BC Museums Association Podcast

What is AI? Join our host, Lorenda Calvert, and members of our sector for this eight-part series discussing AI and its implications for our sector and community.    In this episode, Lorenda asks: What is AI? You can learn more about the WhAi? Project here .    Thank you to our collaborators:  Elizabeth Batista, Executive Director of the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society SGaan Kwahagang James McGuire...

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. November Stories: B.C. museum to honour Chinese Canadian troops who fought in war and for citizenship rights Wet'suwet'en delegation travels to Paris to reconnect with cultur...

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Leia and Ryan as we explore the latest MuseNews! October 2024 News: Federal funding kicks off initial upgrades of Vancouver's Space Centre Kamloops Art Gallery to begin search fo...

In this episode, Jazmin Hundal is joined by fellow BCMA team member and IBPOC Network co-coordinator Madison Bridal.  The two chat about Madison's career in museums, how she got involved in the IBPOC Network, and her current exhibit at UVIC Legacy Art Gallery, "Rooting For Reclamation". Jazmin and Madison also dive into the details of what drives the work of the IBPOC Network, the joys and challen...

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Leia as we explore the latest MuseNews! August 2024 News: First Nations artefacts coming home from Canada after museum deal One of the world's oldest sacred shrines could return...

Join our host Lorenda Calvert, and her guests, Chris O'Connor, Director of Community Engagement* and Regional Partnerships at the Royal BC Museum, Julia Cyr, Museum Supervisor at the Kamloops Museum and Archives, Diena Jules, Language and Culture Department Manager, and Elsie Joe, Curator at the Secwépemc Museum & Heritage Park Curator, for this community conversation.  To learn more: RBCM Com...

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews! July 2024 News: Robert Bateman's lesser known works to be on display in Penticton | CBC News $19 million in additional federal...

Get to know Madison Bridal, the BCMA’s new Special Projects Coordinator, in this 90-second OWL You Need to Know micro-podcast!

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of 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! June 2024 News: Nelson Museum opens permanent installation celebrating LGBTQ2S+ history in the Kootenays B.C. Museum of Anthropol...

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Lorenda and Leia as we explore the latest MuseNews! This months news: Curator of Peace Gallery North bidding farewell to Fort St. John North Van exhibition pays ode to Vancouver...

Join our host Lorenda and SGaan Kwahagang James McGuire, Collections & Engagement Coordinator at Saahlinda Naay - the Haida Gwaii Museum, for a conversation about the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Museums must prioritize consent-based curation. Consider how your organization approaches repatriation and truth-telling.    Resources: Native American Graves Protection and...

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Lorenda and Ryan as we explore the latest MuseNews! April 2024 News: BC Sports Hall Of Fame comes alive with immersive digital Indigenous gallery Grants allows Keremeos’ Grist Mi...

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Lorenda and Leia as we explore the latest MuseNews!   March 2024 News: Lantern designed by acclaimed First Nations artist stolen outside Vancouver Art Gallery   Nanaimo Art Galle...

This episode was converted from a recorded webinar.  Wednesday, January 24th, 2024 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm PT Since 2020, we have globally seen a rise in remote and hybrid work, but as we return to a “new normal,” many workplaces are abandoning these models. However, many museums, galleries, and heritage sites have limited workspace, equipment, accessibility, and funding obligations that make the idea...

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of 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! February 2024 news: New Indigenous heist movie focuses on repatriation of belongings Executive director for Revelstoke Railway Mu...

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Leia, Ryan, and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!   Stories for the month of January 2024: A tangled mess: Canadian forgery scandal comes into full public view Seismic u...

Join our host Lorenda for a conversation about the new Inspiring Museum Educators Bursary . Established with the support of Dr. Lisa McIntosh in 2023, this bursary encourages the pursuit of excellence in education within the museum, gallery, and heritage sector. The Inspiring Museum Educators Bursary provides up to $2,000 for staff or volunteers of BC Museums Association’s Institutional or Individ...

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Leia, Ryan, Lorenda and special guest Santa as we explore our favourite MuseNews! In this final MuseNews of 2023, each of our hosts picked their favourite stories to reshare. Tha...

Join our host Lorenda Calvert in conversation with Sean Holman of the Climate Disaster Project. Sean is the Wayne Crookes Professor of Environmental and Climate Journalism at the University of Victoria, a former investigative journalist, and an information historian. In this latest episode of our ongoing Climate Leadership & Action for Museums podcast series, Sean describes the work that the C...

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Leia, Ryan, and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!   Stories for the month of November 2023: Expansion Project at shawnigan lake museum nets $500,000 grant BC government...

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Leia, Ryan, and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!   Stories for the month of October 2023: News release - Famed Indigenous carver's 57-year old totem returns home to his...

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Leia and Lorenda, as we explore the latest MuseNews! Featured News for September 2023: Opinion: The Okanagan Mountain Fire forever changed our landscape and our psyche   Nanaimo...

We live in a complicated world. And with the explosion of AI tools over the past year that promise to blur the line between the real and the imaginary, it isn’t looking like life will get any simpler in the foreseeable future. Welcome to the Digital Dialogues discussion series. Over the next several months, the BC Museums Association will be joined by experts, innovators, and critical thinkers to...

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Leia and Ryan, as we explore the latest MuseNews! Featured News for August 2023: World-renowned artists open new gallery in small community of Enderby, B.C Vancouver translator f...

Join the BCMA and Literary Translator, Yilin Wang as we chat about the British Museums theft of her translated work, lack of apology, and complete mismanaging of the experience. Museums can and should have a plan in place to recognize and compensate for copyrighted work. Consider how your organization approaches this work and also how your organization approaches mistakes.    Links:  Yilin Wang We...