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The OMA welcomes Jennifer Lee as Interim Professional Development Program Manager
Jennifer Lee, currently Membership and Administration Coordinator at the OMA, will be overseeing the OMA Professional Development program, including the Certificate in Museum Studies and the OMA Awards of Excellence, over the next months as Interim Professional Development Program Manager. She looks forward to continuing to support the OMA's members in this capacity as we return to offering a full CMS curriculum and in-person course delivery.
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Please continue to contact Jennifer by email at pd@museumsontario.ca or membership@museumsontario.ca with any questions about your OMA membership or professional development programming. A 2023/2024 CMS course calendar with registration deadlines and course dates will be released in the coming weeks. |
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Reconsidering Museums
Full Toolkit Launch
On March 16, 2023, the national consortium of museums associations launched the Reconsidering Museums final report, website, and toolkit. The Reconsidering Museums toolkit provides data-driven insights and resources for museums to rise to the challenges presented by changing public perceptions and expectations of museums.
Launched in 2020, Reconsidering Museums was undertaken in partnership with a consortium of provincial and territorial museums associations and the Canadian Museums Association, led by the Alberta Museums Association. The online engagement campaign, Museums for Me, asked the public about the role, value, and future of museums. It included a series of nation-wide consultations including a survey, public opinion polling, and dialogue sessions undertaken by Hill+Knowlton Strategies Canada on behalf of the consortium.
Read more HERE.
Download the Toolkit HERE.
Read the Reconsidering Museums report HERE.
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Reconsidering Museums, a national project, sets out to answer the question, what do museums mean to Canadians? Through a rearticulation of the value of museums and a rebrand of the sector, this project aims to support museums with the tools and language necessary to better connect with and serve their communities, deepening their relationship, and therefore their relevance, to the Canadian public.
Reconsidering Museums provides data-driven insights and resources to support museums in understanding and responding to public perceptions and expectations of museums. The project shares data from a nation-wide survey about the role and value of museums to Canadians.
The Reconsidering Museums toolkit contains informational, communications, and advocacy tools. Informational tools provide an overview of the data collected. Communications tools help museums adopt and share the evidence-backed language recommendations and messaging developed in response to the research. Advocacy tools support museums in advocating for their museum, the sector, and for broader community issues.
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National Consortium of Museums Associations
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May is Museum Month / Mai, mois des musées
Show how museums support sustainability and wellbeing!
May is Museum Month / Mai, mois des musées is a program of the Ontario Museum Association and celebrated by Ontario’s 700+ museums, galleries, and heritage sites. It is an opportunity to celebrate the vital contributions of museums to the recovery and rebuilding of Ontario and to kick-off 2023’s summer tourism season!
May is Museum Month coincides with International Museum Day on May 18th. With this year’s theme of “Museums, Sustainability and Wellbeing”, we want to encourage all Ontarians to come together and realize the full transformative potential that museums have for sustainable development and wellbeing!
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How to Participate
- Request a proclamation that "May is Museum Month" from your Municipality. Download OMA's request letter template and draft proclamation (read through, and fill out the highlighted sections). Be sure to cc the OMA on your email (community@museumsontario.ca)
- Use the OMA graphic template to share your museum's happenings on social media (Access our graphics on Canva or download the PNG files HERE). Be sure to tag us @MuseumsOntario and use the hashtags #ONMuseumMonth and #MuseumsConnectON
- Promote your upcoming/ongoing exhibitions, programs and events in our Discover Ontario Museums listings (Read the User's Guide HERE)
- Use the OMA May is Museum Month 2023 wordmark on your website and publications, and forward to your local media outlets (Download the MMM 2023 wordmark HERE)
Access OMA's communications toolkit HERE. |
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OMA Professional Development
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OMA Annual Conference 2022 Recordings
Members can watch Nov. 7 & 21 session recordings
Thank you for your participation in OMA Annual Conference 2022! We are excited to share with our members the recordings of Conference sessions - including livestreamed sessions from the plenary room on Nov. 7 and all sessions on Nov. 21.
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Co-designing Access in a Small Art Gallery for Blind Visitors
In this case study, Carla Ayukawa, Fiona Wright and James Bluhm discuss an audio description tour, developed with and for gallery visitors who are blind or who have vision impairments. In an exhibition that explored different kinds of perceptibility, this tour opened up spaces for multi-sensory engagements and shared social experiences.
Watch the session recording HERE.
