To do right now!! Introductions at your table your name your organization hope for the day 1 minute each!!
Housekeeping… We will adjust timings as required and start promptly after breaks Washrooms… Cellphones… E mergencies…
Fort Lennox NHS PQ where German Jewish refugees were held in world war II
Deline, NWT: The Manhattan Project
Dachau Memorial Site Guide Interpretation Project
War Heritage Research Initiative warheritage.royalroads.ca
Hastings Park Japanese Canadian Internment site
William Head Institution, Metchosin, BC
Vimy , France: Education Expo
Contested Histories as Silenced, forgotten or distorted history Politics of remembrance Dissonance Myth and the challenges of cultural memory Questions of ownership, authenticity and giving voice How the past is represented in the present Interpretation
Your thoughts on contested histories in BC… “Systemic cultural genocide of First Nations people in Canada: breaking treaties, IRS, 60s scoop, tuberculosis hospitals; Racist historical laws vrs people of colour in Canada: e.g. Chinese Head tax, segregation policies targeted schools, public spaces like pools, hospitals and cemeteries; Racist immigration policies (i.e. refusal of entry Jewish refugees in WWII, Sikh, Muslim and Hindu passengers--all British citizens- -in 1914 on the Komagata Maru ); Vancouver’s vibrant black community in Hogan's Alley was destroyed and buried under the Georgia Viaduct using urban renewal policies as excuse; Municipal and federal government’s forced sale of Japanese - Canadian property during WWII using internment as excuse for "urban renewal" in Vancouver's Japantown; Contesting monuments and memorials of colonizers as continuing to cause harm and trauma for communities of colour .”
Our aim with this forum To share, listen, and learn about ideas, approaches and good practices A museums, arts, culture and heritage sector focus Opportunities that foster inclusion, diversity and reconciliation
Our scope of practice Tangible heritage: sites of memory, buildings Intangible heritage: traditions, ceremonies Exhibitions: Museums, galleries The arts: installations, writing, etc. Commemorations Celebrations Journeys, Parades Community and site interpretation projects
Our goals for today 1. To build momentum… 2. To consider ways to create opportunities… 3. To learn about… 4. To articulate what we need… 5. To help toward setting a vision…
Outcomes Ideas and potential partners Developing a short discussion paper Reflect discussion of today Offer recommendations to provincial organizations Articulate needs and ideas from around the province
Ways to provide input Table discussions Online survey Padlet for online participants
Table Discussion One panelist speaks (15 minutes) 20 minutes of table discussion Facilitator to provide support Recorder to gather ideas Five rounds over the course of the day Brief table reports Full information collected on padlet
Our Panelists Ms. Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra, Coordinator, South Asian Studies Institute, University of the Fraser Valley and Director BC Historical Federation Ms. Jodi Simkin, Director, Cultural Affairs and Heritage, Klahoose First Nation
Table Questions: ‘First Steps’ Panel Please discuss key values, lessons learned / guiding principles from the panelist with regard to first steps. What are key challenges or pitfalls in this part of the process? Refer to survey results as you wish. (Ques. 2 and 3)
Until 11:00
Until 12:45
Table Reports https://padlet.com/geoffrey_2bird/keyideaspanel1
Our panelists Ms. Brittney Crump, Business Management Coordinator, Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure (assisting with Stop of Interest signage program) Ms. Sherri Kajiwara, Director | Curator, Nikkei National Museum Ms. Marnie Rice, Cultural Planner, Vancouver Commemorates Canada 150+
Table Questions What are key lessons learned/guiding principles from the panelist with regard to first steps? What about key challenges or pitfalls in this part of the process? Refer to the survey results if you wish (6, 7 & 8)
Thank you to our table and online facilitators and the media tech team! Kulwinder Buttar Gillian Dixon Shrubabati Halder Ann-Kathrin McLean Lauren Shea ++ Brian MacDonald Dan Anthon Trevor Henry
Where to from here? Event has been recorded Website well underway. An evaluation sent to you Report to write What about you?
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