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Budget 2025 Response
The federal budget passed on November 17th, 2025 and at the BCMA we have been reading the recent federal budget and resulting analysis. Policy forums, national arts and culture associations, and sector leaders have all been weighing in on the implications of the ambitions of the polarizing Budget 2025.
MuseNews Ep. 53: Dinosaurs, Directors and Donations
Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest breaking news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond.
Honouring Orange Shirt Day; National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30
September 30 is a federal holiday called National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The BC Museums Association urges our members, museums, and Canadians from coast-to-coast-to-coast to use this day as an opportunity to learn, reflect, make connections, and take action in redressing more than 150 years of injustice.
BCMA Podcast: NAGPRA In Theory, In Practice
Join our host Lorenda and Jessica Strayer, NAGPRA/CalNAGPRA Administrative Manager at the Fowler Museum - UCLA, as they discuss the realities of working with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). Explore how this legislation impacts museum practice and what it means for institutions committed to respectful collaboration with Indigenous communities.
IBPOC Network Podcast Episode 5: Veronica Buck and Marilyn Maychak
In this episode, Jazmin and Madison sit down to chat with friends and collaborators Veronica Buck and Marilyn Maychak, who share about their varied careers in education and arts and culture, as well as how they met, and a new podcast they’re launching together soon.
BCMA Webinar: Building Connection, Capacity, and Choice Through Conflict
In this session, facilitator Madison Tardif walks us through the third session in our professional development series on conflict.
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.
IBPOC Cultural 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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