Event Program

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12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
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Keynote Session
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A Practice of Inclusion
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Corey Timpson, Museum Consultant
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1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
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Pandemic Programming:
Where Community Meets
Innovation
Two Case Studies in Museum Education, Locally and
Abroad
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Heather Gotlib, Manager of Youth and
Family Programs, Frazier History Museum
Lisa Kaiser, School Programmer,
Royal Alberta Museum
Tori Pudde, Museum Educator, Royal
Alberta Museum
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"Heart Work":
Centring Relationality in Métis Material Culture
Repatriation
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Leah Hrycun, PhD Student in Indigenous
Studies, University of Alberta; Research Assistant, Rupertsland
Centre for Métis Research
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2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
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Exploring Identity and
Bias
This session will be held as an interactive discussion with
limited attendance. Pre-registration is required.
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Harpreet Dhanjal, Community Engagement
Specialist, University of Calgary
Dave Latos, Coordinator of Volunteer
Engagement, TELUS Spark
Allison Simpson, Independent Museum and
Culture Consultant
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Seeking beyond Our Silos:
What Museums Can Learn from Theatre in the Time of
COVID
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Alli Hartley-Kong, Freelance Playwright;
Digital Content Strategist, 1909 Digital
Dr. C. Austin (Chris) Hill, Director, Theatre
Off-Kilter
Saraniya Tharmarajah, Public Health Researcher
/ Theatre Artist with COVID Monologues
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3:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
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Not Without Us:
Fostering Spaces of Belonging in Museums
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Lucy Bell, Sdahl K'awaas, PhD candidate, Haida
Nation-based researcher, Simon Fraser University and the Haida
Repatriation Committee
Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra, Coordinator, South
Asian Studies Institute, University of the Fraser Valley;
Co-Curator, Sikh Heritage Museum, National Historic Site Gur Sikh
Temple
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The View from Here:
Four Approaches to Reopening during a
Pandemic
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Dr. Karen Aberle, Executive Director and Chief
Curator, Wetaskiwin & District Heritage Museum
Jeff Erbach, Executive Director, Art Gallery of
Grande Prairie
Lisa Making, Executive Director, Royal Tyrrell
Museum of Palaeontology
Monica Roberts, Director of Science
Experiences, TELUS World of Science - Edmonton
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4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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Join fellow delegates for a dino-themed Trivia Night hosted by
the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum. Click here for event
details.
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Thank You to Our 2021 Conference Program
Committee
Brittany Cherweniuk, Indigenous
Experience Development Coordinator, Fort Edmonton Management
Company
Harpreet Dhanjal, Community Engagement
Specialist, University of Calgary
Jill Horbay, Communications and
Marketing Manager, University of Alberta Museums
Stephanie Huolt, Executive Director,
Canadian Energy Museum: Home of Leduc #1
Michael Rikley-Lancaster,
Curator, Mississippi Valley Textile
Museum
Linden Roberts, Executive Director,
Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum
Sasheen Wright, Cultural Curator,
Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park