MAS offers a range of learning opportunities. We design our training and resources to support museum staff and volunteers of all kinds, from board members to student workers and emerging to established professionals.
Our courses are open to everyone—no membership is required! Our instructors are experts in their fields and will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to do your job better.
*Please contact us about pricing, or to enquire about bursaries for those who want to attend but are experiencing financial barriers.
Facilitators: Rhonda Rosenberg, Executive Director and Yordanos Tesfamariam, Education Coordinator of Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan
Museums form an important component of a community’s memory, presenting objects and experiences that, in effect, tell a community’s story to itself and the rest of the world. However, museums do not always reflect the diversity of their communities: collections often promote dominant narratives that attract visitors who see themselves positively reflected. Museum engagement of underrepresented communities requires intercultural competence, understanding of barriers to access, and commitment to equitably reflect our diverse populations.
This interactive Zoom session for museum and gallery staff and volunteers builds on themes of intercultural competence, community engagement, and relationship-building, addressed in the Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan’s presentation at last spring’s MAS Conference. The emphasis for this session is on participants' own experiences as we explore the success and challenges of integrating ethnocultural and newcomers organizations and individuals into museums and galleries. We are also seeking input for the tip sheets that we will be developing for the museum and gallery on the types of resources that would be helpful as you strive to make your museums and galleries inclusive for all.
*Please contact us about pricing, or to enquire about bursaries for those who want to attend but are experiencing financial barriers.
MAS respectfully acknowledges that we are situated on Treaty 4 territory, traditional lands of Saulteaux, Cree, Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota peoples and the homeland of the Métis.
