.ca
BCMA thanks Digital Museums Canada for their sponsorship.
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest breaking news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond.
April 2025 Stories:
- German artillery from First World War piece found buried at the PNE | Vancouver Sun
- New Terry Fox exhibit to open in the Canadian hero's hometown
- Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford names new executive director
- Health-care providers to prescribe nature-inspired art for wellness at Vancouver Art Gallery
- Public access to Hudson Bay Company artifacts 'absolutely crucial,' Manitoba history prof says | CBC News
- Royal BC Museum sets a new course to share stories of Chinese migration - Greater Victoria News
- Museum of Vancouver's new CEO heralds conversations and community to engage visitors
- Britannia Mine Museum featured in latest episode of 'The Last of Us'
If you have news you want to share on this program, please email us at bcma@museum.bc.ca
Join our host Lorenda and Dr. Will Atlas, Salmon Watershed Scientist, for a conversation about SalmonVision. In partnership with Indigenous communities, SalmonVision harnesses the power of AI for salmon monitoring and conservation. Explore rivers, waterways, and an ethical side of AI.
Resources:
- SalmonVision
- Wild Salmon Center
- Pacific Salmon Foundation
- First Nations harness power of AI to monitor wild salmon stocks in B.C. | CBC News
- Using AI to track salmon could be a ‘game-changer’ | The Narwhal
- Restoring Indigenous fish weirs in B.C. | The Narwhal
- Artificial Intelligence, Meet Indigenous Fishing Technology - Wild Salmon Center
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest breaking news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond.
March Stories:
- West Van purchases Horseshoe Bay's Boathouse restaurant for new art museum
- Summerland museum shares history Irish settler who helped develop the irrigation system - Penticton News - Castanet.net
- Kelowna Museum exhibit highlights Japanese Canadian dispossession
- The Whalers Washing House finally coming home - rabble.ca
- Possible 25 per cent tariff on books could kneecap local retailers
- Horn heist: B.C. train museum gets railroaded by targeted thefts | CBC News
- Hundreds of items returned to First Nations in Vancouver Museum’s ongoing repatriation process
- Outdoor exhibits reopening at Vancouver's Science World with gardening robot, more
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest breaking news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond.
February Stories:
- Nanaimo Art Gallery's new exhibit explores unexpected outcomes
- Barkerville Heritage Trust secures 7 more years running the historic site
- Surrey artist takes aim at Trump, Musk, Bezos with provocative paintings
- Exploration Place, BC Bob launch partnership for fundraiser
- ‘This is reclamation’; Tk’emlúps Kúkpi7 Casimir discusses historical designation for former residential school site
- Toddler's $4k offer ends apple pie bid war in support of Salmon Arm heritage site
In this episode, Jazmin and Madison are joined by Dr. Sharanjit Kaur Sandra and Melvin Sedeora of Museum Liberation Force.
We chat about how the grassroots group got started, what they hope to see happen with the South Asian Canadian Museum project, and how the community feedback process has impacted them so far.
We also delve into the ways that complicated conversations can be handled with care in community work, and why it is so crucial to understand that all racialized communities are not the same.
This episode covers some heavier topics, and we recommend that IBPOC folks especially listen with care.
Discussions in this episode were based around the context at the time of recording, in November 2024. Please note that there have been updates since recording, including changes in political administration and the hosting of the MLF event referenced in this podcast.
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest breaking news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond.
January Stories:
Rebuilding Telegraph Cove: Community Mobilizes to Restore a Vital Economic Engine - West Coast NOW
Museum of Anthropology unveils first exhibit dedicated to the Nuxalk Nation | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s source for arts, culture, and events
Victoria museum display celebrates work of Japanese-Canadian photographer - Saanich News
Northern B.C. museum honours pioneer female pilot from the early 1900s - Quesnel Cariboo Observer
Museum of Northern BC commemorates 100 years with a reflective exhibit - Houston Today
Unmasking heritage: the rise of women carvers on the North Coast - Houston Today
Through sculpture, syilx Okanagan artist turns pictographs into towering 3D figures
If you have news you want to share on this program, please email us at bcma@museum.bc.ca
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month, we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Leia, Ryan, Lorenda, and a special guest as we explore our favourite MuseNews!
In this final MuseNews of 2024, each of our hosts picked their favourite stories to reshare. Thank you to our listeners for another wonderful year of news. Happy New Year!
Stories we replayed this month:
- Coast Salish knowledge helps researchers deepen study of 160-year-old pelt from now extinct woolly dog - Windspeaker.com
- Quilt made by over 300 Canadian, African grandmas coming to Nelson
- Nanaimo Art Gallery group exhibit considers the importance of storytelling
- BC Sports Hall Of Fame comes alive with immersive digital Indigenous gallery
- 'Incredible treasures' at core of reimagined and redesigned Museum of Anthropology
- Sidney Museum exhibit looks at queer history on the Peninsula
- After 113 years, Royal B.C. Museum hands back chief's seat to coastal First Nation | Canada | Head Topics
- Historic Martin Mars water bomber completes final flight in B.C. | CBC News
- Sooke museum's summer team breathes new life into local history
- Proposed Inner Harbour attraction would present Indigenous, settler experiences 'side by side'
- Louise Avery retires after 28 years at Kitimat Museum - Northern Sentinel
What is AI? Join our host, Lorenda Calvert, and members of our sector for this eight-part series discussing AI and its implications for our sector and community.
In this episode, Lorenda asks: What does the future of AI look like? What does the future, with or without AI, look like?
You can learn more about the WhAi? Project here.
Thank you to our collaborators:
- Elizabeth Batista, Executive Director of the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society
- SGaan Kwahagang James McGuire, Indigenous Conservation Fellow at the American Museum of Natural History and former Collections & Engagement Coordinator at the Haida Gwaii Museum
- Juan Ramirez, Software Developer and Digital Artist
- Laura-Beth McDonald, Founder of the Esquimalt Community Arts Hub, Artist, and Project Manager
- Jules André-Brown, Interim Executive Director at ArtStarts
- Jesse McKee, Head of Strategy, 221A
What is AI? Join our host, Lorenda Calvert, and members of our sector for this eight-part series discussing AI and its implications for our sector and community.
In this episode, Lorenda asks: Why are/would we be interested in AI from an Indigenous and racialized individual perspective?
You can learn more about the WhAi? Project here.
Thank you to our collaborators:
- Elizabeth Batista, Executive Director of the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society
- SGaan Kwahagang James McGuire, Indigenous Conservation Fellow at the American Museum of Natural History and former Collections & Engagement Coordinator at the Haida Gwaii Museum
- Juan Ramirez, Software Developer and Digital Artist
- Laura-Beth McDonald, Founder of the Esquimalt Community Arts Hub, Artist, and Project Manager
- Jules André-Brown, Interim Executive Director at ArtStarts
- Jesse McKee, Head of Strategy, 221A
What is AI? Join our host, Lorenda Calvert, and members of our sector for this eight-part series discussing AI and its implications for our sector and community.
In this episode, Lorenda asks: Why are/would we be interested in AI from a GLAM perspective?
You can learn more about the WhAi? Project here.
Thank you to our collaborators:
- Elizabeth Batista, Executive Director of the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society
- SGaan Kwahagang James McGuire, Indigenous Conservation Fellow at the American Museum of Natural History and former Collections & Engagement Coordinator at the Haida Gwaii Museum
- Juan Ramirez, Software Developer and Digital Artist
- Laura-Beth McDonald, Founder of the Esquimalt Community Arts Hub, Artist, and Project Manager
- Jules André-Brown, Interim Executive Director at ArtStarts
- Jesse McKee, Head of Strategy, 221A
What is AI? Join our host, Lorenda Calvert, and members of our sector for this eight-part series discussing AI and its implications for our sector and community.
In this episode, Lorenda asks: What are you concerned about regarding AI?
You can learn more about the WhAi? Project here.
Thank you to our collaborators:
- Elizabeth Batista, Executive Director of the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society
- SGaan Kwahagang James McGuire, Indigenous Conservation Fellow at the American Museum of Natural History and former Collections & Engagement Coordinator at the Haida Gwaii Museum
- Juan Ramirez, Software Developer and Digital Artist
- Laura-Beth McDonald, Founder of the Esquimalt Community Arts Hub, Artist, and Project Manager
- Jules André-Brown, Interim Executive Director at ArtStarts
- Jesse McKee, Head of Strategy, 221A
What is AI? Join our host, Lorenda Calvert, and members of our sector for this eight-part series discussing AI and its implications for our sector and community.
In this episode, Lorenda asks: What are you interested in learning or knowing more about regarding AI?
You can learn more about the WhAi? Project here.
Thank you to our collaborators:
- Elizabeth Batista, Executive Director of the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society
- SGaan Kwahagang James McGuire, Indigenous Conservation Fellow at the American Museum of Natural History and former Collections & Engagement Coordinator at the Haida Gwaii Museum
- Juan Ramirez, Software Developer and Digital Artist
- Laura-Beth McDonald, Founder of the Esquimalt Community Arts Hub, Artist, and Project Manager
- Jules André-Brown, Interim Executive Director at ArtStarts
- Jesse McKee, Head of Strategy, 221A
What is AI? Join our host, Lorenda Calvert, and members of our sector for this eight-part series discussing AI and its implications for our sector and community.
In this episode, Lorenda asks: How do you currently use AI? How do the institutes that affect you use AI?
You can learn more about the WhAi? Project here.
Thank you to our collaborators:
- Elizabeth Batista, Executive Director of the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society
- SGaan Kwahagang James McGuire, Indigenous Conservation Fellow at the American Museum of Natural History and former Collections & Engagement Coordinator at the Haida Gwaii Museum
- Juan Ramirez, Software Developer and Digital Artist
- Laura-Beth McDonald, Founder of the Esquimalt Community Arts Hub, Artist, and Project Manager
- Jules André-Brown, Interim Executive Director at ArtStarts
- Jesse McKee, Head of Strategy, 221A
What is AI? Join our host, Lorenda Calvert, and members of our sector for this eight-part series discussing AI and its implications for our sector and community.
In this episode, Lorenda asks: What do you know about AI?
You can learn more about the WhAi? Project here.
Thank you to our collaborators:
- Elizabeth Batista, Executive Director of the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society
- SGaan Kwahagang James McGuire, Indigenous Conservation Fellow at the American Museum of Natural History and former Collections & Engagement Coordinator at the Haida Gwaii Museum
- Juan Ramirez, Software Developer and Digital Artist
- Laura-Beth McDonald, Founder of the Esquimalt Community Arts Hub, Artist, and Project Manager
- Jules André-Brown, Interim Executive Director at ArtStarts
- Jesse McKee, Head of Strategy, 221A
What is AI? Join our host, Lorenda Calvert, and members of our sector for this eight-part series discussing AI and its implications for our sector and community.
In this episode, Lorenda asks: What is AI?
You can learn more about the WhAi? Project here.
Thank you to our collaborators:
- Elizabeth Batista, Executive Director of the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society
- SGaan Kwahagang James McGuire, Indigenous Conservation Fellow at the American Museum of Natural History and former Collections & Engagement Coordinator at the Haida Gwaii Museum
- Juan Ramirez, Software Developer and Digital Artist
- Laura-Beth McDonald, Founder of the Esquimalt Community Arts Hub, Artist, and Project Manager
- Jules André-Brown, Interim Executive Director at ArtStarts
- Jesse McKee, Head of Strategy, 221A
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest breaking news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond.
