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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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Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
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:
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
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.
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
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
Tuesday Jul 04, 2023
Tuesday Jul 04, 2023
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
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Tuesday May 30, 2023
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:
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‘Overdue’: B.C. First Nations welcome Pope’s hint that Vatican will return Indigenous artifacts
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BC government provides $20 million to repair Science World's leaky dome
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Sacred Journey makes a splash as it lands at Victoria’s Royal B.C. Museum
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Chilliwack Museum saw exhibition admissions more than double to 5,086 in 2022
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Indigenous artifact to return to Squamish Nation following Prince Edward visit
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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
Monday May 15, 2023
Monday May 15, 2023
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.
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
News from this episode:
- Penticton Art Gallery's full funding restored
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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.
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
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
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
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
Living wages in BC and its benefit to your site and staff
How Labour Relations Impact Emergency Planning in Museums
Thursday Mar 02, 2023
Thursday Mar 02, 2023
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