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Dads/Male Caregivers & Kids Night with the Museum
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On July 6, 2023, the Ontario Museum Association hosted a webinar, “Dads/Male Caregivers & Kids Night with the Museum,” with Sinead Cox, Curator of Engagement & Dialogue at the Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol. For five years, the Huron County Museum has…
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Making Heritage Sites Accessible: Fool’s Paradise
Avory Capes • Maggie Nevison • Miaochun Chen • Ontario Heritage Trust • University of Toronto Master of Museum Studies ProgramSummary
University of Toronto Master of Museum Studies students Avory Capes, Miaochun Chen and Maggie Nevison partnered with the Ontario Heritage Trust (OHT) to review the accessibility barriers present at Fool’s Paradise, the original home of Canadian landscape artist, writer, and…
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Emergency and Disaster Planning for Ontario Museums
Dr. Elka Weinstein, Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport • Dr. Irene Karsten, Canadian Conservation Institute • Jennifer Weymark, Oshawa Museum • Karen Bachmann, Timmins Museum National Exhibition Centre • Melissa Cole, Curator at the Oshawa Museum • Ontario Museum AssociationSummary
In this webinar from March 20, 2024, the panelists discuss emergency and disaster planning for museums. Facing the impacts of climate change, increases in extreme weather, and ongoing challenges from a pandemic, emergency and disaster plans are essential tools for…
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Rainbow Registered Info Session with Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC)
Connor McKiggan, Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC) • Debra Seabrook, City of Hamilton Tourism and Culture Division • Merve Tosun, Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC) • Michael Rikley-Lancaster, Mississippi Valley Textile Museum • Ontario Museum Association • Spencer Toth, Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC)Summary
This webinar recording from March 14, 2024 was hosted by Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC) and features a virtual information session with the Ontario Museum Association on the Rainbow Registered program. In this information session, CGLCC discusses the benefits…
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The Sensational Museum Glossary
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This resource is an extensive glossary created by the Sensational Museum. The Sensational Museum is a research project radically re-thinking the role of senses in museums. This interdisciplinary project will design and create sensory interventions that are accessible to all…
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Moved to Action: Activating UNDRIP in Canadian Museums
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This comprehensive report seeks to determine the level of compliance that museum policies and best practices have with UNDRIP (United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples) and hopes to provide a national baseline of support for Canadian museums.…
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Virtual School Programming Decision Making Worksheet
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On May 25, 2022 the OMA hosted the webinar “Virtual School Programming – Decision Making for Small Museums“, with Christina Sydorko, Oil Museum of Canada; Karen Taylor, Canadian Canoe Museum; and Michael Furdyk, TakingITGlobal. Christina Sydorko created this practical worksheet…
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Small Bytes Webinar Series: Podcasting for Ontario Museums Toolkit
Adrian Petry, St. Catharines Museum & Welland Canals Centre • Angela Bobier, Backus-Page House Museum • Kathleen Powell, City of St. Catharines • Maxime Escario Blanco, Beyond Reach Productions Inc. • Ontario Museum AssociationSummary
On July 2023, the OMA hosted the webinar “Podcasting in Ontario Museums“, with panelists: Kathleen Powell, City of St. Catharines; Adrian Petry, St. Catharines Museums and Welland Canals Centre; Maxime Escario Blanco, Beyond Productions; and Angela Bobier, Backus-Page House Museum;…
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Actionable Online Accessibility Toolkit: Small Bytes Webinar Series
Francis Tomkins, Tangled Art + Disability • Ontario Museum Association • Sean Lee, Tangled Art + Disability • Shelley Boden, Access AdvisorSummary
On February 22 2023, the OMA hosted the webinar “Actionable Online Accessibility“, in which the panel of museum experts discussed how to increase the accessibility of websites, online exhibits, online programs and social media to ensure that digital transformation also…
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Digital Strategy Checklist Tool
Corey Timpson, Corey Timpson Design Inc. • Mary-Katherine Whelan, Amherstburg Freedom Museum • Ontario Museum AssociationSummary
On April 29, 2022 the OMA hosted the webinar “The Digital Strategy – Intention through Application“, with Corey Timpson, Corey Timpson Design Inc. and Mary-Katherine Whelan, Amherstberg Freedom Museum. This checklist is a tool to help small organizations ensure deliberate…
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Virtual School Programming – Decision Making for Small Museums: Small Bytes Webinar Series
Christina Sydorko, Oil Museum of Canada NHS • Karen Taylor, the Canadian Canoe Museum • Michael Furdyk, TakingITGlobal • Ontario Museum AssociationSummary
This webinar from May 25, 2022 is part of the Small Bytes Webinar Series. School programming is central to how museums deliver on their educational missions. With kids back in the classroom, how does virtual school programming fit into our…
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Synchronous Virtual School Programming Workshop: Small Bytes Webinar Series
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This webinar from June 15, 2022 is part of the Small Bytes Webinar Series. Join Christina Sydorko, Educational Program Coordinator at the Oil Museum of Canada NHS, as she takes you through the tips and tricks for creating synchronous virtual…
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Actionable Online Accessibility: Small Bytes Webinar Series