November Stories:
B.C. museum to honour Chinese Canadian troops who fought in war and for citizenship rights
Wet'suwet'en delegation travels to Paris to reconnect with cultural treasure
Rare 95-million-year-old dinosaur tracks found near Tumbler Ridge
Louise Avery retires after 28 years at Kitimat Museum
Margaret Chrumka Joins AGGV as Director of Visitor Experience and Programs
All aboard!: North Pole Express returns to Squamish this holiday season
If you have news you want to share on this program, please email us at bcma@museum.bc.ca
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Leia and Ryan as we explore the latest MuseNews!
October 2024 News:
- Federal funding kicks off initial upgrades of Vancouver's Space Centre
- Kamloops Art Gallery to begin search for new executive director as Chrumka bows out
- Artists re-interpret Chung Collection on the 25th anniversary of its donation to UBC
- Vernon museum collection includes numerous Indigenous records and objects it wants to return
- Jim Hughson among loaded list of BC Sports Hall of Fame inductees
- Residential school memorial created in Port Hardy dedicated at Canadian Museum of History
- Victoria Chinatown Museum to be made permanent
- Proposed Inner Harbour attraction would present Indigenous, settler experiences 'side by side'
- Greater Vernon Cultural Centre user fees will be set by RDNO, museum and art gallery
- Fort St. John Museum hosts record-breaking Halloween party
- PHOTOS: Halloween Haunt hits B.C. Aviation Museum in North Saanich
- Aldergrove museum handing out treats for 6th Halloween
If you have news you want to share on this program, please email us at bcma@museum.bc.ca.
In this episode, Jazmin Hundal is joined by fellow BCMA team member and IBPOC Network co-coordinator Madison Bridal.
The two chat about Madison's career in museums, how she got involved in the IBPOC Network, and her current exhibit at UVIC Legacy Art Gallery, "Rooting For Reclamation".
Jazmin and Madison also dive into the details of what drives the work of the IBPOC Network, the joys and challenges of working with their own communities, and their hopes for the future of this sector.
Take a listen below and get to know the BCMA's newest staff member!
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Leia as we explore the latest MuseNews!
August 2024 News:
- First Nations artefacts coming home from Canada after museum deal
- One of the world's oldest sacred shrines could return to remote Indigenous settlement in B.C.
- Kelowna's museum gets a front entrance freshen-up after 57 years
- Historic Barkerville reopens after wildfire evacuation
- Historic Martin Mars water bomber completes final flight in B.C.
- Fashion designer brings work back to Haida roots in new exhibit
- Ellen Neel’s Kakaso’las totem pole to return to UBC
- Film society general manager makes move across street to Kamloops Art Gallery
Join our host Lorenda Calvert, and her guests, Chris O'Connor, Director of Community Engagement* and Regional Partnerships at the Royal BC Museum, Julia Cyr, Museum Supervisor at the Kamloops Museum and Archives, Diena Jules, Language and Culture Department Manager, and Elsie Joe, Curator at the Secwépemc Museum & Heritage Park Curator, for this community conversation.
To learn more:
RBCM Community Engagement
Kamloops Museum and Archives
riverpeoplenationstatepeople
Secwépemc Museum and Heritage Park
*at the time of recording, Chris was the acting Director of Community Engagement but has now returned to his role as Program Developer in the Learning and Engagement Department.
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
July 2024 News:
- Robert Bateman's lesser known works to be on display in Penticton | CBC News
- $19 million in additional federal funding for Science World's critical upgrades
- Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine considers new funding model for Heritage Park Museum - Terrace Standard
- Japanese Canadian curator, activist Grace Eiko Thomson dead at 90 | CBC News
- Pentlatch fish trap panel on exhibit at Vancouver Island University Marine Field Station - Comox Valley Record
- After 113 years, Royal B.C. Museum hands back chief's seat to coastal First Nation | Canada | Head Topics
- Indigenous art exhibit highlights mentorship and motherhood - Nanaimo News Bullet
Get to know Madison Bridal, the BCMA’s new Special Projects Coordinator, in this 90-second OWL You Need to Know micro-podcast!
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Leia as we explore the latest MuseNews!
June 2024 News:
Nelson Museum opens permanent installation celebrating LGBTQ2S+ history in the Kootenays
B.C. Museum of Anthropology reopening after 18-month seismic upgrade
Une exposition numérique met en valeur l’histoire des ranchers francophones de la C.-B
Sidney Museum exhibit looks at queer history on the Peninsula
Exploration Place names new executive director Two hinkeets masks, created by Tla-o-qui-aht artist, make their way at Museum of Vancouver
To submit your Muse News or Whoo's News, email bmca@museum.bc.ca
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Lorenda and Leia as we explore the latest MuseNews!
This months news:
Curator of Peace Gallery North bidding farewell to Fort St. John
North Van exhibition pays ode to Vancouver prop house
Unveiling Gender: New exhibit explores representation at Sooke Region Museum
Nanaimo Museum showcasing history of Japanese-Canadian internment
Maple Ridge Museum earns award for Japanese Canadian exhibit
Kitimat to host first ever all Haisla community art show | CFNR Network
Snuneymuxw First Nation repatriates nearly 100 items from the Royal BC Museum
Join our host Lorenda and SGaan Kwahagang James McGuire, Collections & Engagement Coordinator at Saahlinda Naay - the Haida Gwaii Museum, for a conversation about the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Museums must prioritize consent-based curation. Consider how your organization approaches repatriation and truth-telling.
Resources:
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (U.S. National Park Service)
Interior Department Announces Final Rule for Implementation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act - Province of British Columbia
Research and Film Applications
How Museums Can Respond to Residential School Denialism - BCMA
BCMA Book Club
The Repatriation Handbook
If you'd like to get in touch with James, click here
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Lorenda and Ryan as we explore the latest MuseNews!
April 2024 News:
- BC Sports Hall Of Fame comes alive with immersive digital Indigenous gallery
- Grants allows Keremeos’ Grist Mill to hire more summer students - Penticton Western News
- Historic Chinese, Canadian Pacific Railway and Klondike collections unite in new UBC museum
- Rebuilding starts on Lytton's Chinese History Museum
- Royal BC Museum gets $250K donation to digitize Indigenous AV collection - Greater Victoria News
- Nanaimo museum looks at Chinese citizens shipped in secret through Canada during First World War
- Construction begins on new Vancouver Art Gallery, featuring traditional Coast Salish design
- Province to provide $250,000 to help preserve iconic Martin Mars water bomber
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Lorenda and Leia as we explore the latest MuseNews!
March 2024 News:
- Lantern designed by acclaimed First Nations artist stolen outside Vancouver Art Gallery
- Nanaimo Art Gallery group exhibit considers the importance of storytelling
- Exhibition at Kelowna Art Gallery aims to push boundaries of how art is viewed - Okanagan | Globalnews.ca
- VIDEO: Personal connections help B.C. museum Lancaster restoration soar - Goldstream News Gazette
- Kelowna museum trots out old fashions for new show | News | kelownadailycourier.ca
- Summerland museum moves their extensive artifact collection online - Penticton News - Castanet.net
- Vancouver's Science World closed Monday due to fire | CBC News
- Royal BC Museum announces the name of new major second campus | Urbanized
To submit your Muse News or Whoo’s News, email bmca@museum.bc.ca
This episode was converted from a recorded webinar.
Wednesday, January 24th, 2024
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm PT
Since 2020, we have globally seen a rise in remote and hybrid work, but as we return to a “new normal,” many workplaces are abandoning these models. However, many museums, galleries, and heritage sites have limited workspace, equipment, accessibility, and funding obligations that make the idea of hiring a remote or hybrid employee simultaneously intriguing and complicated.
On January 24, join Tammy Bradford for a webinar on the ins and outs of embracing work-from-home and hybrid positions in your workplace. Tammy will discuss the Creston Museum’s process of creating hybrid positions, the multifaceted benefits of work-from-home positions for both employers and employees and some specific objections and hesitations that the Creston Museum has had to address in their process.
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Leia as we explore the latest MuseNews!
February 2024 news:
New Indigenous heist movie focuses on repatriation of belongings
Executive director for Revelstoke Railway Museum to retire
No return date set for Vancouver Public Library's Inspiration Pass
Exploration Place announces retirement of CEO Tracy Calogheros
Quilt made by over 300 Canadian, African grandmas coming to Nelson
Sidney Museum puts on block party with Lego exhibit
To submit your Muse News or Whoo's News, email bmca@museum.bc.ca
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Leia, Ryan, and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Stories for the month of January 2024:
- A tangled mess: Canadian forgery scandal comes into full public view
- Seismic upgrades at UBC Museum of Anthropology Great Hall to wrap up in June 2024 — Stir
- Cost of living and inflation are key concerns as GVPTA releases 2023 B.C. Arts, Culture, & Heritage Sector Insights Report — Stir
- KPU Richmond students breathe new life into donated wood for museum display
- A 112-year-old train is still chugging in Prince George, B.C., but budget concerns could take it off the rails | CBC News
- Coast Salish knowledge helps researchers deepen study of 160-year-old pelt from now extinct woolly dog - Windspeaker.com
- Royal BC Museum offers free tickets to low-income members of city program
Join our host Lorenda for a conversation about the new Inspiring Museum Educators Bursary. Established with the support of Dr. Lisa McIntosh in 2023, this bursary encourages the pursuit of excellence in education within the museum, gallery, and heritage sector. The Inspiring Museum Educators Bursary provides up to $2,000 for staff or volunteers of BC Museums Association’s Institutional or Individual Members, to engage in an educational opportunity (course, seminar, workshop, or conference) that supports the development of new skills, innovative approaches and novel ways of thinking about teaching and learning in informal settings.
Suggested opportunities:
- University of British Columbia’s Master of Museum Education Program
- University of Victoria’s Culture Resource Management Program
- University of Victoria’s Visitor and Community Engagement Certificate
- Visitor Studies Association Conference
- Athabasca University – Advanced Issues in Interpretive Programming
- Canadian Evaluation Society’s Essential Skills Series
- Interpretation Canada Online Conference
- Canadian Association of Science Communicators Workshops and Conference
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Leia, Ryan, Lorenda and special guest Santa as we explore our favourite MuseNews!
In this final MuseNews of 2023, each of our hosts picked their favourite stories to reshare. Thank you to our listeners for another wonderful year of news. Happy New Year!
Stories we replayed this month:
- ‘Honoured properly’: Protocols put in place for Indigenous exhibit at Vancouver’s Science World
- Nuxalk Nation celebrates return of totem pole from Royal B.C. Museum
- A sawmill storage house in southeast B.C. was home to North America’s first gurdwara, researcher says
- Rare blankets made from fur of extinct woolly dog on display at North Vancouver museum
- New Paldi museum celebrates Punjabi Sikh history – Victoria Times Colonist
- This jellyfish was the terror of the sea 500 million years ago
- World-renowned artists open new gallery in small community of Enderby, B.C
- B.C.’s new fossil emblem an 80-million-year-old marine reptile called elasmosaur – Burnaby Now
- A special story from Santa: B.C baker, museum team up for fundraiser selling cookies made from early 20th-century recipes
Join our host Lorenda Calvert in conversation with Sean Holman of the Climate Disaster Project. Sean is the Wayne Crookes Professor of Environmental and Climate Journalism at the University of Victoria, a former investigative journalist, and an information historian.
In this latest episode of our ongoing Climate Leadership & Action for Museums podcast series, Sean describes the work that the Climate Disaster Project does with climate-disaster survivors to share and investigate their stories. They discuss how the Climate Disaster Project came to be, their trauma-informed practice, the role of museums and cultural institutions in times of crisis, and more.
