Welcome to the BCMA Online Learning Portal
Digital Dialogue Series
Digital Dialogues is a series of online and in-person discussions in and around our 2023 gathering in Haida Gwaii that seeks to explore the cultural, social, environmental, and political impacts of the emerging and ubiquitous tools we use daily in the arts, culture, and heritage sector.
What Arts, Culture, and Heritage Workers Can Do in the Face of International Events
If you are feeling helpless or overwhelmed by the scope and scale of human tragedy, you are not alone –here are some resources and strategies for caring for yourself and taking action.
Equity in the Workplace
Ways to Support Equity that Go Beyond Salary
From flexible working schedules, to group benefits plans, to sharing authority, here are suggestions you can use to support a more equitable workplace today.
BCMA Book Club
New series! Join the BCMA for a read-along of the Indigenous Repatriation Handbook.
Deepening Your Allyship: Gender & Sexuality Online Course
This course is an expansion of the existing Gender & Sexuality Inclusion Toolkit, which aims to support museums, galleries, and heritage sites in their journeys to increase 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusivity and representation in an empowering manner.
2023 BCMA Gathering - Graphic Recordings
We are grateful to artist Kara Sievewright who joined and created these graphic recordings during from the Gathering. Thank you, Kara!
MuseNews Ep. 33: Breath, BC Ferries, and BC Fossils
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!
How Museums Can Respond to Residential School Denialism
Museums, and all arts, culture, and heritage spaces, have a critical role to play in confronting residential school denialism. This post is the first of a series of resources the BC Museums Association is developing to support our sector in being prepared to address residential school denialism in all forms - from online comments, to in-person questions, to internal misinformation.
What Arts, Culture, and Heritage Workers Can Do in the Face of International Events
If you are feeling helpless or overwhelmed by the scope and scale of human tragedy, you are not alone –here are some resources and strategies for caring for yourself and taking action.
Sunsetting your Site
Closing a museum is part of the museum lifecycle. Museums close for many reasons: lack of funding, accrued debts, loss of board or staff, dwindling visitation, lack of community support, and even natural disasters. It is important to have a plan in place before you need it to help ease this challenging, costly, and time-consuming situation.
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.
BCMA Podcasts
The BCMA is pleased to host regular podcasts covering a variety of different topics. Explore our recurring series below or browse the latest episodes here.
IBPOC Museum 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.
Discover Something New!
Not sure what you're looking for? The BCMA Brain has hundreds of resources ready to be discovered. Try one of these randomly generated resources!
BCMA Online Courses
On-demand training for museums, galleries, and cultural heritage organizations
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