IBPOC Museum Professionals Network

Cultivating Careers Series

Join the BMCA’s IBPOC Museum Professionals Network for a series on how to cultivate careers in the museum, heritage, and cultural sector.

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In-Person

Cultivating Careers In Person: An All-Day Workshop

May 6, 2024

10:30 AM – 5:00 PM

In our first in-person professional development workshop, join us at Burnaby Village Museum for trauma-informed practice training, a guided walk through the Indigenous learning spaces of the village, and a Tea and Talk.

Don’t miss this chance to learn valuable skills and connect with other racialized folks in the sector.

Tickets are $40 per person, with a catered lunch included.

Past Event

Recordings

Trauma-Informed Practice in Leadership

December 8, 2023

In this professional development workshop, facilitator Madison Tardif  introduces us to key principles of trauma-informed practice, particularly through the lens of inclusive leadership.

Viewers will leave with a better understanding of the impacts of trauma on individuals and communities, and how to lead with compassion and empathy. Tools and resources to empower us to create more supportive and resilient environments are shared.

View the recording here!

Grant Writing Tips with the BC Arts Council

November 8, 2023

In this professional development session, facilitator Erin Macklem, Program Advisor and Outreach Coordinator at the BC Arts Council,  shares tips to improve your grant-writing skills.

Aimed to help you apply for BC Arts Council grants, Erin provides an overview of the organization, walks us through creating an online profile, explains the peer assessment process, and answers questions from the audience about  their grants and grant writing in general.

View the recording here!

Championing Conflict Through Practice

October 18, 2023

In this professional development workshop, facilitator Madison Tardif led us in a follow-up to January’s session Stepping Courageously Into Conflict.

Participants were encouraged to practice conflict engagement in a group setting through the lens of social justice and systems change.  Resources and tools to navigate difficult conversations and surface differences that matter are provided.

View the recording here!

Challenging Inequities Through Inclusive Leadership

July 5, 2023

Watch this IBPOC Museum Professionals Network webinar on challenging inequities with Madison Tardif!

In this interactive session, participants were provided with tools and resources to think about what skills make an inclusive leader. Folks considered their own positionalities and how to use their power to promote change in their own spheres of influence.

View the recording here!

Giving and Receiving Feedback

April 20, 2023

Watch this IBPOC Museum Professionals Network webinar on giving and receiving feedback with Madison Tardif!

In this interactive session, participants were encouraged to practice (in breakout rooms) using a variety of tools to help them navigate graciously giving and receiving feedback as a way to surface inequities and build inclusive environments.

View the recording here!

Activating Radical Community-Care

February 8, 2023

Watch the latest IBPOC Museum Professionals Network webinar on community-care with Madison Tardif!

Participants were be provided with resources and tools to think about their own identity and positionality in relation to their professional, interpersonal, and communal relationships. As a starting point for engaging with themes of anti-racism, community, building and self-preservation in harmful systems, this session focused on empowering individuals to employ acts of radical self and community care.

View the recording here!

Stepping Courageously Into Conflict

January 25, 2023

Watch this IBPOC Museum Professionals Network webinar on conflict engagement with Madison Tardif!

Participants were encouraged to think about conflict from the lens of social justice and systems change. Attendees were be provided resources and tools to navigate difficult conversations and feel empowered to surface differences that matter.

View the recording here!