- Climate Disaster Project
- BC Heritage Emergency Network
- Extreme Weather Events Resource for Museums
- Surviving, in Their Own Words
- Profiles of resilience: The Climate Disaster Project
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Leia, Ryan, and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Stories for the month of November 2023:
- Expansion Project at shawnigan lake museum nets $500,000 grant
- BC government begins planning South Asian museum in Metro Vancouver
- BC filmmaker races to interview Canada’s Second World War veterans before they are all gone
- Exploration Place celebrates milestones
- B.C. Vintage Truck Museum could lose its home with six months’ notice
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Leia, Ryan, and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Stories for the month of October 2023:
- News release - Famed Indigenous carver's 57-year old totem returns home to his family
- New monster museum opens in Burnaby | CityNews Vancouver
- New exhibit at The Reach in Abbotsford highlights South Asian history
- Nanaimo Art Gallery exhibit invites viewers to breathe deeply
- Vancouver has Canada's only public art gallery dedicated to contemporary Asian, Asian-diasporic perspectives
- B.C.'s new fossil emblem an 80-million-year-old marine reptile called elasmosaur - Burnaby Now
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Leia and Lorenda, as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured News for September 2023:
Opinion: The Okanagan Mountain Fire forever changed our landscape and our psyche
Nanaimo Museum considers the sacred in Coast Salish art revitalization exhibit - Vancouver Island Free Daily
Racist policies against Chinese revealed in new Coquitlam Heritage exhibit
Royal B.C. Museum collections building underway after First Nations blessing
We live in a complicated world. And with the explosion of AI tools over the past year that promise to blur the line between the real and the imaginary, it isn’t looking like life will get any simpler in the foreseeable future.
Welcome to the Digital Dialogues discussion series. Over the next several months, the BC Museums Association will be joined by experts, innovators, and critical thinkers to discuss the societal effects of technology to equip the sector with the tools to make ethical equity-informed steps toward digital innovation.
In the rush to embrace new and seemingly innovative technologies, it can be easy to start using these tools in our work without first thinking about their broader social, environmental, and cultural impacts. The Digital Dialogues series is designed to complement the 2023 gathering on Haida Gwaii, to help make additional space for important discussions that can’t fit into the agenda and to help continue dialogues sparked at the event.
To learn more about this discussion series, visit: https://museum.bc.ca/brain/digital-dialogues-series
The Digital Dialogues are supported by funding from the Canada Council for the Arts.
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Leia and Ryan, as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured News for August 2023:
- World-renowned artists open new gallery in small community of Enderby, B.C
- Vancouver translator finally compensated for unauthorized work in British Museum
- 'We can achieve the impossible': Nisga'a delegation to return home with memorial pole
- This jellyfish was the terror of the sea 500 million years ago
- Archaeological dig uncovers remnants of WSÁNEĆ village dating back more than 1,000 years
- Canada's oldest Chinese temple in Victoria throws fundraiser for repairs
Join the BCMA and Literary Translator, Yilin Wang as we chat about the British Museums theft of her translated work, lack of apology, and complete mismanaging of the experience. Museums can and should have a plan in place to recognize and compensate for copyrighted work. Consider how your organization approaches this work and also how your organization approaches mistakes.
Links:
Yilin Wang Website
British Museum Statement
Yilin Statement
Qiu Jin
In this episode, listen as IBPOC Network Coordinator Jazmin Hundal and Indigenous Education Programmer Nicole Priessl chat while on location at Burnaby Village Museum.
They discuss the work Nicole has done to transform the Indigenous spaces at the museum, including the Cedar Grove, Matriarch's Garden, and Indigenous Learning House.
Jazmin and Nicole also chat about the value of intersectional storytelling and representation in heritage sites, the power dynamics that come into play when determining what counts as history, and the incredible importance of including contemporary Indigenous stories in combatting harmful colonial myths.
We’re always looking to share stories of professionals and organizations working hard to improve representation of racialized communities! If you would like to be a guest on the IBPOC Network podcast, please reach out to Jazmin at communications@museum.bc.ca.
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Lorenda and Ryan, as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured News for July 2023:
- Kelowna gallery featuring art of 96-year-old Canadian painter and printmaker this summer
- New permanent exhibition opens at Qualicum Beach Museum
- New Paldi museum celebrates Punjabi Sikh history - Victoria Times Colonist
- Supersonic jet heads to Victoria via complex highway journey
- RCMP investigating after Kelowna Art Gallery trans pride flag torn down 3 times in 1 month | CBC News
- Vintage mahogany reclaimed and redone in imaginative new Vancouver museum exhibit
- Vancouver art exhibition honours Black lives lost while interacting with police | CBC News
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Lorenda and Leia, with Ryan on location, as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured News for June 2023
- Britannia Mine Museum brings back 'Old Town, New Queens'
- Tumbler Ridge archivist celebrated
- British Museum apologizes for using Canadian translator's work without permission
- B.C. First Nation buys back 140-year-old robe, paying almost $40K to bring it home
- B.C.'s last Martin Mars water bomber could be headed to Victoria museum
- B.C. Indigenous artist collecting sounds across Canada for virtual Witness Blanket
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Leia as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured News for May 2023:
- Prince George art gallery names new executive director
- ‘Overdue’: B.C. First Nations welcome Pope’s hint that Vatican will return Indigenous artifacts
- BC government provides $20 million to repair Science World's leaky dome
- Sacred Journey makes a splash as it lands at Victoria’s Royal B.C. Museum
- Chilliwack Museum saw exhibition admissions more than double to 5,086 in 2022
- Indigenous artifact to return to Squamish Nation following Prince Edward visit
- Rare blankets made from fur of extinct woolly dog on display at North Vancouver museum
More News We Couldn't Fit In!
- Britannia Mine Museum Marks 100 Years of BC's Mill No.3
- Victoria Dinosaur Museum if a Hands on Experience
- New Exhibit at Port Moody Station Museum Reflects on South Asian Immigration
- New Exhibit explores Legacy of Haida Artist Bill Reid alongside contemporary Indigenous Art
- Museum of Surrey's Spring Exhibits
BC Museums Week 2023:
BC Museum Portraits, Interview with Spencer Stuart
Spencer Stuart is travelling across British Columbia speaking with museum workers in communities large and small as part of the BC Museum Portraits project. Join Spencer and BCMA Program Manager Lorenda Calvert for a discussion about shared themes from these museum portraits and reflect on the valuable role that museums and their workers play in their communities.
News from this episode:
- Penticton Art Gallery's full funding restored
- A sawmill storage house in southeast B.C. was home to North America's first gurdwara, researcher says
- B.C. pledges $10M funding boost for Chinese Canadian Museum ahead of opening
- Organization looking for permanent home to house Terry Fox collection
- Whistler Museum inks land transfer, launches fundraising portal for new building
- Buster, a dinosaur unique to B.C., comes to life in new exhibit
Also, Lorenda Calvert reports live from the Canadian Museums Association's Hill Day in Ottawa.
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Leia as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured News for March 2023:
- Vancouver Chinatown's new Chinese Canadian Museum to open this summer
- Royal BC Museum brings public engagement tour to Kelowna
- New exhibit in Prince George gallery brings personal perspective to Métis history
- Vancouver Island community receives $254K grant to protect Indigenous artifacts from natural disasters
- Penticton Art Gallery to appear before council after having funding cut, mayor says
- Historic Point Ellice House closing in Victoria
- Climate activist spreads paint on mammoth at Royal B.C. Museum
Join the BCMA and Point Ellice House Assistant Curator, Christeah Dupont, as we chat about one of museum's biggest problems: decent work. Museum staff are overworked, underfunded, undersupported, and very often underappreciated - the sustainability of our sector may very well hinge on our support of decent work.
Resources:
Museums and Decent Work Youtube Channel
Aiding and Addressing Burnout
Living wages in BC and its benefit to your site and staff
Demystifying Unions
How Labour Relations Impact Emergency Planning in Museums
February 2023 news:
- Emotional return of house post connecting B.C.’s Gitxaala Nation to their ancestors
- Chilliwack Museum’s latest exhibit unpacks the effects of Japanese Canadian internment
- Two Rivers Gallery to feature unique Quebec art installation
- Nuxalk Nation celebrates return of totem pole from Royal B.C. Museum
- Art exhibit in Richmond, B.C., celebrates Black expression, connection
This is a recording from a webinar.
Wednesday, March 9th, 2022
Join the BCMA and Dr. Genevieve Hill, Curator of Archeology at the Royal BC Museum, to talk about all things archeological repositories! Log on and learn who archeological repositories are and what they do, their history and how they came to be, and some current issues and opportunities pertaining to repositories such as repatriation of ancestral remains and cultural belongings, UNDRIP/DRIPA, and working with indigenous communities. Dr. Hill will also cover things to consider when preparing cultural material for a repository and where to find support.
This is a recording from a webinar.
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
12:00noon – 1:00pm PDT
Good records management is essential to any organization. From paper files to emails, having a plan to manage the vast amount of information in our organizations can make a world of difference for operational efficiency, productivity and good decision-making.
Join the BCMA and Bronwen Bird of Gallery 2 for this engaging webinar on the fundamentals of records management. Learn how to create a vision and strategic plan for your records management, dive into surveying and evaluating your current records management practices and craft a records manual and filing system. You will leave the webinar with a deeper appreciation for records management and with tips on how to implement records management changes.
This is a recording from a webinar.
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Join the BCMA and the BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) for this engaging and important webinar. The BCGEU is one of the largest and most diverse unions in British Columbia who represent over 80,000 members in 550 bargaining units in the private sector and public services. In this webinar, Kari Michaels, Executive Vice President of the BCGEU, will explore what a union is, how they work, the steps required to unionize and what changes if you form a union.
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Leia as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured News for January 2023:
- Lack of public art policy jeopardizes Vernon gallery funding
- Vancouver museum holds important piece of history from wreck believed to contain millions in gold
- Extraordinary life of Chief Dan George reflected in Okanagan museum exhibit
- ‘Honoured properly’: Protocols put in place for Indigenous exhibit at Vancouver’s Science World
- Million-dollar donation buoys Maritime Museum move plan
- Royal B.C. Museum returning totem to remote First Nation
This is a recording from a webinar.
Wednesday, April 13th, 2022
As the population of our province ages, we will all be affected by dementia - as friends and family members, neighbors, and people in the workforce. Join us for a foundational conversation about dementia, signs and symptoms, effective communication strategies, and practical tools to support clients living with dementia. We can all play a role in making our community more inclusive and accessible for people with lived experiences. Please join the Alzheimer Society of B.C. for the session, Q&A, and resources on how you can make your workplace more dementia-friendly.
This is a recording from a webinar.
Tuesday, May 10th, 2022
Join the BCMA, Living Wage for Families BC, the Vancouver Foundation, and Centre A for this valuable and timely webinar. A living wage is an opportunity for employers to do better. A living wage calls on employers to meet a higher standard for staff, to ensure that wages reflect the true costs of living in a community and that parents can earn what they need to support their families.
Paying a Living Wage has benefits for your site and your staff and can reduce staff turnover, recruitment, and training costs, and can increase morale, productivity, and brand awareness. Participants in this webinar will learn about the benefits of paying a living wage and how to become a Living Wage Employer. Hear from the Vancouver Foundation on why they fund Living Wage Employers and from Centre A on the benefits they've seen since becoming a Living Wage Employer.
BCMA Webinar: It’s a Work Emergency! How Labour Relations Impacts Emergency Planning in Museums.
Go beyond the discussion of emergency plans, fire drills, phone trees, and training and really look at the role labour relations can play in the safety and security of your site and staff.
Join Valerie Marlow, Assistant Director of Archives and Collections at the Disaster Research Center, and Cornelia Posch, Research Assistant, E.L. Quarantelli Resource Collection for our latest BCMA podcast as they discuss the role your staff plays in emergency preparedness.