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Upcoming webinar: Preparing for Year-End Audits Including 2023 Updates
Charity Village
Online
Thursday, March 16, 2023
1:00-2:00 pm ET
This webinar is designed to help nonprofit organizations better navigate the year-end reporting and audit processes, with a special section on what’s new and different in 2023. During this webinar, Christine Kecser, Director of Enkel’s NPO Division, and Shirley Wolff, Senior Controller at Enkel, will share tips on how nonprofit organizations can tackle the challenges of preparing financial statements and how they can utilize technology tools to streamline their year-end reporting process. They will also cover updates in Accounting Standards for Not-for-Profit Organizations that will be relevant to your upcoming audit.
Read more and register HERE.
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Upcoming webinar: How to Lead Organizations and People with Resilience
Charity Village
Online
Thursday, April 13, 2023
1:00-2:00 pm ET
Nimble organizations plan for the best and prepare for the worst, not relying too heavily on past success to predict future outcomes. This evidence-based session explores the psychological needs of purpose-driven employees and the success factors of resilient organizations, while offering practical tips and strategies that nonprofit leaders can adopt right away. Learning objectives for this webinar include:
- The relationship between an individual’s need for autonomy, competence, and relatedness and their sense of resilience.
- Tips to help nonprofit leaders build on their own resiliency – and to lead from it.
- Strategies nonprofit leaders can use to better support their employees’ psychological needs and foster a culture of individual and team resilience.
- Why resilient organizations are marked by their humble relationship with success and their commitment to learning for improvement.
Read more and register HERE. |
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Upcoming webinar: Endowments and Perpetuity in the Nonprofit Sector
Presented by Imagine Canada and Sage Canada
Online, webcast
Thursday March 23, 2023
2:00 pm ET
Over the past year, the spotlight in the charitable and nonprofit sector in Canada has been focused on key policy issues related to the flow of funding. Throughout the debate a wide range of thinking has surfaced with a common theme related to attitudes and opinions about 'perpetuity'. These viewpoints have highlighted the need for a discussion about endowments as a form of philanthropy and surfaced important topics.
In this free webinar join Bruce MacDonald, President & CEO of Imagine Canada, and a panel of experts as they discuss a diverse range of opinions and perspectives on one of the sectors hottest topics. Panelists include Tina Thomas (CEO, Edmonton Community Foundation), Jean-Marc Mangin (President & CEO, Philanthropic Foundations Canada) and an additional panelist to be announced.
Read more and register HERE.
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Black And Free: Art Exhibition and Symposium
Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum
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Saturday Mar. 25 and Sunday Mar. 26
12:00 - 3:00 pm ET
Black And Free is an artistic and academic experience that deepens, enlivens and expresses themes of blackness and freedom projecting expansive visions of what that could be for engaged, curious and casual members of the public that was started by Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae in 2017.
Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum will host a two-day Art Exhibition featuring Ontario-based Black artists commissioned to create new artwork that explores the theme of blackness and freedom.
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This partnership is made possible with support from Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum and the Ontario Ministry of Universities and Colleges’ Ontario Research Fund-Research Excellence grant. Admission and coat check are complimentary.
The exhibition features artists Emkay Adjei-Manu, Lillian Allen, Sydné Barnes-Wright, A. Decker, Damola Disu, Aljumaine Gayle, and Janine Ilya. Each artist’s work tells a unique story that explores the multifaceted experiences of Blackness and freedom through historic and contemporary lenses.
Read more HERE.
Read the media release HERE.
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The GOEMP Committee is searching for 6-8 EMPs from diverse backgrounds, abilities, and all corners of the province to share their skills and expertise with their dynamic team - to participate in this Committee for a minimum term of two (2) years from May 2023 – June 2025.
What will you do? Committee members are champions for EMPs in Ontario. They develop exciting programs, events, communications, advocacy efforts, and more, through the emerging museum professional’s lens. All GOEMP Committee members sit on at least one subcommittee.
What is the time commitment? Members can expect to volunteer 5-8 hours per month on average.
GOEMP is looking for people:
- Within the first 10 years of their professional career in museums/cultural organizations;
- Studying, interning, volunteering, and/or working in the Province of Ontario;
- Museum lovers who care about the future of the profession and their fellow professionals;
- Quick thinkers who are full of new ideas;
- Team players who are willing to listen and learn;
- Excellent communicators;
- Interested in and proficient with social media and online working tools, such as Google Drive;
- Interested in taking on leadership roles (e.g. Programs or Communications Lead);
- Have a can-do attitude, good problem-solving skills, and strong organizational and planning capabilities.
Application deadline: Friday March 31, 2023 at 11:59 PM ET
Co-Chair's Office Hours: join GOEMP Committee Co-Chairs Selin Kahramanoğlu and Brooke Downey for drop-in office hours: Thursday, March 23, 8:00 pm, Google Meet link: meet.google.com/nxs-qhfb-yua
Read more and learn how to apply HERE.
