BC Museums Association 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 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, 202412:00 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 NationSncəwips 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

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!   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 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/ ACAM (Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies minor program): https://acam.arts.ubc.ca/   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 Ukraine3:15- 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 crisis16:02- 21:50 - Current war in Ukraine and how the LGBTQIA+ community is affected 21:53- We Support LGBTQ Ukraine Fund and the Chevron initiative30:00- 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