BC Museums Association Podcast

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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected]

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 [email protected]

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 [email protected]

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 [email protected].

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 [email protected]  

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 [email protected]

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 [email protected]  

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