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Join our host Lorenda and Illana Hester, Executive Director of The Old School House Arts Centre, arts advisor, and coordinator of Creative Coast, for a conversation about leadership, accountability, bravery, and community-building. Explore leadership as a collaborative practice grounded in care, curiosity, transparency, vulnerability, and a willingness to learn from failure, and reflect on how…
Join our host Lorenda and Sally Kim, Objects Conservator at the Royal BC Museum, for a conversation about accessibility, conservation, relationship-building, and repatriation. Sally reflects on her experiences as a deaf museum professional and explores how museums can move beyond accommodation toward meaningful accessibility grounded in listening, transparency, universal design, and disability…
Join our host Lorenda and Michelle Richard and Emma Wilton from the Sooke Region Museum for a conversation about community engagement, leadership, and reimagining a local museum. Ahead of the museum’s 50th anniversary, Michelle and Emma share how community feedback is guiding a complete refresh of its permanent exhibits. Explore the challenges of widening historical narratives, recognizing bias,…
Join our host Lorenda and Wedlidi Speck, hereditary chief and Vice President for People, Culture and Reconciliation at the Royal BC Museum, for a conversation about leadership, healing, accountability, and decolonization. Drawing on his work as a therapist, cultural leader, and museum professional, Wedlidi reflects on the importance of listening, humility, psychological and cultural safety, and…
Join our host Lorenda and Q̓íx̌itasu Elroy White, Haíɫzaqv archaeologist, hereditary chief, elected council member, historian, singer, and dancer, for a conversation about leadership, cultural stewardship, archaeology, and repatriation. Explore the M̓ṇúxvit approach, grounded in Haíɫzaqv laws, knowledge, relationships, and collective responsibility, and reflect on what changes when museum objects…
It’s March 2026, 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. Stories from March 2026: Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw carvers restore century-old totem pole at Royal B.C. Museum | CBC News B.C. Sports Hall of Fame relocates hundreds…
It’s February 2026, 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. February 2026 Stories: Find Just Desserts at Pitt Meadows Museum | Maple Ridge News Royal BC Museum faces mounting financial pressures Feasibility study…
It’s January 2026, 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. Stories from January 2026: Museum of Personal Failure exhibition turns defeat into triumph in Vancouver | CBC News ‘This is who we are’: B.C. senior…
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. Stories from October 2025: https://www.castanet.net/news/Penticton/578284/Dinosaurs-invading-Penticton-at-visiting-museum-exhibit…
It’s September 2025, 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. Summer Wrap-Up News Stories 2025: Summer students integral to running of museum program | Northern News Summerland Museum hooks up fully functional…
