BC Museums Association 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!

Featured News for March 2023:

• Vancouver Chinatown's new Chinese Canadian Museum to open this summer
• Royal BC Museum brings public engagement tour to Kelowna
• New exhibit in Prince George gallery brings personal perspective to Métis history
• Vancouver Island community receives $254K grant to protect Indigenous artifacts from natural disasters
• Penticton Art Gallery to appear before council after having funding cut, mayor says
• Historic Point Ellice House closing in Victoria
• Climate activist spreads paint on mammoth at Royal B.C. Museum

Join the BCMA and Point Ellice House Assistant Curator, Christeah Dupont, as we chat about one of museum's biggest problems: decent work. Museum staff are overworked, underfunded, undersupported, and very often underappreciated - the sustainability of our sector may very well hinge on our support of decent work. 

Resources: 

Museums and Decent Work Youtube Channel

Aiding and Addressing Burnout

Living wages in BC and its benefit to your site and staff

Demystifying Unions

How Labour Relations Impact Emergency Planning in Museums

February 2023 news:

• Emotional return of house post connecting B.C.’s Gitxaala Nation to their ancestors
• Chilliwack Museum’s latest exhibit unpacks the effects of Japanese Canadian internment
• Two Rivers Gallery to feature unique Quebec art installation
• Nuxalk Nation celebrates return of totem pole from Royal B.C. Museum
• Art exhibit in Richmond, B.C., celebrates Black expression, connection

This is a recording from a webinar. 

Wednesday, March 9th, 2022

Join the BCMA and Dr. Genevieve Hill, Curator of Archeology at the Royal BC Museum, to talk about all things archeological repositories! Log on and learn who archeological repositories are and what they do, their history and how they came to be, and some current issues and opportunities pertaining to repositories such as repatriation of ancestral remains and cultural belongings, UNDRIP/DRIPA, and working with indigenous communities. Dr. Hill will also cover things to consider when preparing cultural material for a repository and where to find support. 

This is a recording from a webinar.

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

12:00noon – 1:00pm PDT

Good records management is essential to any organization. From paper files to emails, having a plan to manage the vast amount of information in our organizations can make a world of difference for operational efficiency, productivity and good decision-making.

Join the BCMA and Bronwen Bird of Gallery 2 for this engaging webinar on the fundamentals of records management. Learn how to create a vision and strategic plan for your records management, dive into surveying and evaluating your current records management practices and craft a records manual and filing system. You will leave the webinar with a deeper appreciation for records management and with tips on how to implement records management changes.

This is a recording from a webinar. 

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Join the BCMA and the BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) for this engaging and important webinar. The BCGEU is one of the largest and most diverse unions in British Columbia who represent over 80,000 members in 550 bargaining units in the private sector and public services. In this webinar, Kari Michaels, Executive Vice President of the BCGEU, will explore what a union is, how they work, the steps required to unionize and what changes if you form a union.

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!

Featured News for January 2023:

• Lack of public art policy jeopardizes Vernon gallery funding
• Vancouver museum holds important piece of history from wreck believed to contain millions in gold
• Extraordinary life of Chief Dan George reflected in Okanagan museum exhibit
• ‘Honoured properly’: Protocols put in place for Indigenous exhibit at Vancouver’s Science World
• Million-dollar donation buoys Maritime Museum move plan
• Royal B.C. Museum returning totem to remote First Nation

This is a recording from a webinar. 

Wednesday, April 13th, 2022

As the population of our province ages, we will all be affected by dementia - as friends and family members, neighbors, and people in the workforce. Join us for a foundational conversation about dementia, signs and symptoms, effective communication strategies, and practical tools to support clients living with dementia.  We can all play a role in making our community more inclusive and accessible for people with lived experiences. Please join the Alzheimer Society of B.C. for the session, Q&A, and resources on how you can make your workplace more dementia-friendly.

This is a recording from a webinar. 

Tuesday, May 10th, 2022

Join the BCMA, Living Wage for Families BC, the Vancouver Foundation, and Centre A for this valuable and timely webinar. A living wage is an opportunity for employers to do better. A living wage calls on employers to meet a higher standard for staff, to ensure that wages reflect the true costs of living in a community and that parents can earn what they need to support their families.

Paying a Living Wage has benefits for your site and your staff and can reduce staff turnover, recruitment, and training costs, and can increase morale, productivity, and brand awareness. Participants in this webinar will learn about the benefits of paying a living wage and how to become a Living Wage Employer. Hear from the Vancouver Foundation on why they fund Living Wage Employers and from Centre A on the benefits they've seen since becoming a Living Wage Employer.

BCMA Webinar: It’s a Work Emergency! How Labour Relations Impacts Emergency Planning in Museums.

Go beyond the discussion of emergency plans, fire drills, phone trees, and training and really look at the role labour relations can play in the safety and security of your site and staff.

Join Valerie Marlow, Assistant Director of Archives and Collections at the Disaster Research Center, and Cornelia Posch, Research Assistant, E.L. Quarantelli Resource Collection for our latest BCMA podcast as they discuss the role your staff plays in emergency preparedness. 

Resources: 

• Emergency Planning Resources for Cultural Organizations
• BC HERN
• Canadian Conservation Institute
• BCMA BRAIN Climate and Emergency Resources