Resources:
- Emergency Planning Resources for Cultural Organizations
- BC HERN
- Canadian Conservation Institute
- BCMA BRAIN Climate and Emergency Resources
This is a recording from a webinar.
Wednesday, June 1st, 2022
Burnout can manifest out of extreme and prolonged stress and can leave us feeling exhausted, discouraged, overwhelmed and unmotivated. The World Health Organization categorizes burnout by three symptoms: feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion, negativity or cynicism related to your job, and reduced professional efficacy.
Join the BCMA and go2HR to learn about burnout, recognize its signs and symptoms and add tools to your toolkit on how to aid and address burnout.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. In this episode, Spencer interviews the team at Texada Island Heritage Society:
- Doug Patton, Curator
- Rob McWilliam, Secretary on the Board
We’re excited to host this collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. View more here: https://museum.bc.ca/membership/bc-museum-portrait-program/
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. In this episode, Spencer interviews the team at Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives:
- Allie Rose Bartlett, Curatorial Assistant
- Matthew Lovegrove, Manager/ Curator
We’re excited to host this collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. View more here: https://museum.bc.ca/membership/bc-museum-portrait-program/
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. In this episode, Spencer interviews the team at Salt Spring Museum:
- Conrad Pilon, Museum member
- Tony Threlfall, Museum member
- Chris Marshall, Collaborative manager at Salt Spring Island Archivist
We’re excited to host this collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. View more here: https://museum.bc.ca/membership/bc-museum-portrait-program/
In this episode, listen as IBPOC Network Coordinator Jazmin Hundal and historian Dr. Sharanjit Sandhra chat while on location at the Sikh Heritage Museum at Gur Sikh Temple Gurdwara.Jazmin and Sharn discuss representation of South Asian histories in museums, the importance of including multiple languages in exhibits, and advice for emerging BIPOC professionals in the sector. They also chat about Sharn’s work past work as a curator at this site, her current work as historian at Parks Canada, and her new consulting company Belonging Matters Consulting.
Photos and links to some of the things discussed in this episode can be found below. If you’d like to get in contact with Sharn, please email her at sharanjit.sandhra@gmail.com.
We’re always looking to share stories of professionals and organizations working hard to improve representation of racialized communities! If you would like to be a guest on the IBPOC Network podcast, please reach out to Jazmin at communications@museum.bc.ca.
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Leia as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured news for December 2022:
- Gabriola Island Museum Requests Funding for Sustainable Operations
- Scottish museum to return stolen totem pole in new year
- Whistler Museum eyeing major building upgrade
- Iconic Vancouver museum shutting down for most of 2023
- Reconciliation in the private art world: How Taku River Tlingit brought home their robe
- From outcasts to mainstream, B.C. museum showcases the evolution of snowboarding
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. In this episode, Spencer interviews the team at Galiano Museum Society:
- Mechelle Crocker, Executive Board Member
- Carol Robson, Executive Board Member
- Mary Jean Elliott, Executive Board Member
We’re excited to host this collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. View more here: https://museum.bc.ca/membership/bc-museum-portrait-program/
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. In this episode, Spencer interviews the team at Gabriola Historical and Museum Society:
- Liz Ciocea, Director
- Joan Merrifield, President
- Laura Baldamus, Museum Manager
- Janet Stobbs, Archivist
- Chris Campbell, Director
- Gloria Filax, Former Board Member
- Alison Douglas, Former Board Member
We’re excited to host this collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. View more here: https://museum.bc.ca/membership/bc-museum-portrait-program/
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. In this episode, Spencer interviews the team at Denman Island Museum and Archives:
- DD Fuchs, Board Member
- Barry Landeen, Archivist
- Ann Paisley, Museum display & collections
We’re excited to host this collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. View more here: https://museum.bc.ca/membership/bc-museum-portrait-program/
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Leia as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured news for November 2022:
- Prince George museum re-opens with new look
- Darn-it! New Maritime Museum of BC Exhibit opens
- Chinese Canadian Museum names first Chief Executive
- Ancient bison bones unearthed at Saanich construction site
- Volunteers seek to uncover ‘paper trail’ of Japanese Canadian dispossession
- Pitt Meadows Museum nears finish line of relocation planning
- New interactive, online exhibit features Richmond’s turning points
To submit your Muse News or Whoo's News, email bmca@museum.bc.ca
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. In this episode, Spencer interviews the team at Cortes Island Museum & Archives:
- Bonnie MacDonald, Executive Board Member
- Laurel Bohart, Curator, Wild Cortes
- Jill Milton, Archivist
- Melanie Boyle, Managing Director
We’re excited to host this collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. View more here: https://museum.bc.ca/membership/bc-museum-portrait-program/
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Leia as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured news for October 2022:
- The Richmond Museum's new exhibition, The Arts Live Here, celebrates the city's vibrant art scene with a wide range of exhibits
- Museum exhibit highlights Truth and Reconciliation Day for Westbank First Nation Sncəwips Museum premiering “What Does it Mean to be Syilx?”
- B.C. Aviation Museum lands both a retired air tanker and its long-time pilot
- Exploration Place reopening next Saturday
- Seasonal Spooky News
- Eerie Illusions
- Movies at the Morgue
- Halloween Block Party
- Ladysmith Museum in the Dark
This week we are offering a recording of the Decolonization in Practice Panel from the BCMA and Heritage BC Joint Conference Act 1 in May 2022. This recording is being offered to provide background for the upcoming Roundup issue being released online, in which Beth Boyce, curator at the Museum at Campbell River, and Hereditary Chief Cecil Dawson, reflect on the exhibit ‘Standing in the Gap”.
Please note that this recording was originally a panel presentation, so you will hear cues like “next slide” and other such notes.
You can always find the most recent issue of Roundup on the BCMA homepage, on the right side. A new issue of Roundup will be published online in October, featuring a reflection piece from Beth and Chief Dawson, along with our regular column from Tammy Bradford, and other articles featuring various projects from around the province! Stay tuned!
The GLAM International Series will help galleries, libraries, archives, and museum professionals in BC reflect on what it means to be an informed citizen with a global perspective. Through this podcast series, we will interview innovators, disrupters, and thinkers that help to frame the work we do in an international context.
In this episode, Leia talks to fellow BCMA staffer Lorenda Calvert about Burning Man arts and culture. Lorenda shares how she got involved in Burning Man, Black Rock City as a large-scale art gallery, and three ‘museums’ at Burning Man. Finally, we chat about the sector in general and how some of the teachings at Burning Man might help shake up how we engage the public.
Links from our conversation:
More About Burning Man
Learn about Mutant Vehicles
Heavy Meta
El Pulpo Mecanico by Duane Flatmo and Jerry Jerry Kunkel
The Midnight Museum of That One time at Burning Man by Jerry Snyder
Learn about MOOP and leaving no trace at Burning Man
The Museum of No Spectators by John Marx and Absinthia Vermut
We are grateful for support from the BC Arts Council.
Music courtesy of Chad Crouch, The Sound Of Picture Production Library.
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured news for September 2022:
- Vernon art gallery stunned by council decision to decline mural project with mental health focus | Globalnews.ca
- Tumbler Ridge fossils identified - BC News - Castanet.net
- Royal B.C. Museum apologizes after 2017 carving declared ancient Indigenous artifact
- Nisga'a Nation travelling to see stolen totem pole in Scotland - APTN News
- What is a museum? Icom finally decides on a new definition
- Indigenous objects repatriated from small British museum come home to Haida Gwaii
- 'Come in and explore': BC Aviation Museum holds first open house since pandemic
- Thor Froslev, founder of B.C.'s eagle count and Squamish art gallery, dead at 89 | CBC News Human rights museum chooses Vancouver to launch digital residential school initiative
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured news for September 2022:
- Vernon art gallery stunned by council decision to decline mural project with mental health focus | Globalnews.ca
- Tumbler Ridge fossils identified - BC News - Castanet.net
- Royal B.C. Museum apologizes after 2017 carving declared ancient Indigenous artifact
- Nisga'a Nation travelling to see stolen totem pole in Scotland - APTN News
- What is a museum? Icom finally decides on a new definition
- Indigenous objects repatriated from small British museum come home to Haida Gwaii
- 'Come in and explore': BC Aviation Museum holds first open house since pandemic
- Thor Froslev, founder of B.C.'s eagle count and Squamish art gallery, dead at 89 | CBC News Human rights museum chooses Vancouver to launch digital residential school initiative
With the BC local government elections coming up on October 15, 2022, the BCMA, BC Alliance for Arts + Culture, and Arts BC are discussing all things advocacy. In this special Advocacy Week podcast, Ryan Hunt, BCMA Executive Director, speaks with Marijke Edmondson, Strategic Advisor, Local Government at the Ministry of Municipal Affairs.
The BCMA has asked members for questions they have about how local governments work in British Columbia. Join Marijke and me as we discuss everything from “what’s a regional district,” to the importance of building relationships with local government staff, to why local government elections all happen at the same time.
With the BC local government elections coming up on October 15, 2022, the BCMA, BC Alliance for Arts + Culture, and Arts BC are discussing all things advocacy. In this special Advocacy Week podcast, Ryan Hunt, BCMA Executive Director, speaks with Marijke Edmondson, Strategic Advisor, Local Government at the Ministry of Municipal Affairs.
The BCMA has asked members for questions they have about how local governments work in British Columbia. Join Marijke and me as we discuss everything from “what’s a regional district,” to the importance of building relationships with local government staff, to why local government elections all happen at the same time.
The GLAM International Series will help galleries, libraries, archives, and museum professionals in BC reflect on what it means to be an informed citizen with a global perspective. Through this podcast series, we will interview innovators, disrupters, and thinkers that help to frame the work we do in an international context.
In this episode, Leia talks to Marley Leacock, the astronomer at the H.R MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver about the James Webb Space Telescope. Marley provides a brief review of the development and launch of the telescope - including some details about the Canadian Space Agency's involvement - before we dig into two of the images released to the public in July. Finally, we chat about how space centres will keep up with the expected influx of data and images from the Webb Telescope.
Related Links:
The Webb Telescope Website
Links to the Deep Field Image and the Carina Nebula Image discussed in the show.
Image of Stephan's Quintet Marley discussed.
Marley's blog post on the Telescope background and about the Scientific Mission goals
Canadian Space Agency NIRISS Transmission Spectrum of WASP-96B
To see the oldest galaxy pointed out in the Deep Field Image, look here!
We will have more episodes in this series coming this summer of 2022 - Stay tuned for more!
We are grateful for support from the BC Arts Council.
Music courtesy of Chad Crouch, The Sound Of Picture Production Library.
Get to know Jazmin Hundal, the BCMA’s new Special Projects and Communications Coordinator, in this 90-second OWL You Need to Know micro-podcast!
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured news for June 2022:
- New museum curator takes fresh approach to Terrace history
- Museum exhibit celebrates origins of unique Nanaimo street names
- Free admission for everyone 18 years old and under at Vancouver Art Gallery
- Catholic order that staffed some residential schools in BC to hand over archives to museum
- Qualicum Beach Museum exhibit explores dark chapter of Canadian history
- Fort Nelson Heritage Museum curator receives Award of Recognition
- 'I made the wrong call': Horgan scraps $789M Royal BC Museum rebuild
In the early months of the global pandemic and amidst community lockdowns, the Council of the Haida Nation virtually gathered the community over a series of six webinars on food security. These webinars raised awareness of and highlighted emerging needs and conflicts relating to Haida Gwaii’s food system, and about food security and emergency preparedness for its residents. Over the course of the series it became clear there was a need for a coordinated food strategy and food policy toolbox. This kicked-off the development of the Haida Gwaii Food Strategy (HGFS), as administered by the Haida Gwaii Museum.