Francis Tomkins, Tangled Art + Disability • Ontario Museum Association • Sean Lee, Tangled Art + Disability • Shelley Boden, Access AdvisorSummary
This webinar from February 22, 2023 is part of the Small Bytes Webinar Series. There are simple steps we can take today to make our online communications more accessible for those of all abilities. The speakers of this webinar take…
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Honouring Our Roots: The City of Hamilton’s Indigenous Landmarks and Monuments Review
Angela DeMontigny, Designer, Artist, Entrepreneur • Heather George, Woodland Cultural Centre • John Summers, City of Hamilton • Keith Jamieson, Ethno-Historian, Curator, Adjunct Professor • Ontario Museum AssociationSummary
This video recording from the Ontario Museum Association Annual Conference 2022 features: In 2019, the City of Hamilton began the process of reviewing their pre-existing landmarks, spaces, monuments, and markers, in order to address the perpetuation of settler colonialism, systemic…
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Living in Relation: A Story of Indigenous Partnership and a Process of Decolonizing
Amber Holmes (Naawayaa), County of Wellington • Amy Dunlop, Wellington County Museum & Archives • Ontario Museum AssociationSummary
This video recording from the Ontario Museum Association Annual Conference 2022 features Amber Holmes (Naawayaa), Pedagogical Leader, County of Wellington. Wellington County Museum and Archives, in collaboration with Amber Holmes (Naawayaa) unveiled a new exhibit in 2022, “Living in Relation”…
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The ABC’s of Podcasting: “Hear Our Stories” and Embracing Change
Harkamal Ajrha, City of Waterloo Museum • Julia Barclay, City of Waterloo Museum • Karen Vandenbrink, City of Waterloo Museum • Ontario Museum Association • Sarah Cozzarin, City of Waterloo MuseumSummary
This video recording from the Ontario Museum Association Annual Conference 2022 features: In this session, podcast hosts Harkamal Ajrha, Julia Barclay, and Sarah Cozzarin will discuss the processes behind the Hear Our Stories Podcast, a project hosted by the City…
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Disability Inclusion in Cultural Institutions during the Pandemic
Gillian King, Artist, Formerly Ottawa Art Gallery & Perley Health • Jack Hawk, Tangled Art + Disability • Kate Zankowicz, The Huntington • Natalie Hart, City of Ottawa Museums • Ontario Museum AssociationSummary
This video recording from the Ontario Museum Association Annual Conference 2022 features: During the pandemic, some cultural institutions shifted their experiences to be more accessible and leaned on the expertise of disabled communities to do so. Panelists from Canada and…
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Co-designing Access in a Small Art Gallery for Blind Visitors
Carla Ayukawa, Carleton University • Fiona Wright, Carleton University Art Gallery • James Bluhm, Carleton University Art Gallery • Ontario Museum AssociationSummary
This video recording from the Ontario Museum Association Annual Conference 2022 features: Even with a smaller staff and defined budget, producing accessibility resources for cultural institutions requires community consultation – and it can be done! In this case study, Carla…
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Embracing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Collections Development: A Textile Museum of Canada Case Study
Cara Krmpotich, University of Toronto, Museum Studies • Julia Brucculieri, Textile Museum of Canada • Ontario Museum Association • Roxane Shaughnessy, Textile Museum of CanadaSummary
This video recording from the Ontario Museum Association Annual Conference 2022 features: This session uses a case study from the Textile Museum of Canada to address topics such as building active museum collections, adopting Equity, Diversity and Inclusion-informed policies and…
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Accessibility Plan 2023-2027
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This document outlines the Peterborough Museum & Archives’ updated strategy to prevent and remove barriers to accessibility following public engagement activities in 2022. For the PMA, an accessible museum is one that offers equal access to the museum property, buildings,…
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LGBTQ Inclusivity in Museums: Resource List
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This list provides LGBTQ inclusivity resources. The resources cover the following topics: museum-specific; Ontario local; general background; LGBTQ youth engagement/inclusion; intersectional inclusion and accessibility; and LGBTQ museum and archives. This list was prepared by the Ontario Museum Association in 2016.
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Reminiscence Programming Part 1
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This webinar explores how museums can support the cultural and social needs of the aging population. By 2030, one in four people in Canada will be over the age of 65 and the number of seniors living with dementia will…
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Reminiscence Programming Part 2
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A continuation of Reminiscence Programming Part 1, this webinar focuses on the Bruce County Reminiscence Theatre Project, a collaboration between the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre, and Sheatre, a professional community arts company based near Owen Sound in 2014.…
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Popping Up to an Audience Near You! aMuse: a Pop-up Museum Experience
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This webinar presents pop-up museums, an event started by St. Catharines Museum & Welland Canals Centre. Now an annual tradition, aMUSE is a one night only, pop-up museum experience that brings items from the St. Catharines Museum collection out into…
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UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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This UN declaration outlines the standards that must be followed for the fair treatment and respect of Indigenous peoples.
