The Ontario Museum Association, our partners and members of the Indigenous Collections Working Group are pleased to invite you to join us at the Canadian Museum of History on March 25-26, 2020 for Indigenous Collections Symposium: Mashkawatgong-mamawewiziwin – strengthening our bonds, sharing our practices. Following from the Indigenous Collections Symposium: Promising Practices, Challenging Issues and Changing the System, this symposium takes inspiration from the ideas discussed at that event and continues the conversation. With a focus on putting ideas into practice, this two-day event aims to support and connect museum professionals from Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizations and members of Indigenous communities.
Registration opens on January 27, 2020.
Location:
Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, QC
Date of Event:
March 25-26, 2020
Target Audience:
This symposium will be of interest to museum workers and community members who identify as Indigenous.
This symposium is an opportunity for people from organizations and communities with Indigenous collections in their care to learn from each other’s practices and to network with others.
Program:
Program and speaker details coming soon! Click here for the draft Agenda.
Themes include:
Addressing barriers to access to museum collections by Indigenous communities
How Indigenous communities access museum collections in Canada and abroad
Community based collections
Implementing traditional care and ceremony in collections care
Narrative vs western research
Repatriation
Participants will have an opportunity to sign up for behind-the-scenes tours with museum staff. Stay tuned for more details!
Registration Rates:
OMA and OAAG Members: $250.00 + HST
Non-members: $350.00 + HST
OMA members – log into your individual or institutional account and click on My Events to register.
OAAG members – click here to register.
Non-members – click here to register.
Bursaries:
Five bursaries have been allocated for individuals representing Indigenous-run organizations. Application Deadline: February 7, 2020.
These bursaries are available on a first-come-first-served basis.
Bursaries cover the cost of registration.
Bursaries will be awarded to no more than one person per organization.
Bursary Application instructions:
Check the box in the registration form indicating that you would like to apply for the Bursary.
Enter the name of the organization you represent.
On the payment page select Pay Later from the list of payment options.
Hotel:
Best Western PLUS Gatineau-Ottawa
131 Rue Laurier Gatineau, Quebec J8X 3W3
The OMA has secured the following rates:
$135.00 CAD per night for a single room
$145.00 CAD per night for a double room
Call 1-800-265-8550 Option 0 and mention code # 7324
Last Day to Book: February 24, 2020
Partners:
Thank you to the Canadian Museum of History for hosting this event.
Thank you to the members of the Indigenous Collections Symposium Working Group
Talena Atfield, Canadian Museum of History
Petal Furness, OMA Council
Michele Gervais, Canadian Museum of History
Heather George
Linda Grussani
Michelle Hamilton, Western University
Tanis Hill, Indigenous Knowledge Centre, Six Nations Polytechnic
Del Jacko, Library and Archives Canada
Clayton King, Beausoleil First Nation
SM Leduc, Canadian Museums Association
Sylvia Morin, Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Cultural Education Centre
Laura Peers
Melissa Phillips, Museum Windsor
Naomi Recollet, Ojibwe Cultural Foundation
Krista Zawadski