November 18th, 2021 – Challenging Ideology: Looking at Historical Museum Practices Through an Indigenous Lens Part 3

BACKGROUND

As referenced in the Truth and Reconciliation’s call to action, museums and archives play a critical role in telling Canadian and Indigenous history, which has not always been accurately told in this country. To do this, museums and archives need to authentically represent the Indigenous voice in museum and archive spaces. In this series, we intend to intersect with Indigenous knowledge and explore Indigenous recommendations and current Indigenous practice used in museums and archives. This series is supported by a grant from the BC Museums Association, which presents the opportunity to focus on synergies and intersections of museums and archives. Presenters include professionals with expertise and interest in museums and archives. The first two sessions provide shared concepts and stories for exploring these themes, while the third event is more interactive.

EVENT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

The goal of these events is to be a starting point of dialogue for museum professionals to ask and consider how to reflect Indigenous experiences, worldviews, culture, interpretations, and inherent ways of knowing more accurately in a museum setting.


About this Part 3 of this webinar series:

We will be addressing questions from Part 1 and 2 of this series, if you have any questions you would like answered, please feel free to email them to learning.circle@ubc.ca.

Thank you for your interest and participation!

This session’s video is now available for viewing.

Thank you to everyone for your continued interest in our events.

We would like to reiterate that everyone is welcome to our UBCLC sessions.

Our events aim to embody a safe space for everyone of all different backgrounds to have their opinions and voices equally heard.

 

Date: Thursday, November 18th, 2021 (PST)
Time: 10 a.m. to 11:30 am
Where: internet webinar.


About the Presenters:

   

Genevieve Hill

Collections Manager, BC Archaeology Collections | Royal BC Museum

Genevieve earned a BA in Greek and Roman Studies and Anthropology from the University of Victoria, and an MA and PhD in Archaeology from the University of Exeter, UK. Over the past 20 years she has worked on cultural sites throughout the south coast of BC, the UK, Greece, and Turkey as an academic and professional archaeologist. She is currently the BC Archaeology Collection Manager and Researcher in the Indigenous Collection and Repatriation Department at the Royal BC Museum. In this role she cares for cultural belongings recovered from archaeological contexts and facilitates the repatriation of cultural belongings and Ancestors to their descendent communities.

 

 

Jordan Wilson

PhD Student, New York University | Independent curator

Jordan Wilson is an emerging curator and writer and is currently a PhD student in Anthropology at New York University. He is a member of the Musqueam First Nation. Prior to starting graduate studies, Wilson was a Curatorial Intern at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery (2017-2018). He holds an MA in Anthropology (with a focus on critical museum studies) and a BA in First Nations Studies (now First Nations and Indigenous Studies), both obtained at the University of British Columbia. Wilson was a co-curator of the exhibits cəsnaʔəm, the city before the city (2015) and In a Different Light: Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art (2017) at the UBC Museum of Anthropology.

 

 

 

Melissa Adams

Librarian and Archivist | Union of BC Indian Chiefs

Melissa Adams is the Librarian and Archivist at the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC). She is a member of the Nisga’a Nation from the House of Wisin Xbil’tkw of the Gisk’aast (Killerwhale) tribe. Her education background includes History, First Nations Studies and Archival Studies, and she completed the Aboriginal Training Program in Museum Practices at the Canadian Museum of History. She has previously worked at government, religious, educational and private libraries and archives.

Erica Hernández-Read

Head, Archives & Special Collections |University of Northern British Columbia

Erica Hernández-Read is Head of the Northern BC Archives & Special Collections at the University of Northern British Columbia. She holds a Master’s degree in Archival Studies from the University of British Columbia and for the past 20 years has focused her work on a participatory and community-archiving approach to knowledge building. Erica is co-Chair of the Response to the Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Taskforce, member of the Indigitization Program Steering Committee, and President of the Association of Canadian Archivists (2021-23).

 

   

Genevieve Weber, MAS

Acting Head of Archives |Royal BC Museum

Genevieve Weber has been an outreach archivist and community liaison with the BC Archives since 2016. She has the privilege of working with Indigenous communities from all over the province, assisting with research requests, providing access to records, and facilitating workshops on topics such as researching community history and Indigenous genealogy. Other programs delivered include family history workshops, special interest workshops, community tours, introductory class visits, and school activities. She is passionate about engaging people of all ages with the archives, and enjoys public speaking.


Resources

  • Challenging Ideology: Looking at Historical Museum Practices Through an Indigenous Lens Part 1 – YouTube Link 
  • Challenging Ideology: Looking at Historical Museum Practices Through an Indigenous Lens Part 2 – YouTube Link
  • Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) – Information
  • Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action – PDF
  • Why People of Color Need Spaces Without White People – Article
  • Key Themes in Indigenous Cultural Heritage Toda – Article
  • Resistance and Care in the Time of COVID-19: Archaeology in 2020 – Article
  • Museum Resolution: Build Social Relations Over Property Relations – Article
  • McGill – Allyship Resource – Website
  • Joanne Hammond explores the practice of allyship in her work – Twitter Feed
  • A Reconciliation Framework for Canadian Archives – PDF
  • Task Force Report on Museums and First Peoples – PDF
  • Where the Power Is Indigenous Perspectives on Northwest Coast Art Karen Duffek, Bill McLennan, Jordan Wilson. In collaboration with the Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia – Book Information

 


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