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Join the BC Museums Association as we explore topics of importance to the cultural heritage community in BC, and around the world. Listen as we talk with sector professionals, volunteers, and other guests about their work in BC museums, galleries, and arts & culture institutions.
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Sunday Apr 12, 2026
Sunday Apr 12, 2026
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
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
Sunday Apr 12, 2026
Sunday Apr 12, 2026
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
Sunday Apr 12, 2026
Sunday Apr 12, 2026
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
Wednesday Nov 12, 2025
Wednesday Nov 12, 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.
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/
Monday Oct 13, 2025
Monday Oct 13, 2025
It’s September 2025, welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest breaking news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond.
Summer Wrap-Up News Stories 2025:
- Summer students integral to running of museum program | Northern News
- Summerland Museum hooks up fully functional telegraph machine to communicate with other museums in BC and Alberta - Castanet.net
- Lost for over a century, Heiltsuk Nation celebrates return of bentwood box | Globalnews.ca
- 'The wrong history': After 110 years and a mislabelling, Tla'amin artifacts return home
- Historic Japanese triplexes restored at B.C.’s oldest surviving cannery - Terrace Standard
- Rare ‘medieval’ artifacts found in B.C. thrift store donated to SFU for study
- Renewal Project — Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre
This has been Muse News for Summer 2025! If you have news you want to share on this program, please email us at bcma@museum.bc.ca. Join us in October for another episode of MuseNews, where we explore the latest news, announcements, and happenings from museums across bc and beyond!
BCMA thanks Digital Museums Canada for their sponsorship.
Monday Sep 22, 2025
Monday Sep 22, 2025
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:
Friday Sep 19, 2025
Friday Sep 19, 2025
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
Tuesday Aug 05, 2025
Tuesday Aug 05, 2025
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.*
Wednesday Jul 30, 2025
Wednesday Jul 30, 2025
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:
Thursday Jun 26, 2025
Thursday Jun 26, 2025
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.