In this BCMA Podcast episode, hear from two Haida Gwaii residents engaged in these efforts to strengthen local, sustainable food systems and how the HGFS will, in part, serve as a public repository of local food system knowledge.
Music courtesy of Chad Crouch, The Sound Of Picture Production Library.
The GLAM International Series will help galleries, libraries, archives, and museum professionals in BC reflect on what it means to be an informed citizen with a global perspective. Through this podcast series, we will interview innovators, disrupters, and thinkers that help to frame the work we do in an international context.
Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO) is a group of more than 1,300 cultural heritage professionals working together to identify and archive at-risk sites, digital content, and data in Ukrainian cultural heritage institutions while the country is under attack.
In today’s episode, Ryan Hunt and Tanya Paholock of the BCMA are joined by Dr. Kimberley Martin to discuss SUCHO, the importance of online cultural heritage, and how you can help preserve Ukrainian heritage.
You can learn more about SUCHO and their work online at https://www.sucho.org/
We will have more episodes in this series coming this summer of 2022 - Stay tuned for more!
Music courtesy of Chad Crouch, The Sound Of Picture Production Library.
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured news for May 2022:
- Iconic hall of UBC Museum of Anthropology now demolished for redevelopment | Urbanized
- What's in a costume?: Burnaby Village Museum tackles reconciliation through clothing
- Restored exhibit highlighting Indigenous peoples in BC to open at New York museum | CBC
- News
- Museum of Anthropology exhibit showcases social-change-making Xicanx artists
- LGBTQ+ sailors in the spotlight at new Maritime Museum of B.C. exhibit
- Royal BC Museum to be rebuilt at the cost of $789M | CBC News
- After over a decade, Vancouver's museum show of 'ugly' neon signs is turning off the lights
In this week's episode of Queer(y)ing Museums, we chat with Angelic Goldsky. Angelic (they/t[he]m) is a Russian-Jewish queer trans community arts builder and poet. They are the co-founder and creative director of the Transgender Expressions Haven, a virtual center for arts expression and transgender creative genius celebration.
Angelic chats with us about queer and trans futures within museum and gallery spaces, the possibilities when queer and trans artists are supported, spiritual justice, long-term inclusion frameworks, and more.
You can visit the Transgender Expressions Haven here: https://thehaven.lgbt/
Mentioned in this podcast:
Alok Vaid-Menon: https://www.alokvmenon.com/about
Writing New Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i27YaBjzYqY
Kimya Dawson, Utopian Futures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKFiP4wo0S0
Join Leia Patterson, the BCMA's Engagement Coordinator, and Matthew Lovegrove, Manager/Curator at the Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives for a chat about the Repatriation Call to Action, and the work being done at Sunshine Coast Museum!
Launched in 2021, the BCMA is celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Call to Action through discussions with signees and the launch of a new year of hand-selected resources for Repatriation Call to Action signees. Stay tuned for further episodes!
Sign on to the Repatriation Call to Action through our Indigenous Resource Portal, and learn more about Sarah Jim's artwork on the BCMA website.
Music courtesy of Chad Crouch, The Sound Of Picture Production Library.
How Museums Can Create a More Inclusive Future The BCMA is excited to announce a new partnership with UBC’s new Centre for Asian Canadian Research and Engagement (ACRE) to seek to improve heritage practices through work in anti-racism, decolonization, social justice and workplace equity.
Join the BCMA and ACRE for a digital fireside chat with Dr. Henry Yu, history professor and Asian Canadian Community Engagement Initiative (ACCE) co-chair at UBC and Ryan Hunt, BCMA Executive Director exploring how museums can confront difficult truths about our past and present and work towards building a brighter future.
Thank you for joining us today. Find the full BC Museums Week schedule on our website.
Use our exclusive BC Museums Week promocode JoinBCMA2022 for a 25% discount to all new membership applications.
Useful links:
- ACRE (Centre for Asian Canadian Research and Engagement): https://www.arts.ubc.ca/acre/
- INSTRCC (Initiative for Student Teaching and Research in Chinese Canadian Studies): https://instrcc.ubc.ca/
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ACAM (Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies minor program): https://acam.arts.ubc.ca/
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National Forum on Anti-Asian Racism: https://events.ubc.ca/national-forum-on-anti-asian-racism/
- Chinatown Reimagined: https://www.chinatownreimagined.ca/
- Fish Tales (partnership with Gulf of Georgia Cannery): https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/whatsyourfishtale/
- Backyard Garden (partnership with Museum of Vancouver): https://museumofvancouver.ca/backyard-garden
- Paper Trail: https://1923-chinese-exclusion.ca/
- Chinatown, Existing field trip: http://chinatownexisting.ca/
Museums, galleries, science centres, and heritage organizations are amongst the most trusted institutions in our society. On the first day of BC Museums Week explore how cultural organizations are defying the expectation that they remain “neutral” and using their voice to make a difference.
ScienceUpFirst is a national initiative that works with a collective of independent scientists, researchers, health care experts and science communicators. They share the best available science in creative ways to stop the spread of misinformation.
Join us for a conversation on how misinformation and disinformation are spread and how to address them.
In this special episode of Queer(y)ing Museums, Tanya and Desirée chat with Andrew Kushnir (he/him) - a gay, Ukrainian Canadian playwright, actor, educator and activist living in Toronto/Tkaronto.
Throughout this conversation, we weave through a variety of topics including, what is the "war within a war" happening in Ukraine right now for LGBTQIA+ community and how is the LGBTQIA+ movement intertwined in Ukraine's fight for sovereignty? Further, how can the museum, cultural and heritage sector support Ukraine and the LGBTQIA+ community at this critical time?
0:00- Intro/background to collective heritage loss in Ukraine 3:15- What is gay heritage, how can heritage be a verb and how does history live in our bodies? (The Gay Heritage Project, This is Something Else, Project Humanity) 9:00- 15:53 - The arts and crisis 16:02- 21:50 - Current war in Ukraine and how the LGBTQIA+ community is affected 21:53- We Support LGBTQ Ukraine Fund and the Chevron initiative 30:00- What is the role of the museum, cultural and heritage sector?
43:44- What is your vision for queer or trans futures?
To donate to the We Support LGBTQ Ukraine Fund, visit: https://veritascharityservices.com/campaigns/we-support-lgbtq-ukraine-fund/
For the third episode of Queer(y)ing Museums, we were thrilled to have Carmel Tanaka, founder and Executive Director of JQT Vancouver, and Alysa Rutenberg, Archivist at the Jewish Museum & Archives of BC, join us to chat about the BC Jewish Queer and Trans Oral History Project.
In part two of this two-part episode, Carmel and Alysa discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on the Oral History Project, and on JQT's process of becoming a nonprofit.
For the third episode of Queer(y)ing Museums, we were thrilled to have Carmel Tanaka, founder and Executive Director of JQT Vancouver, and Alysa Rutenberg, Archivist at the Jewish Museum & Archives of BC, join us to chat about the BC Jewish Queer and Trans Oral History Project.
In part one of this two-part episode, Carmel and Alysa discuss the intergenerational and community engagement aspects of their project, advice for other institutions/organizations who might be interested in engaging in similar work, and more.
You can find out more about the BC Jewish Queer & Trans Oral History Project here: https://www.jqtvancouver.ca/jqt-oral-history-bc
To learn more about JQT Vancouver: https://www.jqtvancouver.ca/
To learn more about the Jewish Museum & Archives of BC: https://jewishmuseum.ca/about/
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured news for April 2022:
- BC Chinese community raises more than $50,000 for burned Lytton museum | Vancouver Sun
- Former UBC students, curator reflect on decolonizing Museum of Anthropology's African collections | CBC News
- The Cold War Bunker Under a Post Office | The Tyee
- UFV project brings awareness to South Asian history and contributions – Abbotsford News
- Two Abbotsford arts organizations receive more than $75K in recovery funds
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria names new director
What does Earth Day mean to you? Are climate conversations part of your personal or professional lives? How do you contribute to climate action already taking place in your community?
The heritage and culture sector is privileged to support research, education, and action against climate change. This Earth Day, the BC Museums Association has invited some in our sector and the community at large to share, inspire, and help educate us all on the importance and interconnectedness of climate and the cultural heritage sector.
In this episode, hear how The Potato House Project integrates sustainability into their work and the importance of community for the success of their organization.
Music courtesy of Chad Crouch, The Sound Of Picture Production Library.
What does Earth Day mean to you? Are climate conversations part of your personal or professional lives? How do you contribute to climate action already taking place in your community?
The heritage and culture sector is privileged to support research, education, and action against climate change. This Earth Day, the BC Museums Association has invited some in our sector and the community at large to share, inspire, and help educate us all on the importance and interconnectedness of climate and the cultural heritage sector.
In this episode, hear how RAVEN approaches work with Indigenous communities and how these relationships influence how they discuss the environment.
Music courtesy of Chad Crouch, The Sound Of Picture Production Library.
In the second episode of Queer(y)ing Museums, BCMA’s Desirée Hall and Tanya Pacholok chat with Amelia Smith, a transgender lesbian emerging museum professional who holds a Master of Museum Studies from the University of Toronto.
In this episode, Amelia shares with us about her approaches to exhibition design and community engagement; how cisgender privilege shows up in museum spaces and in how we talk about trans histories; thinking about audience engagement and who we are designing exhibits for, and more.
Amelia's work seeks to bridge the gap between transgender studies and queer museology. Upon finding little addressing this topic, she took it upon herself to create it. Her website "Not Your Average Cistory" has grown into a home for exploring the various ways that museums can be viewed through a transgender lens. Check it out here: http://www.notyouraveragecistory.com/
You can also find Amelia on Twitter: @NTURAvrgCistory
If you would like to take action against the anti-trans bills that Amelia mentions in this episode, the American Civil Liberties Union is doing great work to fight for the rights, health, safety, and wellbeing of trans people in the midst of ongoing anti-trans legislation: https://www.aclu.org/issues/lgbtq-rights/transgender-rights
References in this episode:
Framing Agnes https://www.framingagnes.com/
Nina Simon, The Participatory Museum https://www.participatorymuseum.org/
Mary Weissman Toward a Transgender Archaeology (in the Transgender Studies Reader)
Clare Sears Arresting Dress (Duke University Press)
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured news for March 2022:
- Chilliwack Museum sets high water mark with opening reception of Qoqo
- The possibilities for this small-town time machine are truly endless
- Vancouver Islander leads nation-wide project showcasing innovation
- Victoria Classic Boat Festival to return to Inner Harbour after 2-year hiatus | CTV
- Northwest projects among recipients of $10 million provincial Heritage BC grant – Kitimat Northern Sentinel
- News
- Century old-plus bottles bring Metro Vancouver Chinese workers' history to light
Welcome to Queer(y)ing Museums: a BCMA Gender & Sexuality podcast series! In this podcast, we seek to deepen the discussions begun in the Gender & Sexuality Inclusion Toolkit, and highlight great work being done around the province and beyond.
In this first episode, BCMA’s Desirée Hall and Tanya Pacholok sit down (virtually) with MMBC board member Jelena Putnik and Executive Director Brittany Vis to discuss the Maritime Museum of BC’s upcoming exhibit, “Queer at Sea: Tales from the 2SLGBTQ+ Community”. Jelena and Brittany share the inspiration for the exhibit, what they’ve learned about relationship building and community-centred exhibits, addressing homophobia, and more.
“Queer at Sea: Tales from the 2SLGBTQ+ Community” will be open to the public 17 May 2022 and run for the duration of the summer. You can find more information about how and where to find the exhibit here!
