Honouring Our Roots: The City of Hamilton’s Indigenous Landmarks and Monuments Review

This video recording from the Ontario Museum Association Annual Conference 2022 features:

  • Angela DeMontigny, Designer, Artist, Entrepreneur
  • Heather George, Curator, Woodland Cultural Centre
  • John Summers, Manager, Heritage Resource Management, City of Hamilton
  • Keith Jamieson, Ethno-Historian, Curator, Adjunct Professor
  • Shelly Hill, Manager of Indigenous Relations, City of Hamilton

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 racism, and genocide and identify opportunities to better represent the histories and contributions of Indigenous peoples in the city. The project’s Working Group and Circle of Experts come together in a panel to discuss their work and its impact and to consider how museums can reflect the histories, realities, and significance of Indigenous communities in their respective regions, as one of many steps in the process of decolonization.

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