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BCMA Annual Gathering & Innovation Lab
It’s our great pleasure to announce that the 2024 BCMA Conference will take place during the week of September 23 – 27, 2024 in Lheidli T’enneh Territory, Prince George, BC!
BCMA Emergency Response Fund
The BC Heritage Emergency Response Network (BC HERN) and the BC Museums Association (BCMA) have partnered to create a new contingency fund that will allow skilled heritage emergency responders to mobilize and begin recovery and salvage efforts for museums, galleries, and cultural organizations across BC when emergencies strike.
Be Prepared for Summer Weather Events
Museums, galleries, and cultural spaces have important roles to play in keeping their staff, volunteers, and communities safe during extreme weather events. The BCMA has compiled a list of resources and calls to action that you can use to understand the risk, prepare for these conditions, and know where to access support.
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BC Museums Association Strategic Plan 2024-2029
The BCMA Strategic Plan is grounded in the ambitions shared by our members, leadership, and staff. It is a living document meant to prioritize key activities and resources over the next three to five years. In this plan, we have developed a vision and mission statement to guide our collective efforts.
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New Lending Library
In addition to our existing online HerO resources, we are pleased to offer our members access to a new library of equipment to help them better leverage digital resources in their work and community impact. The HerO lending library offers BCMA members the opportunity to rent equipment like video cameras, podcasting equipment, or document scanners instead of having to buy new equipment for projects.
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National Museum Policy Position Paper
This paper presents the collective position of the First Peoples’ Cultural Council (FPCC) and the British Columbia Museums Association (BCMA) on the urgent need for a new National Museum Policy (NMP) that centres on Indigenous rights and autonomy.
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Investing in Tomorrow: Creating Meaningful Internship Experiences
Join the BCMA and the Executive Director of the Esquimalt Community Arts Hub, Luca Jesse Apel, as he shares first-hand experience on what makes an impactful internship experience for both the student and the organization.
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WhAI? Artificial Intelligence (AI) and GLAAM
WhAI? will work to develop considerations and wise practices for arts and culture organizations, volunteers, and professionals to help provide a critically reflexive understanding of these emerging tools and can better balance building our sector’s digital capacity through the lens of digital equity.
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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.
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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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IBPOC Museum Professionals Network
Connect with museum, gallery, and heritage IBPOC professionals from across British Columbia.
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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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Discover Something New!
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BCMA Online Courses
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