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Call for Board of Directors
Ontario Culture Days
Deadline for applications: Friday March 31, 2023
Ontario Culture Days is seeking applicants to join their Board of Directors. Applicants should have an interest in fostering the public’s engagement with Ontario’s arts, culture and heritage and supporting the vibrancy, accessibility, and sustainability of our sector. They are looking for individuals familiar with Ontario Culture Days, the Ontario Culture Days Festival and the larger arts, culture, and tourism sector in Ontario.
This volunteer position will work in a collaborative environment with other Board members and Ontario Culture Days’ Executive Director to oversee the strategic direction of the organization. The Board currently consists of nine members who have been recruited based on their skillset, experience, and connections within the artistic community. The Board is made up of professionals who offer experience in fundraising, marketing and communications, financial management, government relations, and human resources, to contribute to their successful operations.
Read more and apply HERE.
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Campbell House Museum hosts UofT
summer seminar 2023
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto
The Fisher Library is now accepting applications for its 2023 summer seminars, including "Cookbooks and Culinary Collections," June 7-9, 2023. Applicants are asked to submit an application form and a CV by Friday March 31, 2023.
Participants will be introduced to the many genres of material that are considered part of culinary collections using examples at the Fisher Library. They will learn about the flow of culinary information through the international book trade, and the first cookbooks published in Canada. Presenters will discuss creating contemporary editions of historic cookbooks, interpreting historic recipes, outreach, teaching, and exhibition preparation, as well as introducing some digital tools. A cooking demonstration and education at Toronto's historic Campbell House Museum will close out the offerings. The seminar will be led by Elizabeth Driver, Director/Curator of Campbell House Museum.
Read more and apply HERE.
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Museum of Health Care accepting proposals
for summer research fellowship
Museum of Health Care at Kingston
Value: $4,600
Application deadline: Wednesday April 12, 2023 at 5:00pm ET
The Museum of Health Care is accepting proposals for the 2023 Margaret Angus Research Fellowship – a resident 16-week summer research fellowship (May – September) – which will investigate a topic relevant to the history of health and health care. The fellow will communicate the results of their research by posting updates via the Museum’s blog, producing a scholarly manuscript that will become part of the Museum’s collection, and giving a public lecture in the fall.
Candidates considering applying for the Fellowship may arrange an interview to discuss possible topics and their proposal prior to submission. Senior undergraduate students and recent graduates of Honours Bachelor, Master’s or Ph. D. programs in any discipline are preferred. While the Fellow is not necessarily expected to reside in the Kingston area during the Fellowship, the ability to visit and/or work at the Museum will be considered an asset and the Fellow will be expected to interact regularly with Museum staff.
Read more and apply HERE.
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Upcoming: HME's Mini-Conference Reconnection
Hamilton-Area Museum Educators
Monday, April 17, 2023
12:00 - 4:00 pm ET
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
Tour the Art Gallery of Hamilton, reconnect with colleagues through an Open Mic 5-Minute Talks about inspiring projects, institutional updates and conversation starters, and bring ideas for future HME meet-ups, workshops, and mini-conferences. Let’s reconnect, share experiences, and look ahead to the future of education at museums, galleries and cultural institutions in our area.
Read more and register HERE.
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Upcoming: Indigenous History and Heritage Gathering
Presented by Know History
Hosted by National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) and the First Nations Confederacy of Cultural Education Centres (FNCCEC)
June 5-7, 2023
Shaw Centre, Ottawa, ON
Know History announces the inaugural Indigenous History and Heritage Gathering (IHHG), hosted by NCTR and the FNCCEC. Thought leaders from across Turtle Island will discuss how Indigenous histories can be researched, preserved, and shared. The gathering provides a space for dialogue between Indigenous and non-Indigenous professionals and community members. Guided by addresses from Indigenous changemakers and visionaries, the conference is a space to examine the many ways that history has been used as a tool of colonialism and to envision a better path forward.
Read more and register HERE.
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Support Ontario’s Museums: Donate Now!
As museums across Ontario face the challenges of reopening safely and renewing relationships with your communities, the OMA is here for you. Your support, participation, and membership make our work possible.
If you are already an OMA member, thank you! Please renew your membership when you receive an email reminder. If you are not yet a member, please consider an individual, institutional, or commercial membership for yourself, your colleagues, or your institution. You can find information about member categories and benefits on our website.
You can make a donation to the OMA on our website or through Canada Helps. Every contribution adds to the collective strength of our sector. Thank you for your support!
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As an organization of provincial scope, the Ontario Museum Association recognizes that its members and community live and work on the lands and territories of Indigenous peoples. Toronto, where the OMA offices are located, is the territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, Haudenosaunee and the Huron Wendat. We wish to express our gratitude for the resources we are using and pay respect to the rich and ongoing Indigenous history of what is now Ontario and Canada.
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