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Deborah Griffiths, Executive Director of the Courtenay and District Museum and Paleontology Centre
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured news for February 2022:
- Victoria museum requests stories from queer maritime workers to include in exhibition | CBC News
- Spanish language museum tours at Okanagan Heritage Museum - Kelowna News - Castanet.net
- City of Surrey to build an Indigenous Carving Centre this year | Urbanized
- Library volunteer program aiming to give immigrants a sense of belonging expands across BC | CBC News
- Royal BC Museum acquires rare painting from continent's first professional Black painter | Globalnews.ca
- The historic Wing Sang Building, the oldest building in Vancouver Chinatown, will be the permanent site of the Chinese Canadian Museum
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Alyssa Gerwing, Executive Director of the Sidney Museum and Archives.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Lee Boyko, Executive Director of the Sooke Region Museum.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Trish Malfair, Museum Manager and Steven Bernard, Heritage Society Executive at the Tofino Clayoquot Heritage Museum.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Juanita Johnston, Executive Director of the U'mista Cultural Centre.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Lori Treloar, Executive Director at the Shawnigan Lake Museum.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Netanja Waddell, Museum Manager, Lorraine Bell, Museum Coordinator, and Kathryn Gagnon, Museum Assistant at the Qualicum Beach Museum.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Quentin Goodbody, Society president and Lesley Moore, Museum Curator at the Ladysmith & District Historical Society.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Brittany Vis, Executive Director of the Maritime Museum of British Columbia.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Sophia Maher, General Manager of the Nanaimo Museum.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Mary Ellen Campbell, Former President of the Parksville & District Historical Society.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Mary-Ann Smith President of the Port Hardy Heritage Society.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Kristen Smith, Acting Manager at Alberni Valley Museum.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Sandra Parrish, Curator/Director and Beth Boyce, Curator/ Educations Manager at the Museum at Campbell River.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Amy Brophy, Chemainus Valley Historical Society President and Lesley Moore, Curator at Chemainus Valley Museum.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Pam Moughton, President of the Comox Archives & Museum Society, Barbara Price, Administrative Assistant / Exhibit Designer, and Marcia Turner, Administrator / Archivist at the Comox Archives & Museum.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Rosslyn Shipp, Executive Director at Cumberland Museum and Archives.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Lynn Engstrom, Museum Manager and Pat Foster, Kaatza Historical Society President.
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured News for January 2022:
- Victoria museum puts call out for maritime stories from BC's LGBTQ2S+ community
- Oldest tug on West Coast dismantled, parts saved for museums - Victoria Times Colonist
- First Nation wants Royal BC Museum to return its totem pole - Victoria Times Colonist
- New art exhibit spotlights importance of nourishment and mental health | Listed
- Kelowna's first museum curator and author Ursula Surtees passed away Saturday at age 94 - Kelowna News - Castanet.net
- City of Surrey eyeing to build $60 million Interactive Art Museum | Urbanized
- Online Vernon museum series explores truth and reconciliation
- Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations sign memoranda of understanding with MONOVA - North Shore News
In this fifth episode of our ongoing Climate Leadership & Action for Museums podcast series, we speak with Yimin Chen, a PhD candidate in Library and Information Science in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario.
His research examines the communicative practices of online communities and cultures, with a focus on Internet trolling behaviours and the controversy surrounding them. His previous projects range from fake news and deception detection, to library automation, to the impact of political memes on social media.
In a world choked with fake news and online misinformation, museums have the potential to leverage the publics’ trust to help communities discern reality from fiction when exploring topics like climate change. In this conversation, we explore the history of online misinformation, why some people choose to act like trolls, and why some online accounts might not even be people at all.
A brief word of warning - this podcast contains explicit language in the context of internet culture and online movements.
Links:
- Yimin Chen on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=D25U3nsAAAAJ&hl=en
- The Language & Information Technology Research Lab: https://victoriarubin.fims.uwo.ca/research/
- Bot Sentinel: https://botsentinel.com/
Get to know Tessa Grogan, the BCMA's new Development Assistant, in this 90-second OWL You Need to Know micro-podcast!
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured News for December 2021:
- Mandrake the Magician exhibit celebrates world-famous illusionist's Surrey and New Westminster roots
- Historic mug shots offer glimpse into Vancouver's bad old days
- Century-old photo found in library book returned to its owner in Kelowna
- Darling Dung Beetle Discovered at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum
- BC city gives Ogopogo copyright to First Nation after cultural appropriation concerns
- Vancouver Island man donates 140,000 mollusk specimens to biodiversity museum – Parksville Qualicum Beach News
On November 3rd, the Royal BC Museum announced that it would begin closing sections of its existing galleries to embark on a process of community consultation to decolonize long-established exhibits, increase cultural safety in the museum, and ensure that the Provincial museum is a welcoming place for everyone.
This announcement has sparked new conversations exploring what it means to decolonize a museum, and whether it is even possible to decolonize an institution that was born from the very process of colonization itself.
To help contribute to this dialogue the BC Museums Association is sharing the opening address from our 2021 virtual conference as an episode of our podcast.
On October 7th we were joined by Brandie MacDonald from the Museum of Us for a talk entitled, Pausing to Decolonize: Decolonizing Museum Policy and Practice. Brandie is the Senior Director of Decolonizing Initiatives at Museum of Us, residing on the homeland of Kumeyaay Nation in San Diego, California, USA.
Brandie’s work focuses on systemic change within museums through the implementation of anti-colonial and decolonial theory-in-practice, which centers truth-telling, accountability, and tangible change to redress colonial harm. Her 12 years working in non-profits is based around capacity building through transformative policy, repatriation, and education.
In her talk, Brandie discusses the work that Museum of Us has been doing to transform their organization, the decolonial work that she is leading, and the guiding principles they have adopted.
Thank you to the Culture Resource Management program at the University of Victoria for sponsoring this conference opening address.
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured News for November 2021:
- Congratulations to the 2021 Recipients of the BCMA Awards for Outstanding Achievement!
- Royal B.C. Museum to close exhibits that further colonial narrative
- Museum at Campbell River releases children’s book about SS Northwestern
- Britannia Mine Museum wins TEA Thea Award
- New curator at Kelowna Art Gallery
- Vernon Museum will provide a look into the collection of objects and archives
In this fourth episode of our #CALM series, we speak with Tara Fraser (Vancouver Art Gallery) and Heidi Swierenga (Museum of Anthropology at UBC), two members of the BC Heritage Emergency Response Network (BC HERN) steering committee. Tara, Heidi, and volunteers from BC HERN were able to go to Lytton BC in October to assist with the salvage and recovery of items from the Lytton Chinese History Museum and the Lytton Museum & Archives.
Join Tara and Heidi as they reflect upon this experience and how it will help to inform BC HERN's future work.
The BC Heritage Emergency Response Network is a growing consortium of art, culture and heritage professionals and volunteers in BC who feel morally and professionally obliged to plan for emergency situations and to support other cultural institutions in the event of localized emergencies that impact collections. The initiative was born from the identified lack of a unified support plan for disaster response and collections salvage in the province in light of the growing risk to collections due to climate change.
The BC HERN aims to build confidence to ensure the successful recovery of heritage collections. The formation of the network is based on two principles: establishing connections between institutions, and training individuals in these institutions on collections salvage procedures. Once staff are trained in salvage and recovery, their institutions will be incorporated into the growing number of response zones throughout the Province.
In this third episode of our #CALM series, we speak with Tara Fraser (Vancouver Art Gallery) and Heidi Swierenga (Museum of Anthropology at UBC), two members of the BC Heritage Emergency Response Network (BC HERN) steering committee.
The BC Heritage Emergency Response Network is a growing consortium of art, culture and heritage professionals and volunteers in BC who feel morally and professionally obliged to plan for emergency situations and to support other cultural institutions in the event of localized emergencies that impact collections. The initiative was born from the identified lack of a unified support plan for disaster response and collections salvage in the province in light of the growing risk to collections due to climate change.
The BC HERN aims to build confidence to ensure the successful recovery of heritage collections. The formation of the network is based on two principles: establishing connections between institutions, and training individuals in these institutions on collections salvage procedures. Once staff are trained in salvage and recovery, their institutions will be incorporated into the growing number of response zones throughout the Province.
How does culture connect to climate action? How do we value nature? What are museums roles’ in preserving and advocating for natural, intangible and tangible heritage? How can museums center Indigenous knowledge in climate action and disrupt legacies of settler colonialism in climate action?
In this second episode of our #CALM series, we interview Lauren Ball and Chantal MacDonald who together created the Bateman Foundation's Value Nature Podcast. Tune into this insightful conversation in which they discuss the importance of experiential learning, hope, reconciliation, the value of nature, and many other intersecting topics.
To access their podcast referenced in this episode, including their episode exploring the protection of old growth forests, click here. Follow the Value Nature Podcast on Instagram or Facebook or learn more about the Bateman Foundation here.
We are excited to announce the BCMA's Climate Action Podcast Series! To kick off the series, this first episode interviews Dr. Deondre Smiles, an Indigenous geographer and Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria. Dr. Smiles (he/him) is Ojibwe, Black, and settler, and a citizen of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.
In this episode, Dr. Smiles discusses the legacies of settler colonialism in environmentalism and climate action, as well as the potential role of the cultural sector in reimagining stewardship, centering Indigenous ways of knowing, and creative ways of relating with living environments, including more-than-human kin, in an era of climate crisis.
To read Settler Logics of (Outer) Space referenced in this episode, click here. To learn more about Dr. Smiles and his other works, click here.
Join the BCMA as we chat with Cheryl Hendrickson, Executive Director at the Britannia Mine Museum about their on-site cate - the Chatterbox Cafe! Cheryl takes us through the steps they have taken to make their cafe financially lucrative and sustainable.
This podcast is part of our Financial Sustainability Week. Financial Sustainability week is sponsored by Island Savings, Envision Financial, and Valley First, divisions of First West Credit Union, offering sophisticated solutions for unique needs!
Paul Crawford joined the BCMA’s Leia Patterson for a brief interview in light of his nomination for the Distinguished Service Award. This award recognized an individual, paid or volunteer, who has made a unique and outstanding contribution on a regional, provincial, or national basis to the arts, culture, and heritage fields over an extended period of time.
Award winners will be announced at the BCMA Awards event during BCMA’s annual conference in October 2021. You can see all the interviews with Distinguished Service Nominees in your podcast feed or on our website. Check out the nominees across all categories, and cast your vote for the Peoples Choice Award at www.museum.bc.ca/awards
Sdaahl Ḵ’awaas Lucy Bell joined the BCMA’s Leia Patterson for a brief interview in light of her nomination for the Distinguished Service Award. This award recognized an individual, paid or volunteer, who has made a unique and outstanding contribution on a regional, provincial, or national basis to the arts, culture, and heritage fields over an extended period of time.
Award winners will be announced at the BCMA Awards event during BCMA’s annual conference in October 2021. You can see all the interviews with Distinguished Service Nominees in your podcast feed or on our website. Check out the nominees across all categories, and cast your vote for the Peoples Choice Award at www.museum.bc.ca/awards
Kirsten Clausen joined the BCMA’s Leia Patterson for a brief interview in light of her nomination for the Distinguished Service Award. This award recognized an individual, paid or volunteer, who has made a unique and outstanding contribution on a regional, provincial, or national basis to the arts, culture, and heritage fields over an extended period of time.
Award winners will be announced at the BCMA Awards event during BCMA’s annual conference in October 2021. You can see all the interviews with Distinguished Service Nominees in your podcast feed or on our website. Check out the nominees across all categories, and cast your vote for the Peoples Choice Award at www.museum.bc.ca/awards
Dr. Kirsten Hodge joined the BCMA’s Leia Patterson for a brief interview in light of her nomination for the Distinguished Service Award. This award recognized an individual, paid or volunteer, who has made a unique and outstanding contribution on a regional, provincial, or national basis to the arts, culture, and heritage fields over an extended period of time.
