from the Canadian Museums Association The Canadian Museums Association and Woodland Cultural Centre are excited to jointly announce that Janis Kahentóktha Monture has been appointed as the Executive Director & CEO of the Canadian Museums Association. Ms. Monture is currently serving as ...
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The Canadian Museums Association Moved To Action Conference
from Bradley Clements This year’s Canadian Museums Association (CMA) National Conference was on the theme of Moved to Action, addressing the CMA’s report of the same name that was released last year. Moved to Action is the CMA’s reply to the Truth and Reconciliation ...
Birdstones Visit at the ROM
from Mina Ali On January 18, 2023, the Royal Ontario Museum collaborated with GRASAC to host a virtual tour of the birdstones housed in the Archeology of the Americas collections, with the help of Dr. Tiziana Gallo’s knowledgeable guidance, April Hawkins’s support, and the GRASAC team members’ ...
Moved to Action: Activating UNDRIP in Canadian Museums
from the Canadian Museums Association In 2015, the Canadian Museums Association (CMA) was named in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action #67, to deliver a report and recommendations as part of a national review of museum policies and their relationship with the United Nations ...
Cultural Revitalization Programing in Museums Paper
from Gwyneira Isaac, Ingrid Ahlgren, Alan Ojiig Corbiere, and Judith Andrews At a time when museums are expected to address access issues that are the explicit and implicit products of their colonial histories, the Recovering Voices initiative at the Smithsonian Institution has focused on ...