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The BC Museums Association is searching for an experienced, innovative, and passionate individual to join our team as a Director of Finance & Revenue/Deputy Executive Director.
New Resource:
De-escalation and Harm Reduction Toolkit for Museums, Heritage and Cultural Institutions
This toolkit is meant to provide workers with the knowledge and tools to assess and respond to emergencies while feeling safe and empowered. Our intention is to share a resource that can initiate discussions within your workplace so that your organization can take a collective commitment to life-affirming and humanizing practices whenever possible.
MuseNews Ep. 48: Paintings, Partnerships, and Pie
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 2025 ICH Funding Newsletter
The BCMA is providing this list as a resource to help connect project organizers to funding for action. The goal is to provide quarterly updates to alert you to funding deadlines that are rolling or occurring within three months time.
BCMA Webinar: Learning to be Better - creating a healthy, ethical climate in your organization
What is an ethical climate? Is your organization closed and defensive or open and reflective? What steps can leadership and management take to help create a healthy, ethical climate in the workplace? Join us as Pamela Forward, founder and Board President of Whistleblowing Canada Research Society, presents on the ways to create an ethical climate at your organization.
BCMA Panel: Museums, Social Media, and Hate - What Does the Ethical Use of Social Media in 2025 Look Like?
Join a panel of arts, culture, and heritage peers to discuss the social, cultural, and environmental impacts of some of the largest social media platforms in the world and discuss strategies for more socially responsible ways of communicating the work of museums with broader audiences.
Safety+
This toolkit is being developed and delivered for museums as a direct response to the increasing demand for support of museum staff, community, and collection safety.
The Pathways pilot program is a year-long process that will support arts, culture, and heritage practitioners to learn, reflect and integrate equity and access more deeply into their work. Participants will be supported with individualized learning plans, peer networks and one-on-one guidance.
IBPOC Cultural Professionals Network
Connect with museum, gallery, and heritage IBPOC professionals from across British Columbia.
BC Museum Portraits
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.
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