BCMA Gathering 2023
Delegate Registration
Haida Gwaii | September 25 – 28, 2023
The BCMA community has been invited by our colleagues at Saahlinda Naay Haida Gwaii Museum and the Haida Heritage Centre to join them for three days of learning on the land, connecting with each other, and exploring our collective work, impact, and responsibilities.
To ensure that we offer an event that reflects our host community’s venue capacity and that our delegates are received and remembered as respectful guests, there will be a limited number of available tickets. The BCMA is offering bursaries, discounted tickets, and virtual engagement opportunities to make the gathering as accessible as possible to the widest range of members and delegates.
In-person tickets for the 2023 Gathering are currently sold out. We encourage you to join us virtually with a Digital Registration.
Digital Access Registration
In-person tickets for the 2023 Gathering are currently sold out. We encourage you to join us virtually.
After several years of research, experimentation, and iteration, the BCMA is excited to offer virtual delegate registration for our 2023 gathering. Join the conversations, experience Haida Gwaii, and connect with peers from work, home, or around the world.
What’s included in a virtual registration?
By purchasing a virtual registration you’ll get access to:
- The Digital Dialogues online discussion series*
- Plenary session streams on September 26, 27, and 28*
- Select concurrent sessions*
- All recordings from the 2023 gathering*
- Two behind-the-scenes looks into the 2023 gathering**
- The ability to schedule virtual meetings with sponsors and partners**
*Also included with an in-person registration
**Exclusive to virtual registration
We have reached full capacity for the in-person gathering. Virtual registration is a great opportunity to learn, connect, and experience Haida Gwaii.
Please note: If you have booked an in-person registration and have tested positive for COVID-19, been exposed to a person who has tested positive, and/or are experiencing cold-like symptoms before departure, you can transfer your in-person registration to a colleague and the BCMA will provide you with a free virtual registration.
In-Person Attendance Registration
In-person tickets for the 2023 Gathering are currently sold out. We encourage you to join us virtually.
If you would like to join the waitlist, please click on one of the buttons below to add your name and preferred ticket type.
Note: Due to capacity limits for the remote community of Haida Gwaii, we kindly ask you to limit attendance to a maximum of three people from the same organization. The annual BCMA gathering is held in different parts of the province (and sometimes virtually) and we would like to offer as many BCMA members as possible, and especially those from the North Coast and neighbouring regions, an opportunity to attend this event.
We recognize that many of our members pay for conference tickets, travel, and accommodations out of pocket and rely on the annual conference as an essential way of connecting with their colleagues. We also understand that the costs associated with attending this year’s gathering on Haida Gwaii will be higher than in previous years. In an effort to make this event more accessible, we are offering the ticket options below.
BCMA Member Registration
IBPOC, Underemployed, EMP
These tickets are meant for Indigenous people, BPOC, underemployed delegates, and emerging professionals.
$150
Join waitlist
Subsidized Ticket
Subsidized tickets are meant for delegates who will be paying out of pocket to attend the gathering and are not receiving financial support from their organization for the trip. These tickets are booked on an honour system and we ask those who are able to pay the full price to do so.
$375
Sold out
Standard Ticket
We ask those who are able to pay the full price do so.
$575
Join waitlist
IBPOC, Underemployed, EMP
These tickets are meant for Indigenous people, BPOC, underemployed delegates, and emerging professionals.
$150
Join waitlistSubsidized Ticket
Subsidized tickets are meant for delegates who will be paying out of pocket to attend the gathering and are not receiving financial support from their organization for the trip. These tickets are booked on an honour system and we ask those who are able to pay the full price to do so.
$375
Sold outStandard Ticket
We ask those who are able to pay the full price do so.
$575
Join waitlistNon-member Registration
IBPOC, Underemployed, EMP
These tickets are meant for Indigenous people, BPOC, underemployed delegates, and emerging professionals.
Includes one-year BCMA Individual Membership.
$225
Join waitlist
Standard Ticket
We ask those who are able to pay the full price do so.
$675
Join waitlist
Join the BCMA
Become a member to receive member rate registration.
Please note, applications are subject to review and may take 2-3 business days before member rates are available.
Starting at $56
Join now
IBPOC, Underemployed, EMP
These tickets are meant for Indigenous people, BPOC, underemployed delegates, and emerging professionals.
Includes one-year BCMA Individual Membership.
$225
Join waitlistStandard Ticket
We ask those who are able to pay the full price do so.
$675
Join waitlistJoin the BCMA
Become a member to receive member rate registration.
Please note, applications are subject to review and may take 2-3 business days before member rates are available.
Starting at $56
Join nowCancelation:
- Registration(s) may be canceled for a full refund until August 31, 2023.
- Registration(s) can be transferred* to another delegate until September 22, 2023.
*Delegates who are unable to attend the gathering may transfer their registration to another individual by modifying their registration in the registration portal. For assistance with transfers, please contact us at bcma@museum.bc.ca. The original registration rate and any event tickets purchased will transfer to the new attendee. Transfer requests will be accepted up until September 22, 2023.
Pre-Gathering Activity Registration
Pre-Gathering Workshop | Working Together
September 25, 2023. 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Gud ad hlGang.gulXa Working Together: Caring for our treasures
The Saahlinda Naay Haida Gwaii Museum and Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) have teamed up to deliver an introductory workshop on the care of three types of Haida belongings: Naaxiin (Chilkat) robes, rattles, as well as cedar and spruce root woven hats and baskets. The workshop, divided into modules focused on each type of belonging, offers the opportunity to learn directly from Haida participants and museum staff and CCI conservators. Using belongings from the Saahlinda Naay collection and didactic materials, and through group discussion and hands-on activities, attendees will learn:
- how each type of belonging is made,
- its significance and use,
- the vulnerabilities of the materials and structures to agents of change,
- culturally specific collections care and protocols, and
- preventive conservation measures.
Pre-Gathering Workshop | Reassessing Governance
September 25, 2023. 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Reassessing your Governance with Confidence with the Canadian Museums Association
Join Rebecca and Stephanie from the Canadian Museums Association as they help you become a facilitator of the ‘Reassessing Your Governance’ toolkit. This workshop will help you feel confident in delivering the Reassessing Governance discussion session within your organization’s leadership team and be ready to support conversations about change with your organization. The CMA team will guide you through the topics and provide troubleshooting tips that will help you engage your leadership team with the material in a meaningful way.
West Coast Adventure – SOLD OUT
Join us for an adventure you won’t forget. This exclusive boat tour for attendees of the 2023 BCMA gathering in Haida Gwaii will take you west from Daajing Giids through the Skidegate Narrows, scanning the shorelines for taan (black bear). With options to disembark from the boat at Jiina.nga Gandlaay (Government Creek) to explore old growth, check for Tufted Puffins at Marble Island, and visit the Haida village of Ts’aahl. Our tour operator Haida Style Expeditions takes guests out into Gwaii Haanas and beyond on two 30-foot closed-cabin landing craft and catamaran tour vessels. In addition to visiting Haida cultural sites, we will get out of the boat midday for a traditional Haida feast on land, for local salmon and stories. The trip also includes guides from the community who will share their ecological and cultural knowledge with you.
