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Dec 12, 2023 | 1:00 PM PT

Community-Driven Considerations for Digitization Practices

Community-Driven Considerations for Digitization: What does community-driven digitization look like? Join researchers and heritage professionals who are working on community-driven and informed projects and learn about the benefits, limitations, and challenges associated with digitization in a community context.

Registration is limited to 2023 Gathering delegates and BCMA members who purchased Digital Gathering tickets. This session will be shared publicly online in summer 2024.

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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.

 

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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.

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BCMA Book Club

New series! Join the BCMA for a read-along of the Indigenous Repatriation Handbook.

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Justice

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.

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Conference

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!

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News

MuseNews Ep. 34: Commitments, Convergence and Closure

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!

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Indigenous Culture & Heritage

BCMA Webinar: The Way Forward for a Shared Museum Facility with the Haisla Nation & Kitimat Museum

There are difficult stories to share and challenges ahead in working together on the expansion and change of the existing Museum. Work has already begun in many of the Museum’s operations and governance. Join Arthur Renwick and Louise Avery for this expanded conversation to learn more!

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Advocacy

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.

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Non-Profit Administration & Governance

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.

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New resources are added every day!

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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.

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Webinars

The BCMA is pleased to host regular educational webinars. Join your colleagues from around the province for these virtual learning opportunities!

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.

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