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Talking Change, Taking Charge: Museum of the Future: Digital Transformation
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This video recording from the Ontario Museum Association Annual Conference 2021 features: Pre-pandemic demand for museum online content had grown 40% over two years. With online content taking centre stage over the past 20 months, what can we learn from…
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Virtual School Programming: Whose Land Organizational Activity
Christina Sydorko, Oil Museum of Canada NHS • Karen Taylor, the Canadian Canoe Museum • Michael Furdyk, TakingITGlobal • Ontario Museum AssociationSummary
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. The panel shared this organizational activity…
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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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Small Bytes Webinar Series: Approaches to Online Exhibits Toolkit
Heidi Reitmaier, Myseum of Toronto • Kendra Campbell, Royal Ontario Museum • Natalie Wood, Brockville Museum • Ontario Museum Association • Peter Pavement, Surface ImpressionSummary
On March 9th 2023, the OMA hosted the webinar “Approaches to Online Exhibits“, with a panel of museum experts including: Peter Pavement, CEO at Surface Impression; Kendra Campbell, Interpretive Planner at the Royal Ontario Museum;Natalie Wood, Curator/Director at Brockville Museum;…
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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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Podcasting for Ontario Museums: Small Bytes Webinar Series
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
This webinar from July 13, 2023 is part of the Small Bytes Webinar Series. Museums across the province are leveraging their skills in writing and communication to reach new and varied audiences through the growing medium of podcasts. What is…
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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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Approaches to Online Exhibits: Small Bytes Webinar Series
Heidi Reitmaier, Myseum of Toronto • Kendra Campbell, Royal Ontario Museum • Natalie Wood, Brockville Museum • Ontario Museum Association • Peter Pavement, Surface ImpressionSummary
This webinar from March 9, 2023 is part of the Small Bytes Webinar Series. The big pivot of the pandemic made Ontario museums’ online exhibits even more important, and many museums embraced online platforms for the first time. To meet…
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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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Asynchronous Virtual School Programming Workshop: Small Bytes Webinar Series
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This webinar from June 8, 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 asynchronous 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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The Oakville Museum Coach House: An Arts & Crafts Revival
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This video recording from the Ontario Museum Association Annual Conference 2022 features Julian Kingston, then-Supervisor at the Oakville Museum. Part case study, part history and part how-to, this session will trace the restoration of the Oakville Museum’s 1899 Coach House…
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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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Insight Communities Tool
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This guide explains the definition of Insight communities and how they can be beneficial to your organization. The guide demonstrates how they can help you understand your stakeholders, community, partners, etc. better.
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Developing Evaluations That Are Used
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This guide outlines how to make an effective evaluation that produces results that interest and engage its target audience.
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Service to People: Challenges and Rewards, How Museums Can Be More Visitor-Centred
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This report explores how museums, large and small, are making service to visitors a central part of their institutions. The report shares stories and examples of various efforts museums have accomplished to improve visitor experience.
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How to Produce Clear Written Materials for a Range of Readers
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This leaflet outlines the principles that will help you to present written texts clearly and taking into account the needs of your readers. For individuals to participate fully in your work, they must be able to read and fully understand…
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From Living History to Living the History
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In this webinar Katrina Pyke and Ellen Tayles-Armstrong explore the need for museums to challenge the status quo and adapt to changing visitor expectations and patterns; how to shift a deeply rooted community museum culture; and how to accept that…
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Hosting accessible events or meetings
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This guide provides you with information, tips, and several considerations needed for both the planning and execution of an accessible event or meeting.
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Checklist for planning inclusive and accessible events
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This checklist aims to assist event organizers in planning events that are inclusive and accessible to people living in poverty and people with lived experience of homelessness.
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Breaking the Glass Case: Using Film and Virtual Reality in a Small Museum
Andrea Wilson, Craigleith Heritage Depot • Ontario Museum Association • Tom Strnad, Mountain Goat Film CompanySummary
In this webinar, speakers Andrea Wilson of Craigleith Heritage Depot and Tom Strnad of Mountain Goat Film Company share the experience of producing and using traditional and VR films to break down barriers in understanding and to generate new synergies.…
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Beyond Tokenism: Approaches to Delivering Inclusive Programming
Donna Gabaccia, President and Chair, Toronto Ward Museum • Jade Pichette, Volunteer & Community Outreach Coordinator, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives • Ontario Museum AssociationSummary
In this webinar, presented by the Ontario Museum Association with speakers Donna Gabaccia, former President and Chair of Toronto Ward Museums and Jade Pichette, former Volunteer & Community Outreach Coordinator of ArQuives (formerly known as the Canadian Lesbian and Gay…
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Practicing Inclusion through Object-Based Learning
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In this talk, Dr. Nicole Ivy; Director of Inclusion American Alliance of Museums, shares about object based learning as a tool of inclusion for museum visitors; especially youth. Dr. Ivy shares examples of what object based learning can look like…
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Rules for a Playful Museum
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This rulebook guides on how to make your museum a more welcoming space for play. This guide explains the concept and importance of a playful museum for adults and children, and allows you to understand which practices possibly support or…
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Education Policy
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This Education policy document outlines the standards and guidelines the ROM follows with their educational activities. This resource can be used as a guide for structuring education policies
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Outcomes-Based Planning & Evaluation Workbook
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This workbook is intended to help museums better meet the Interpretation and Education Standard of the Standards for Community Museums in Ontario. These tools are intended to provide you with a process to plan programs with measurable outcomes and then…