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Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)
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The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) is the Ontario law of standards that organizations must obey in order to be more accessible to people with disabilities. The goal of this act is for Ontario to be fully accessible…
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Phase One Report: Rebuilding the Foundation – External review into systemic racism and oppression at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
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This report shows the results of an external review into systemic racism and oppression in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights . This report includes interviews of 25 past and current employees as well as written accounts.
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OMA at the Association of African American Museums Conference
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This video highlights the benefits of Ontario museums participating in Black and African museum networks. The delegates outline how the employment of Black museology is integral to a more critical interpretation of the diversity and complexities of Black Canadian and…
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Thanh Sinden: What Works is Networks: Power to Change – Museum Detox
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This keynote address tackles decolonizing a museum through impacting change towards better diversity and inclusion in the museum sector. We see how Thanh Sinden champions fair representation and inclusion of BAME cultural, intellectual and creative contributions of past and present.…
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The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook
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This handbook provides concrete examples of how to make historical work more relevant. It centers on equity, inclusivity, diversity, and public service while offering easily accessible information for historians working in multiple contexts.
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Equity and Inclusion Lens Handbook
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This equity and inclusion toolkit allows you to learn about what equity and inclusion is and how to apply them to your work. Through using this interactive handbook you will consider your diversity, check assumptions, ask about inclusion, and apply…
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Inclusion 2025: A Practitioner’s Guide to Inclusive Museums
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This toolkit is a collection of tools, guidelines, cases, strategies, and practices that museums can use to increase their capacity and effectiveness in addressing accessibility, diversity, inclusion and equity. This practitioner’s guide was put together by the Ontario Museum Association,…
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Diversity and Inclusion Glossary of Terms
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The glossary, part of the OMA’s Inclusion 2025 project, includes key terms and definitions that relate to the work on equity and inclusion. This list is to provide further support as you continue to explore the wealth of resources on…
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Steps Towards Reconciliation
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This toolkit provides 4 ways in which your organization can take steps towards reconciliation. Within these 4 steps, the Ontario Museum Association provides further links to resources that can aid in the implementation of the 4 steps towards reconciliation.
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CHS Interpreting Services
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This CHS webpage helps connect institutions and businesses with interpreters that are professionally trained in sign language and knowledgeable in the language and culture of both Deaf and hearing people. They provide communication in American Sign Language (ASL) – English,…
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Using Data to Build the Case for Equity and Inclusion
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This webinar covers why you should care about data and how to interpret and use data collected. It also introduces the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion’s Diversity Census Tool and Inclusion Survey.
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Accessibility Services Canada Resources Page
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This comprehensive list of resources guides individuals to become more knowledgeable and informed on accessibility. Resources relate to the following: legislation; design best practices; contrast & colour checkers; events, meetings & festivals; technical guides; social media; reports & surveys; built…
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MASS Action Toolkit
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This toolkit outlines necessary information and concepts for preparing museums to become “sites for social action”. The MASS Action Project (Museums as a Site for Social Action) is rooted in the belief that GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) institutions…
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The Ontario Association of Sign Language Interpreters and Resources
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The OASLI is a professional association of sign language interpreters across Ontario. Their website provides a directory of interpreters, as well as workshops and resources to educate the public about the field. OASLI members include ASL-English Interpreters, Deaf Interpreters (DI)…
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LGBTQ2+ Inclusion in Museums Guidelines
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This document shares a series of inclusive strategies to help guide institutions across Canada on how to engage, reflect, and celebrate diverse Canadian communities. This guide discusses gender identity, HR protocol, collections management, exhibitions, education & interpretation, visitor relations, and…
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The Empathetic Museum
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A collaboration between museum professionals dedicated to a more inclusive future for the museum industry. This website includes resources, workshops, and their own Maturity Model – an assessment tool to evaluate an individual/institution’s sense of empathy (available in English, Spanish,…
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Incluseum
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The Incluseum advances new ways of being a museum through critical dialogue, community building and collaborative practice related to inclusion in museums. The site connects visitors to their blog, publications, tools and resources.
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Museums & Race: Transformation and Justice
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These recorded webinars and sessions were developed to challenge and re-imagine institutional policies and systems that perpetuate oppressions in museums. Topics relate to decolonization, unionization, funding models, and more.
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Gender and Sexuality Inclusion Toolkit for Museums, Heritage, and Cultural Institutions
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The main objective of this toolkit is to support museums, galleries and heritage organizations in their journeys to increase 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusivity and representation in an empowering manner, particularly smaller organizations who may not have abundant resources; and to celebrate existing…