Award winners will be announced at the BCMA Awards event during BCMA’s annual conference in October 2021. You can see all the interviews with Distinguished Service Nominees in your podcast feed or on our website. Check out the nominees across all categories, and cast your vote for the Peoples Choice Award at www.museum.bc.ca/awards
The BCMA Team has loved watching Rutherford Falls! Join us for the final Rutherford Falls Recap, where we discuss Episodes 8, 9, and 10 to finish off Season 1.
Koy and Leia discuss the plot twists and turns, some of the difficult topics the show brings up, and chat about the real challenges reflected in the show.
SPOILER ALERT: We talk about the final three episodes of Rutherford Falls - if you haven't finished watching the whole first season, we are going to spoil the ending!
If you missed our discussion about Episodes 1-4 or 5-7, check your podcast feed and make sure you follow the BCMA podcast for more.
Mentioned in this episode:
NAGPRA Comics can be found online and are created by Dr. Sonya Atalay, Dr. Jen Shannon, and John Swogger. Find them here!
BCMA Repatriation Call to Action can be found here! Pledge your support and join your colleagues in taking actionable steps towards reconciliation.
The book Leia mentions is Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits, Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America's Culture by Chip Colwell. You can find publication information from the University of Chicago Press
Feel free to send your thoughts to bcma@museum.bc.ca
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured News for August 2021:
- BMO gifts $350K to MONOVA for Indigenous programs
- Vancouver Island man donates 140,000 mollusk specimens to biodiversity museum
- Sacred Journey exhibits rich history of Indigenous canoe culture
- Stories Beneath the Surface: Revelstoke Museum exhibit to go digital in national exhibit
- BC to mark Sept. 30 as day of commemoration | BC Gov News
- B.C.'s Black history showcased in new exhibit at Royal BC Museum
- Powell River Historical Museum and Archives to consider name adjustment
- Sterling Prize recipient challenges racism and role of museums in era of reconciliation
The BCMA Team has loved watching Rutherford Falls! Join us for this podcast where we discuss Episodes 5, 6 and 7.
Koy and Leia discuss the plot twists and turns, some of the difficult topics the show brings up, and chat about the real challenges reflected in the show.
SPOILER ALERT: We talk about three episodes - Episode 6, 7 and 8 - so if you haven't watched all the way through episode 7, we will spoil it for you!
If you missed our discussion about Episodes 1-4, check your podcast feed and make sure your follow the BCMA podcast for more.
Stay tuned for another recap next week on the final three episodes of the season, and feel free to send your thoughts to bcma@museum.bc.ca
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Charlotte Murray, Manager/Curator at Agassiz-Harrison Museum.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Shawna Maurice, Executive Director at Chilliwack Museum & Archives.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Chelsea Brown, Collections Manager at Kilby Historic Site.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Kris Foulds, Curator of Historical Collections at The Reach Gallery Museum.
The BCMA Team has loved watching Rutherford Falls - if you missed Watercooler Wednesday in August, this podcast will catch you up on Rutherford Falls Episodes 1-4.
Koy the BCMA Indigenous Partnerships and Outreach Coordinator, and Leia the Learning Resources Coordinator, discuss the plot twists and turns, some of the difficult topics the show brings up, and chat about the real challenges reflected in the show.
SPOILER ALERT: We talk about all four of the first episodes, if you haven't watched episode 4, we will spoil it for you.
Stay tuned for another recap next week, and feel free to send your thoughts to bcma@museum.bc.ca
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Ray Ramey, President at the Atchelitz Threshermen's Association.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Bruce Friesen, President and Peter Graham, Curator at the Canadian Museum of Flight.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Jenny Bergen, Museum Educator at the Mennonite Museum.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Dr. Satwinder Bains of the Gur Sikh Temple Sikh Heritage Museum.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Sarah Hepper, Museum Manager at the Roedde House Museum.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Karen Dearlove, former Curator at the North Vancouver Museum & Archives
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Sherri Kajiwara, Director and Curator at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Duncan MacLeod, Curator at the Vancouver Maritime Museum.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory' of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Kate Petrusa, Assistant Curator at Burnaby Village.
July 15, 2021
Koy Tayler and Leia Patterson, the BCMA’s Indigenous Engagement team, share Part 2 of their June discussion of decolonization, repatriation, and allyship resources for non-Indigenous museums and heritage organizations. Find the resources on our website to read ahead and follow along. You can find Part 1 in the episode list wherever you download your podcasts.
Share your go-to resources with us, or reach out with questions! Email our team anytime;
Koy Tayler: outreach@museum.bc.ca
Leia Patterson: engagement@museum.bc.ca
In this series, we speak with museums professionals, emerging and established, from art galleries to historic house museums, about what brought them to this sector, what makes them excited about their work, and what they’d like to see change in the future.
Today we are joined by Amina Chergui of the Museum of Anthropology at UBC. I would also like to thank Dr. David Anderson, Director of the Museum Education program at the University of British Columbia for connecting us with Amina and her work.
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
June 2021:
Featured News:
- Gulf of Georgia Cannery exhibition explores how waves of fishing-industry innovations affected diverse communities
- Sidney Museum and Archives' three-month renovation closure starts June 1 – Goldstream News Gazette
- New Chilliwack Museum exhibition invites folks to fill jars with memories – Chilliwack Progress
- Nanaimo Museum opens vault to reveal some of city's lesser-known history – Nanaimo News Bulletin
- Science World aiming to raise $10 million for upgraded exhibits | Venture
- Royal B.C. Museum to work with First Nations on residential school records
- Prince George museum, Lheidli T'enneh model reconcilliation
- Sisters of St. Ann agree to work with Royal BC Museum to release residential school records – Victoria News
Koy Tayler and Leia Patterson, the BCMA’s Indigenous Engagement team, discuss some key decolonization, repatriation, and allyship resources for non-Indigenous museums and heritage organizations. Follow the discussion by reading the resources posted to our National Indigenous Peoples Day post on the website, and commit to using your new knowledge to inform changes in your professional life.
*At the time of recording, the Canadian Senate had not passed federal legislation to implement UNDRIP, but that has since changed! The Senate passed the bill on June 16th, just days after we recorded it!
Share your go-to resources with us or reach out with any questions. You can find out contact information on the staff page of the website.
Get to know Tanya Pacholok, the BCMA's new Digital Engagement and Event Specialist, in this 90-second OWL You Need to Know micro-podcast!
Get to know Paisley McKenzie, the BCMA's new Partnerships Coordinator, in this 90-second OWL You Need to Know micro-podcast!
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Aimee Greenaway, Curator at the Nanaimo Museum.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Kira Westby, Curator at the Bulkley Valley Museum.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Elizabeth Hunter, Museum & Heritage Manager at the Quesnel & District Museum.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Christina Reid, Executive Director at the Heritage Abbotsford Society.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Tami Quiring, President of the Alder Grove Heritage Society.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website. In this episode, Spencer interviews Angela Clarke, Executive Director and Curator at the Italian Cultural Centre.
Spencer Stuart is the Project Manager and Principal Researcher for the BC Museum Portraits Project.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association.
Visit our website to see the BC Museums Portraits Project playlist: https://museum.bc.ca/playlist/?spl=0F5F9EFF5100000A
Join and BCMA and Jon Farrow, from Science Up First, for a conversation in disinformation, misinformation, and what we can do to combat it in an era of "fake news".
Check our Science Up First here:
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Join the BCMA for our BC Museums Week series on the future of museums! We chatted with EMP Shelby McCannel from the BC Sports Hall of Fame.
To explore resources on the BCMA website about inclusion and equity click here.
Join the BCMA for our BC Museums Week series on the future of museums! We chatted with EMP Michael Goodchild from the Fraser River Discovery Centre.
To explore resources on the BCMA website about programming click here and to explore digital resources click here.
Join the BCMA for our BC Museums Week series on the future of museums! We chatted with EMP Mari Jagt from the Maritime Museum.
To explore resources on the BCMA website about programming and museum education click here.
To connect with Mari on Instagram click here.
Join the BCMA for our BC Museums Week series on the future of museums! We chatted with EMP Daphne Cui from the New Westminster Museum and Archives.
To explore resources on the BCMA website about decolonization and reconciliation click here.
To check out Daphne's Instagram click here.
Join the BCMA for our BC Museums Week series on the future of museums! We chatted with EMP Coralee Miller from the Sncewips Heritage Museum.
To explore resources on the BCMA website about digital programs click here.
Join the BCMA for our BC Museums Week series on the future of museums! We chatted with EMP Bronwen Bird from Gallery 2.
To explore resources on the BCMA website about digital programs click here.
Join the BCMA for our BC Museums Week series on the future of museums! We chatted with EMP Adrian Bogdan from the Sidney Museum and Archives.
To explore resources on the BCMA website about digitization click here.
Join the BCMA for our BC Museums Week series on the future of museums! We chatted with EMP Ulee Maschaykh from the Semiahmoo Arts Society.
To explore resources on the BCMA website about online programming click here.
Join the BCMA in a conversation with Viviane Gosselin and learn more about the Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice.
The Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice mobilizes and supports Canadian museum workers and their organizations in building public awareness, mitigation, and resilience in the face of climate change. You can explore their resources on their website here.
To explore more on climate literacy in the cultural sector, check our Julie's Bicycle here.
We are celebrating BC Museums Week across the province from May 17 to 23. This year’s theme is #MuseumACTION and each day we will explore actionable ideas and inspiring discussions to help you take action and make change. On May 18, International Museums Day, we are exploring reconciliation and repatriation. In this podcast, Leia Patterson, BCMA Learning Resource Coordinator, is joined by Chief Petra Munroe from the Maiyoo Keyoh Society, a 2020 Repatriation Grant recipient, to discuss their community's repatriation work.
Join the BCMA in a conversation with Steven Purewal about the Punjabi Diaspora, representation in history, and expanding our narratives to include more diverse stories.
To learn more about Steven's work with the Indus Media Foundation click here. To connect with Indus Media on Facebook click here and to learn more about the movie Promises click here.
Thanks again Steven for joining us.
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured News:
- Sidney Museum and Archives names gallery after long-time executive director
- B.C. Truck Museum keeps running behind the scenes
- Renowned Caetani Artwork Returned to Vernon
- B.C. city gives Ogopogo copyright to First Nation
- Rare collection of historical Arctic photographs digitized
- Revelstoke Museum & Archives weathers the COVID storm
- Darling Dung Beetle Discovered at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum
- Century-old photo found in library book returned to its owner in Kelowna
- Vancouver Art Gallery Receives Two One Million Dollar Gifts
- BC museum creating collection of COVID-19 pandemic artifacts for future generations to study
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured News:
- Maritime Museum's director retiring, but effort to build new exhibit space continues
- MOA Show Looks at Art and the Survival of Hope after Devastation
- Point Ellice House in Victoria looks to patch up during pandemic
- Historic mug shots offer glimpse into Vancouver's bad old days
- Blaze at Heritage Acres results in nearly $20,000 in damages, no exhibits impacted
- Burnaby reopens village museum for spring break
- A new ghostly exhibit opens at the Maritime Museum of BC this week
- Victoria’s Craigdarroch Castle takes restoration into the kitchen – 19th Century style
- Northern B.C. museum now home to 450 million years of history
- Expand vocabulary, visit Rossland Museum's 'Our Living Languages' exhibit – Trail Daily Times
Get to know Sarah Wang, the BCMA IBPOC Network Coordinator, in this 90-second OWL You Need to Know micro-podcast!
