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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. This series intersects with Indigenous knowledge and explores Indigenous recommendations and current Indigenous practice used in museums and archives.

The goal of this three-part series 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.

In this opening session, questions considered are: How do museums portray exclusion? What are steps museums must take to confront a colonial structure and systematic racism? How have museums pondered history of colonial appropriation and cultural restitution?

Speakers
Melissa Adams Librarian and Archivist | Union of BC Indian Chiefs

Erica Hernández-Read Head, Archives & Special Collections | University of Northern British Columbia

Genevieve Hill Collections Manager, BC Archaeology Collections | Royal BC Museum

Jordan Wilson PhD Student, New York University | Independent curator

Moderator
Elizabeth Shaffer, Executive Director, Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at UBC

Project Coordinator and Envisioner
Kristin Kozar, Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at UBC

This series was presented in partnership with the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre and First Nations House of Learning. We would like to gratefully acknowledge the First Nations Health Authority for generously funding the UBC Learning Circle and the BC Museums Association for funding for this webinar series.