Featured News:
- Black History Month highlighted by Coquitlam Heritage
- Mandrake the Magician exhibit celebrates world-famous illusionist's Surrey and New Westminster roots
- Black Canadians brought to the centre at Vancouver Art Gallery
- North Peace Museum receives update on mammoth tooth study
- Maritime Museum of BC unveils Float the Boat fundraising campaign
- New exhibit blooming at Central BC Forestry and Railway Museum
- North Pacific Cannery to receive a portion of $16 million in provincial funding
- Nisga’a scholar launches new Centre for Indigenous Fisheries at UBC
Today we’re joined by Grace Wong, from the Chinese Canadian Museum to chat about the museum, how it came to be and what the future looks like for the museum.
As mentioned in the podcast, check out the Chinese Canadian Museum's upcoming digital event:
Cousins Across the Water in Conversation: Lunar New Year
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured News:
- Chinese-Canadian Museum showcases unique cultures of migrant ancestors
- MacKenzie Art Gallery Appoints First-Ever Indigenous Museum Director in Canada
- New online exhibit puts spotlight on B.C.'s Black pioneers
- Our Community: Aviation museum monument honours B.C. pilot
- Volunteer at Sidney's Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea marks major milestone – Vancouver Island Free Daily
- Men’s Shed would be a throwback to Port Moody’s roots
- History museums launch new program to address lack of representation in stories about Toronto
- New foundation to advance Canadian Museum of Nature Arctic projects in 2021
- Prince George museum needs healthy houseplants for new project
Get to know Leia Patterson, the BCMA's new Learning Resources Coordinator, in this 90-second OWL You Need to Know micro-podcast!
Get to know Koy Tayler, the BCMA’s new Indigenous Outreach & Partnership Coordinator, in this 90-second OWL You Need to Know micro-podcast!
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website.
The BC Museum Portraits Project is an audio interview and photography initiative that will result in an online archive of the ‘institutional memory’ of the Province’s museums and archives. We’re excited to preview this new collaboration between Spencer Stuart and the BC Museums Association on our website.
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured News:
- Vancouver to provide arts and cultural organizations with $2 million in COVID-19 support funding
- Christmas tree fest back at Museum of Surrey in Cloverdale
- Seth Rogen voices support for Vancouver Art Gallery's Giving Tuesday campaign
- Our Hometown: Curating a life – Williams Lake Tribune
- Shawnigan Lake Museum’s expansion plans gets financial boost
- One of BC's iconic structures to be rebuilt
- Prince George’s Celebration of Lights at railway museum moves to drive-thru event
- An International Report Shows the Situation for Museums Has Improved Since Spring—But It Still Offers a Stark Vision of the Future
- Courtenay Museum releases 'coffee table book' about the Comox Valley
- An Immersive Christmas Carol Planned for Roedde House Museum
Today we’re joined by Bryce Mathew Watts, from The VR Voyage, to explore virtual tours. COVID has forced the industry to rethink how it reaches its audience and how it can broaden its audience through new technologies. The VR Voyage is a new virtual reality platform that is helping BC museums, along with other partners around the world, to create guided virtual tours of their institutions. With the launch of the platform in early 2021, people from anywhere in the world can explore your collection and learn about what makes your institution so unique.
With free production costs, generous revenue share schemes, and free marketing services, The VR Voyage is a new way to build new revenue streams and adapt to a rapidly changing world. The idea was developed by UBC alumnus and anthropologist Bryce Mathew Watts. With strong partnerships, this platform will be a way to enter a new technological era and further the education mandates of BC museums.
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured News:
- Langley's farm museum welcomes generous donation
- Comox Valley arts-based project takes honest look at overdose crisis
- McMurray Métis find new way to celebrate Métis Week during pandemic
- Maple Ridge historian helps scouts remember local honoured active servicemen of the world wars
- Museum exhibit, Cariboo Strong, shares stories, experiences through 2017 wildfires
- The stolen returns: U'mista Cultural Centre celebrates 40 years of repatriation
- NDP says it will build a South Asian museum in Surrey – Surrey Now-Leader
- A Vancouver woman is giving away her heritage house for free
- Paranormal investigators 'connect' with Point Ellice House spirit
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured News:
- Alberni Valley Museum re-opens with new exhibit on Chief Dan George
- Audain Prize goes to 12 artist-run centres in B.C. in response to pandemic
- Which US museums will show John Oliver's rat erotica and Wendy Williams pork chop portrait?
- Art Gallery of Alberta confronts history of never including Black artists in Biennial exhibition
- Museums among the worst hit in cultural sector, research finds
- Vancouver's oldest koi, survivor of otter attacks relocated from Sun Yat-Sen Chinese Garden
- Okanagan man finds fame in retirement with model railway 50 years in the making
- Richmond Museum re-opens its doors after pandemic shutdown
- BC Museums Association Celebrates the Creativity AND Resilience of the Arts, Culture, AND Heritage Sector
- UBC Museum of Anthropology exhibit aims to 'correct' colonial legacy
It’s Back to School Week at the BCMA and we’re sharing ideas, tips, and resources for museums as they think about how to continue engaging with schools and teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. In today’s podcast episode, we’re joined by Tom Searby.
Tom majored in History and English at Wilfrid Laurier University and completed a Bachelor of Education at Nipissing University. He has taught grades 8-12 in Ontario and British Columbia and has also worked as a museum educational programmer at Doon Heritage Village in Waterloo, Ontario. He currently resides in Smithers and teaches Food Studies, woodshop, and senior social studies at Houston Secondary School in Houston BC.
Today Tom will be helping to give a teacher’s perspective on how museums can support schools during the most unpredictable back-to-school season in our lifetimes.
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured News:
- Burnaby museum's local Indigenous history guide wins national award
- Royal BC Museum buys IMAX Victoria theatre
- Heritage and Sustainability Unite at the Potato House
- Maritime Museum of BC Moves Forward with Next Phase of the Pacific Maritime Centre
- Learning language through whispers: Indigenous youth launch ASMR campaign
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
Featured News:
- New Vancouver museum to highlight Chinese-Canadian history in BC
- After nearly a century, Metis activist James Brady being recognized for his photography
- Penticton Art Gallery hosts first Bob Ross exhibit in Canada
- Most People Plan to Visit Museums Just as Much as Ever and 5 Other Takeaways From Our Survey on Art Engagement Post-Lockdown
- Opinion: Critical thinking, science culture and Canadians' super power against COVID-19
- Several BC museums received a special thanks from the Dorchester Retirement Residence in Kelowna for their special online programs during COVID-19
- Want to start your own Jurassic Park? Over 70 animatronic dinosaurs are going up for auction in B.C.
Today we're joined by Dr. Rob Lennox to explore the concept of advocacy for the museums and heritage sector.
Rob is a Senior Advocacy Coordinator at the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists in the UK where he undertakes advocacy work to influence policy-makers and maintain relationships with external stakeholders. Rob completed his Ph.D. in 2016 exploring the regulation of the historic environment through government policy instruments and the impact that political processes have on the application of sectoral value-driven visions.
Through his research and work, Rob aims to develop and demonstrate a strategic understanding of the heritage sector and of its political machinations, as well as of conservation philosophy and operations in the planning system.
Outside of his advocacy work, Rob is a keen mountaineer, hiker, and skiier and enjoys birding. As an enjoyer of nature and mountains, Rob has a deep appreciation and interest in British Columbia.
Rob also recommends the following resources for those interested in expanding their advocacy toolkits:
- Fighting for Birds by Mark Avery (A fantastic book, possibly not packed with directly relevant skills for the budding BC museums campaigner, but it shows the passion and dedication of nature conservation campaigners in the UK and will explain why advocacy is a long game)
- From Voice to Influence: Understanding Citizenship in a Digital Age by D Allen & J Light (There is a lot to learn about 'new' advocacy, and it's developing all around us. But politics is changing all the time. This book looks at how we communicate around political issues and how we translate that into participatory power.)
- Many charities have excellent advocacy resources. There are too many to mention, but The National Council for Voluntary Organisations is a great example from the UK (https://knowhow.ncvo.org.uk/campaigns) but you may wish to search closer to home.
- Learn from other campaigns! You can look at different organisations, but the Museums Association in the UK has lots of information about past and current campaigns on its website: https://www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns
- Hope For the Future is for a climate change-focused local advocacy organisation! They've got some really clear advice on letter writing and other things (https://www.hftf.org.uk/template-letters)
The BCMA and Heritage BC partnered to produce a new study examining the economic impact that museums, galleries, and heritage sites have in their local communities. Accession Consulting supported our organizations in conducting this study and join us in this podcast to discuss their findings and themes that museums and heritage organizations can use to advocate for the important roles they play in communities across the province.
To learn more about Accession Consulting, visit their website. To access the BCMA and Heritage BC Economic Impact Study, please visit our website.
As museums, galleries, and cultural organizations across British Columbia reopen their doors to the public, we’re checking in with members to see how their first few weeks have gone and to share these experiences with other organizations who are in the process of reopening. Today I’m joined by Sarah Theophilus, Head of Retail & Operations and Courtney Zylsta, Head of Art & Visitor Experience at the Bateman Foundation in Victoria BC to discuss how their organization's June 2nd reopening has gone so far.
On May 20, 2020, the Creston Museum reopened to the public, making it one of the first museums in the province to reopen after the COVID-19 public health orders. To see what their first few days of being reopened were like and how they approached adapting their site to our new reality, today I’m joined by Tammy Bradford, Manager of the Creston Museum.
As museums, galleries, and heritage spaces around the province continue to reopen, we hope to continue recording podcasts to document their experiences and share lessons learned with other organizations who are in the process of reopening. To stay up-to-date with our latest news and member resources, visit our website or follow the BCMA on social media.
To explore International Museum Week's theme of #TechnologyMW, we're joined by Corey Davis to discuss digital preservation.
Corey is the Digital Preservation Librarian at the University of Victoria and Visiting Program Officer at the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL). He has been working in academic libraries for 15 years, most recently as Digital Preservation Coordinator for the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL). He is active in several national preservation efforts in Canada, including as a founding member of CARL’s Digital Preservation Working Group, and as founder and chair of the Canadian Web Archiving Coalition. Most recently, he became Chair of CARL Portage’s Preservation Expert Group.
Music in this episode by Tobu & Itro
Get to know Ryan Hunt, the BCMA's Executive Director, in this 90-second OWL You Need to Know micro-podcast!
Get to know Daniel Gowryluk, Education Outreach Coordinator and Assistant Curator at the Pacific Museum of Earth, in this 90-second OWL You Need to Know micro-podcast!
Get to know Briana Sadler, MakerLab Coordinator at Two Rivers Gallery, in this 90-second OWL You Need to Know micro-podcast!
Get to know Kira Westby, Curator at the Bulkley Valley Museum, in this 90-second OWL You Need to Know micro-podcast!
Get to know Vanessa Gelhaar, Operations Manager for the BC Museums Association, in this 90-second OWL You Need to Know micro-podcast!
Get to know Kanchan Lal, Museum Coordinator for PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives, in this 90-second OWL You Need to Know micro-podcast!
Get to know Sonia Nicholson, Archivist for the Saanich Pioneer Society, in this 90-second OWL You Need to Know interview.
Get to know Twyla Exner, Director of Public Programs at Two Rivers Gallery in this 90-second OWL You Need to Know micro-podcast!
Welcome to “OWL You Need to Know” a new micro-podcast series from the BC Museums Association. In this podcast, BCMA members are given 90 seconds to answer 20 questions about themselves. If you’d like to give a 90-second interview, contact the BCMA. In our first episode of this new series, we interview Lorenda Calvert, the BCMA's new Program Coordinator.